98 Camry Factory Stereo Removal

[Potato]

I need some help. I'm not very familiar with cars (hope to change this soon). But i just got a 98 camry LE for a daily driver. I Have a Jensen Head unit that a friend gave to me (which is about double the size of the factory, although right under the factory one has a cubby box right under it). I want to put this in, but im not sure how to do it, or if i even can do it with my particular head unit. Will this one fit, if i take out both the factory head unit and the cubby box? If so, how do i get the factory one out? Do i have to take off the dash ( i hope not, but if i do, i need this explain also >_<). Another concern i have, is that if i do have to take the dash off, is there a risk that i may mess up my passengar side airbags? I need as much help with this as possible. I don't want to go and spend the money to have someone install it for me, becuase hey, that's no fun :-P and the next time i will talk to either of my friends who know what they are doing could be weeks from now. Any help anyone can give will be greatly appreciated.

[BLUEMEANIE]

If you get a Haynes manual it self explanatory

...moved to Audio

[KerTiZ]

its super easy to do on your own.. just becarefull when removing the trim.. the plastic trim snaps easily.. u might need to use a little force.. but.. just take it slowly

heres the link on how to remove your stereo..Good luck

http://www.carstereohelp.com/stereor...Camry1StrR.htm

[Potato]

Well, i bought the Haynes Manual, and proceeded to strip down the dashboard trim. I actually even took off the driver side airbag. When i had the airbag out, i took another look at the manual, only to realise that i don't actually need to take off all the trim. Then after that (it's well after dark now...im using one of those lights you can hang placec, i forget what they are called..) i finally get the factory unit out, only to find out that the head unit i have IS NOT COMPATIBLE! The hook ups aren't the same. Maybe there is a way to get it to work, but im not familiar enough with it to know if there is or not. And while i'm upset that i'm going to have to buy a head unit, im glad i got the experience of tinkering with my car . When i was all done, i had no extra screws, and only one broken clip on the gauge cluster finish panel (this one clip was super hard to get out..and ended up breaking).