For those who really find ennoying to have the radio door hitting the knee when it is open Look what i did !!!

First you have to remove the door assembly by gently pulling on it. ( it might be very hard to take it out ...At least the first time ) Follow the link to see how to remove it :http://users.rcn.com/dhintz/Michelle/Audio/audio.html

Second : Once you have this done you should have something like this in your hand :

This is a picture of the back :

Next you have to find a small rubber band about the same size of this one :

Then you will have to attach the rubber band here :

Put a small amount of hot glue to prevent the rubber band to dissengage from the little hatch :

Put the assembly in place and open the door and with the help of the rubber band you will see that the door once it is open it will be held higher than normal when it's all opened up :

I suggest you to try different size of rubber band before gluing it in place.
Also i have put a small amount of silicone grease on the rubber band to prevent it to fail because it is rubbing a on the door assembly when you open the door.
You can put a small amount of silicone grease on the fittings before putting the door assembly in place to help you in the future if you want to remove it.

 

Nice job, now all we need is a mod to remove that ugly naked knee from the picture

 

 

Great idea!! And cheap too! Now, get everyone who does this to paypal you $1 so you can get yourself a Rick's Console cover!!

 

Hey don't laught at my grand ma like this !!!

 

Very nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by RU2KREDY
[B]Great idea!!

 

my solution-
keep the door closed!!!
cant remember the last time i opened it...

 

When you have the OEM radio that could be possible because you have the buttons at your left if you wanna change the channels and volume ....And the OEM radio doesn't have the time BUT if you have a different radio (witch is a must for me cause the crappy radio HONDA put in this car is an insult to my ears) , you will need to open the door for changing channel ( I think there is a way to reconnect the left buttons ) but anyway you have to open the door for disk changing or see the time and also i like my radio looking so !! ( Witch it was not the case with the crappy radio that HONda put......bla bla bla !!! )

 

I was thinking the other day, if there was a clear console cover. I like it closed when I'm parking, but I like it fully open when I'm driving so I can use my remote control for my stereo. But this is a great solution, thanks!