99 Accord EX-V6 Radio Exchange
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99 Accord EX-V6 Radio Exchange
I have a 99 Accord EX-V6 with a bad factory CD/radio. I have a chance to buy a radio that appears to be identical which comes from a 99 EX 4 cyl which doesn't have steering wheel radio controls like my 6 cyl EX has. Does anybody know if this capabililty is built into all Accord radios/cd players or does my car take a different model? Can't get an answer from my dealer - wants to sell me a new one! Any help would be great. Thanx in advance. Jerry
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Here's what I found - sounds encouraging. Thanx for the suggestion.
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Originally Posted by nam9684
Im looking to make a bid on ebay for it. I think the average ending price is around $140-160. I was thinking of getting an alpine for a pioneer, but I don't want to
lose the steering wheel remote, becuase I use very often. Has anyone done this swap or knows someone that has done this swap to confirm that the steering wheel
control does work?
NAM9864, I have a 98 EX-V6 and did the EXACT same thing you are looking to do. 98's and 2000 EX(and EX-V6's) had the same HU. They SUCKED at reading
CD-R's. I wanted to keep the stock unit look, and not present the tempation of something else for someone to break in and steal.
I bought the HU on ebay, i ended up paying like $190 or something for it, I can't remember exactly what it was(I can find out). This was last summer.
Try to be patient, one will come up for the right price for you.
I had NO problems whatsoever. Easy install. The harness is exactly the same thing, no wiring or splicing needed. The new unit plays CD-R's flawlessly, and will even
read CD-RW's although a bit tempermental, sometimes it will spit it out, i wipe it on my jeans put it back in and it reads. But that's ok because it is clearly not
supposed to be able to read RW's.
The steering wheel controls WORK FINE. Looks like I was in the same thing as the other 50yr old guy, but I had no problems. From what I know the controls are one
wire(black) and it is labeled on the sticker on the HU showing what all the wires in the harness are for.
Oh yea and if the code isn't included, that's ok. Just take the unit to your Honda dealer and they should give you the code for free, it takes literally 30 seconds.
Also there are people on this board with access to them. I brought my ebay reciepts in case there was a question on where I got the radio, I ended up chatting with
the service mgr for 30 minutes, and one of the techs came in saying he was looking for the exact same HU on ebay, and that I got a steal on what I paid for a unit in
pristine condition. He said that is a great stock stereo and is one of the best ones Honda has, or had.
You shouldn't have any problems. PM me if you have any more questions.
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'98 Accord EX-V6 Coupe
6cd in-dash changer head unit(01-02)
Quote:
Originally Posted by nam9684
Im looking to make a bid on ebay for it. I think the average ending price is around $140-160. I was thinking of getting an alpine for a pioneer, but I don't want to
lose the steering wheel remote, becuase I use very often. Has anyone done this swap or knows someone that has done this swap to confirm that the steering wheel
control does work?
NAM9864, I have a 98 EX-V6 and did the EXACT same thing you are looking to do. 98's and 2000 EX(and EX-V6's) had the same HU. They SUCKED at reading
CD-R's. I wanted to keep the stock unit look, and not present the tempation of something else for someone to break in and steal.
I bought the HU on ebay, i ended up paying like $190 or something for it, I can't remember exactly what it was(I can find out). This was last summer.
Try to be patient, one will come up for the right price for you.
I had NO problems whatsoever. Easy install. The harness is exactly the same thing, no wiring or splicing needed. The new unit plays CD-R's flawlessly, and will even
read CD-RW's although a bit tempermental, sometimes it will spit it out, i wipe it on my jeans put it back in and it reads. But that's ok because it is clearly not
supposed to be able to read RW's.
The steering wheel controls WORK FINE. Looks like I was in the same thing as the other 50yr old guy, but I had no problems. From what I know the controls are one
wire(black) and it is labeled on the sticker on the HU showing what all the wires in the harness are for.
Oh yea and if the code isn't included, that's ok. Just take the unit to your Honda dealer and they should give you the code for free, it takes literally 30 seconds.
Also there are people on this board with access to them. I brought my ebay reciepts in case there was a question on where I got the radio, I ended up chatting with
the service mgr for 30 minutes, and one of the techs came in saying he was looking for the exact same HU on ebay, and that I got a steal on what I paid for a unit in
pristine condition. He said that is a great stock stereo and is one of the best ones Honda has, or had.
You shouldn't have any problems. PM me if you have any more questions.
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'98 Accord EX-V6 Coupe
6cd in-dash changer head unit(01-02)