Hey r/ottawa,
The headphone jack in my 2008 Civic is broken, it has no bluetooth, and the speakers are kind of shit.
I considered working on all this myself, but after 2 years of procrastination I'm willing to throw money at the problem. Does anyone know a guy?
(Also, any idea if this is worth it? I do want to get a new car but this one has a few years left in it)
Posted Aug 22, 2019, 4:59 PM UTC
Go to Kenny u pull and get them yourself.
I’m guessing $500. A cheap single DIN deck with mounting sleeve (if the deck doesn’t come with one), new dash face plate (dash kit $60 Amazon has the sleeve) and wire harness and install.
Do you know anywhere where I could get the install done?
Thanks for the info
Installing a deck has changed over the years. It’s probably one of the most basic stereo installs a shop can do today. Depends where you live or far you want to drive really. Is just google “car audio installation” and go to a shop that’s convenient.
This entire post could have been googled as a quick DIY. Clearly not OP tho
Any sense in trying a hawk shop for a cheaper unit and getting the other bits after-the-fact, or is that more trouble than the money's worth?
Way more trouble than it's worth. Pawn shops charge too much for outdated junk.
You could also just replace the input jack.
Yea, I didn't want to make my post too long but I already tried ordering a part off Amazon and it didn't work.
Look on eBay for a OEM deck. Did that with a Civic years ago. The beauty was it fit and worked with no effort.
You just figured out how to install it by yourself?
Yep. Super simple. On my 99 Civic I had it installed in less than 30 mins. Some helpful thief had done the removal of the old unit for me though, so maybe double that time. YouTube is your friend for figuring this out.
you can get cheap fm radio based connectors that let you play music through your radio.. might be cheaper to do this and get some cheap speakers to replace yours... I wouldn't put more money into the car but I have similar civic and it's a champ and great on gas so I'm not getting rid of it but just keeping my costs on it down. Not work spending $500 or $600 on at all.
Thanks for the tip
Depends what you want. There are some pretty cheap head units out there.
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I would recommend looking at crutchfield.ca , they probably have a dash kit, head unit, and wiring harness that would all work for you. Otherwise, if you don't feel like doing it yourself, you could contact Audiomotive, on Fenton rd near the airport.
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Thanks for that store mention, that's very helpful.
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Wow, this is exactly what I needed. Thanks!!!!!!!