​Specialist Tools
Here We Look at Some Specialist Tools Required to Remove & Replace a Car Stereo System

Factory fitted head units are all installed in various ways depending on the vehicle manufacturer, model & year of the vehicle.
Here we have a list of some of the more specialist tools required to remove all manor of factory fitted head units whilst using our Removal Guides.

HEAD UNIT RELEASE KEYS

RELEASE KEYS COME IN ALL SHAPES & SIZES TO RELEASE VARIOUS STYLES OF HEAD UNIT, THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF RELEASE KEY & THE CORRECT SHOULD BE USED IN THE CORRECT VEHICLE MANUFACTURER OR AFTER MARKET HEAD UNIT MANUFACTURER, EG: AUDI FACTORY HEAD UNITS REQUIRE AUDI RELEASE KEYS TO RELEASE THE STEREO - SONY, JVC, KENWOOD ETC REQUIRE SONY, JVC, KENWOOD RELEASE KEYS TO RELEASE THE AFTERMARKET HEAD UNIT. RELEASE KEYS ARE NOW WIDELY AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE EITHER ON LINE OR FROM AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE STORES.

TRIM REMOVAL TOOLS

TRIM REMOVAL TOOLS ARE BASICALLY DESIGNED TO REMOVE PLASTIC CAR TRIM PANELS WITHOUT DAMAGING, SCRATCHING OR DENTING THE DASHBOARD. THEY ARE DESIGNED TO BE FIRM BUT FLEXIBLE, & ARE MADE OUT OF A CERTAIN BLEND OF PLASTIC THAT IS IDEAL FOR THE TASK OF DISMANTLING A VEHICLES INTERIOR.  THEY COME IN DIFFERENT SIZES & SHAPES, SOME ARE DESIGNED TO BE ANGULAR TO ACCESS THE MORE CHALLENGING PLACED TRIM PANELS.

TORX DRIVER BITS

TORX BITS ARE COMMONLY USED IN MOTOR VEHICLES THROUGHOUT THE VEHICLE TO SECURE ALL MANOR OF PARTS, THEY ARE BASICALLY SPECIALLY DESIGNED SCREW HEADS THAT ARE VERY SIMILAR TO THE STANDARD ALLEN KEY HEX BITS, THE MAIN DIFFERENCE BEING THE SHAPE OF THE RECESSED AREA BEING A STAR SHAPE, TORX HEAD SIZES ARE DESCRIBED ALWAYS USING THE LETTER T & FOLLOWED BY A NUMBER RANGING FROM T1 TO T100, THE NUMBERS CORRESPOND TO A POINT TO POINT DIMENSION ON THE TORX SCREW HEAD. COMMON SIZES FOR HEAD UNIT & DASHBOARD REMOVAL ARE T20 & T25. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT TORX/STAR BITS PLEASE SEE THIS LINK: TORX/STAR DRIVER BITS

MULTIMETER

MULTIMETER'S COME IN ALL DIFFERENT SHAPES & SIZES AS PICTURED ABOVE, BUT EFFECTIVELY ALL DO THE SAME THING. A MULTIMETER IS A ELECTRONIC DEVICE THAT YOU CAN MEASURE ELECTRICITY , JUST AS YOU WOULD MEASURE DISTANCE WITH A RULER, A STOPWATCH TO MEASURE TIME OR A SCALE TO MEASURE WEIGHT, BUT UNLIKE A RULER, STOPWATCH OR SCALE, A MULTIMETER IS EFFECTIVELY LIKE AN ELECTRONIC MULTI-TOOL, NEARLY ALL MULTIMETERS HAVE A DIAL ON THE FRONT THAT LETS YOU SELECT WHAT YOU WISH TO MEASURE, MULTIMETERS CAN MEASURE: VOLTAGE-CURRENT-RESISTANCE. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT MULTIMETERS & DETAILED GUIDES ON HOW TO USE YOUR MULTIMETER PLEASE SEE THIS LINK: MULTIMETER INFO & TECHNICAL ADVISE