Recently, the clock lights burned out in my factory radio. So no clock, no FM/AM channel numbers right now.

I am thinking to change a new JVC HD radio playback stereo. I asked best buy, the cost will be JVC stereo $80 + $55 labor + $44 wires + taxes !!!! This is really a lot of money for just one stereo. I checked older posts. My questions are
1. Is the installation by myself easy? Is there any complete installation guide I can find?

2. There is a radio and a CD player in my dash, which is stupid. Is there any way I can customize the dash to have a stereo (radio+cd player + clock) and something else?

Thank you for your guys' time.

 

They sell refurbished stock radios on eby if you just want to plug it in and play.

 

if you get new aftermarket stereo, you can buy a tray that will fit where the cd player used to be, big enough to fit an ipod or a sunglasses

 

I have an 04 and I swapped my factory out cause the cd play was shot. I was tired of listening to FM all the time. All I had to do was get the mount kit and the factory harness adapter. took me about 15 mins to hook it all up. Do you have the mach stereo system? I cannot see that much for a standard install on a radio. All in all I spent about $45 on the install hardware and yes I have the nifty little storage spot above my receiver that i can use.