Stereo Removal

[Discozook]

I need to remove the stereo on a 99 d2. The steroe is the one with two little holes down either side, is there anything that can be used as substitute for the original pins.

[Chucaro]

If it is like the Disco I I used a small allen key to remove the unit

[dmdigital]

Coat hanger wire may also work if they are round holes.

[Slunnie]

Absolutely, coat hanger wire will do the trick. You need to cut is and jam them into all 4 holes so that they wedge in and then you can pull back on them when they release the head unit.

[knp]

If your radio has two release holes on each side then get some stiff wire that will fit in the holes and make up a couple of "U" shaped bits and stick them in to each side to release the catches. You may need to wiggle the whole thing a bit to get it to release but it should work.

[MickInTheMud]

If you're in brizzy give us a yell.

I used my BMW MC ones to pull the stereo out of my previous 2WD Bravo.

Probably work for you too.:)

[p38arover]

When I needed the radio out of my County, I went to Strathfield Car Radio and they pulled it out for free.

[camel_landy]

Failing that, use one of these...

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2008/01/634.jpg

:twisted:

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[solmanic]

If you are pulling it out to replace with a new one then it should come with the two metal pins of its own. If not, then any car stereo place will have a million of them from previous installations they would probably give you.