Installing an aftermarket head unit in a 2003+ Accord EX?
 

I'm just wondering how this works since they're not setup with your usual pull out factory junk head unit. Do you mount it in the storage area under the stocker & a/c controls?

RE: Installing an aftermarket head unit in a 2003+ Accord EX?
 

You have two options...You can get a install kit and take out the factory screen and replace it with a head unit..The kit gives you a few AC controls and what not...Heres an example of someone whos done it. I just can't find the link to get the kit.
Here


Or you can replace the storage bin underneath with the use of this kit
Storage Bin Kit

RE: Installing an aftermarket head unit in a 2003+ Accord EX?
 

There is a huge price difference in the kits.....i work at best buy and customers always are in awe when we tell them how much. The kit that replaces the factory screen and everything is around $200, but the kit that replaces the pocket is around $20. Again, this is how much best buy sells them for, i dont know if there are any other places where you can get them cheaper, but i do know we have to special order them from scoche.

RE: Installing an aftermarket head unit in a 2003+ Accord EX?
 

this is what the cheaper kit looks like

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RE: Installing an aftermarket head unit in a 2003+ Accord EX?
 

What about a wire harness for the head unit in a navi car? Will I have to buya special one?

RE: Installing an aftermarket head unit in a 2003+ Accord EX?
 

When you keep the factory unit at top and install with the cheaper kit, what happens to the unit at top. Is it just there for visual or does it still serve a purpose. I assume the AC controls and all that would still work, but does the volume and the other audio options work still or is it obsolete?

RE: Installing an aftermarket head unit in a 2003+ Accord EX?
 

I'm gonna throw this option in too, I haven't seen it in a hond, but I have seen it in a F-150. Take the whole head unit out and replace it with a touch screen roughly the size of the area and fill the rest in as necessary, small to keep/rearrange the a/c controls if necessary, kinda like the more expensie kit, but if possilbe, make a touch screen control that could control a/c...I dont' know the a/c part, just making that up, but the setup i've seen in an F-150 and want to know if anyone has any experience in anything like this, price qutoes, or thoughts on it in general. Peace.

RE: Installing an aftermarket head unit in a 2003+ Accord EX?
 

holy hell, what an imagination, ha ha

RE: Installing an aftermarket head unit in a 2003+ Accord EX?
 

Just another quick question, if you use the 20$ kit, and install an aftermarket radio, do the displays for the a/c etc, still work on the original stock display? and also do all the rest of the heat/fan buttons still work? I am assuming yes, but i just want to be sure.

RE: Installing an aftermarket head unit in a 2003+ Accord EX?
 

yup as long as it's installed correctly