Mounting a standard deck?

Unfortunately when Honda designed these cars they didn’t think too much about people wanting to replace the factory AM/FM deck with something a little nicer.

1. Dremel out stock location and fit deck in there 

Pay special attention to the depth required for your unit.  

2. Under dash kit by American international part #HRH-420 

www.americaninternational.net  

3. Mount it in the glove box, this might also be good security for a valuable unit

4. Mount it under the glove box.

Brian Wilborn used an aftermarket tray and mounted his DIN sized unit under the glove compartment. Just drilled and countersunk holes in the bottom of the glove compartment and used flathead machine screws to attach the tray.

5. Find stereo that fits in the stock location

Blaupunkt "micro chassis" is what Justin’s using. it's a tape deck with digital display, it has 12 fm and 6 am presets stereo output and also a 4 channel "din" plug output

6. Find a floor console either OEM or aftermarket.

There are some examples on this site of Accord, CRX, etc.

The first time you turned on that stock radio you wondered where the sound was coming from, as if it was being piped through an old soup can from under your dash. If you look on the drivers side under the dash just below the access for the door hinge. There it is, shocking isn't it. Well it's got to go. This is not even good enough to say stock. Rare Honda roof liner speakers are expensive if you can find them. But the big draw back is the lack of good quality sound. You would be better off to get the Honda rear pocket speaker grilles and then you can start talking about decent sound. Check out many of the examples below of how other members mounted their speakers and systems.

The subs are put in a fiberglass enclosure that mimics the back seat and the grill is actually made from the top cushion of '91 civic SI rear seat, the upper seat is gutted and the amp rack is installed in it, the cover unzips to reveal the amps,  the deck is the same as Twyla's (alpine 1656sp) but it is installed in the stock radio location.

Twyla's convertible

Her deck is a Alpine 1656sp. It's a controller unit that is hooked up to a changer and is controlled via remote, It has controls on the face as well, I re-routed them to the blanks where the dimmer/choke controls go, so she can change tracks and control volume from them. It has a external speaker input so you can hook up a factory radio to get Am/Fm, and in her stock location I put in a old school alpine micro chassis am/fm/cassette. I also have a alpine controller in my wagon(1203) and it's in the aftermarket rear view mirror (behind two way glass) you can only see it when the deck is turned on, I use a remote control to control all of the functions, I wired up one of the mirror switches (originally for the internal light) to control power and change the illumination from white to orange. I'm currently building a new sound system for the back.

Clock

Install overhead console for analog style or use Justin option, a digital clock, it's from a 82'-85' accord, you have to shave the back and sides down in order to get it to fit. If you are lucky enough to find there was an optional clock from Honda for the dash. Most new stereo's come with build in clocks if you can find on to fit.

Hidden Antenna

HIDE IT! Getting rid of your ugly factory antenna is one of the quickest and cheapest ways to improve the looks of your vehicle. AutoLoc's exclusive HAB Hidden Antenna offers all the performance and quality FM reception of an external antenna without breaking up the clean lines of your vehicle. Works as well as a standard antenna (except for AM) but without the unsightly rod and mask.

Volkswagen roof mount antenna (Billet or Euro Style)

Forget about the stock antenna wire. Just put in the Volkswagen roof mount (model# EA80 from Harada) and get a coax extension. You could run it down the rear or down the widow post. Haven't put one in a first generation yet. They are a powered (amplified) antenna and work AWESOME! Especially since you get a far better ground plane in the middle of a flatter sheet of metal.

Remember to order a long extension. Don't try to slice modern coax the center conductor is like a strand of hair. Also the power wire for the signal amp should run off acc power not your blue amp trigger output. Or if you really want it right use a relay triggered by the blue wire fed by acc power! 

Ten bolts just for the dash. Two at each end. One behind each air vent. Two, just above the steering column (four more to drop the column). one in the "cubby hole" under the heater controls and one in the back of the glove compartment. You'll need to unscrew the speedometer cable from the gauge and undo the heater control cables as well.