I've just added an iPOD to my stock stereo head (thank you PIE!!!). I found out the main set of screws in back of the main stereo anchor bolts work great as a ground. (I was convinced I was about to set off the air bags the second I powered up).

I plan to run a wire to the glove box in back, but to do this I need to remove the main leather (or plastic) center console sides, then pull the glove box so that I can drill and place the main in-jack for the AUX inputs. (You 2000-2001 guys don't have this problem, you can just run under the carpet!).

I've managed to pull the console trim away enough to pressure mount the main input cord, (translation: I crammed the wire up there until it stayed), but I want to do this right, at least once I get a new head deck in there.

--skybolt

 

2000-01 has carpet and 02-on has leather? console cover. But, other than that it's all same. You could pull the tab on the side to remove the cover to hide the wires underneath.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by S2KYSK
[B]2000-01 has carpet and 02-on has leather? console cover.

 

You don't have to pull apart the console upholstery. There is a path under the radio that allows you to feed wiring into the console. Look at my webpage here and find the paragraph entitled "How to run your dash switch harness to the harness under the console". This will get you into the tunnel directly under the glove box and you can run the wires up thru the various holes.

 

Brilliant! That works great.

Now that I've got my wire running to the back, I can't find anything in the service manual on how to remove the glovebox to do my custom input fitting. Last time I tried to do something on a Honda without knowing the steps ahead of time (my 94 civic, R+R the dash), I ended up breaking some permanent plastic.

 

According to the Helms manual, you have to remove the rear tray, and the lower roll bar trim on both sides before you could even get at the rear console. It's a lot work. You'll probably break some of the trim clips and scratch a few things before you are done. Not to mention losing a few screws and your temper.

If I were doing this modification, I would drill a hole whereever I wanted the connector in the interior of the box. I would attach the connector for the IPod to a backing plate of some sort. Then remove the lower roll bar trim on one side (where others mount the rear speakers) and feed a wire from inside the box into the recesses of the rear console. Fish the wire out of the rear console through the opening uncovered by the removal of the lower roll bar trim on either side. Feed the wire from back to front, coming out under the bottom edge of the rear console (the part under the accessory power switch). You can see the space when you remove the center console: there's a few wires already emerging from that space. Use this wire to pull your signal wire into the box. Make the electrical connections and glue the backing plate in place. You could even try the ship-in-the bottle approach and put the backing plate behind the box (tape around the hole and try to dab glue on the back edges of the hole from the front.) You would have to figure out how to hold onto the connector from the front (glue? Nylon screw?). Also, a little more suspenseful, since you would never know when the glue may fail and everything disappears into the hole as you are plugging in.