RE: Stereo Removal Tool

["Matt Cleland" <cleland@stlnet.com>]

You have to pop off the fascia with a small screwdriver.  BTW, you've
already done
this once if you have installed the 5HP "AirCondition" mod. :-O

The screws are then visible at the edges of the control panel.

BTW, this was from memory, it's been about 6 months since I've done it.

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Matt Cleland					cleland@stlnet.com
98 Jetta GLX
Black/Biber

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-jettaglx@igtc.com [mailto:owner-jettaglx@igtc.com]On Behalf
> Of Adam Lindsay
> Sent: Monday, August 24, 1998 1:42 PM
> To: jettaglx@igtc.com
> Subject: Re: Stereo Removal Tool
>
>
> Um...how do you get the air conditioning controls out. These germans are
> good at hiding the screws. =}
>
> Not like my old Crystler LaBaron. I de-Stalled and in-Stalled a radio in
> 8mins flat with that car. =} Hardest part was progrmaming the radio
> stations.
>
> --------------------------------------
> Adam Lindsay
> Mindex Technologies Inc.
> adam@mindex.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matt Cleland <cleland@stlnet.com>
> To: jettaglx@igtc.com <jettaglx@igtc.com>
> Date: Monday, August 24, 1998 2:34 PM
> Subject: RE: Stereo Removal Tool
>
>
> >Hi Brian..
> >
> >Once you get the receiver out, you'll see how it works.. :-(
> >
> >I think I just used a thin strip of metal on each side, but the key for
> >me was to remove the A/C controls so I could get my hand up under the
> >radio and push from the rear.  That way, when I got the latch undone, I
> >could push that side of the radio out a bit so it wouldn't re-latch.
> >
> >Good Luck, it was tough to get out until I saw how the latch works...
> >
> >BTW, I don't buy the dealer's argument about theft.  The durn radios are
> >coded anyhow, so who would steal it?  More dealer BS.
> >
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> >Matt Cleland cleland@stlnet.com
> >98 Jetta GLX
> >Black/Biber
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: owner-jettaglx@igtc.com [mailto:owner-jettaglx@igtc.com]On Behalf
> >> Of Brian Wanamaker
> >> Sent: Monday, August 24, 1998 12:52 PM
> >> To: jettaglx@igtc.com
> >> Subject: Stereo Removal Tool
> >>
> >>
> >> I'm trying to remove the receiver from my 98 GLX so I can put in a
> >> Blaupunkt unit. My stereo is the "VW Premiun" system that the more
> >> recent 98s come with. It requires a special tool, not a normal
> DIN tool.
> >> The receiver has two very narrow slots on either side of it, so narrow
> >> that a thin ignition points file wouldn't fit in them. The VW dealer
> >> will not sell me one; said if they sold them to the public, it would
> >> increase radio theft. I doubt it, but what do I know? The
> dealer offered
> >> to remove the receiver for me, but I prefer to swap the systems out on
> >> my own schedule.
> >>
> >> Does anyone know where I can buy one of these forbidden tools? Or, has
> >> anyone figured out how to remove the radio without the tool?
> >>
> >> I tried Timmons and Crutchfield, but they don't carry them.
> >>
> >> B. Wanamaker
> >>
>