ATTN 1993 park avenue owners

[ndstrctbl 10+ year member]

i am currently driving a 1993 park avenue and i need to get the dash off to get to my stock radio. i plan on replacing it soon and i can find anything online on how to get this off. if you have ever put a new HU in one of these please let me know because i need serious help

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[tez4life Premium Member]

i am currently driving a 1993 park avenue and i need to get the dash off to get to my stock radio. i plan on replacing it soon and i can find anything online on how to get this off. if you have ever put a new HU in one of these please let me know because i need serious help

I didnt own a 1993 Park Avenue, but I did have a Buick Lesabre from the same year, and I know they were similar cars. The Lesabre had something like 15 or 20 screws to remove to get to the radio. Its been a few years but heres what I remember,

Remove that long strip of fake woodgrain, should pop off.

You should see most of the screws you need to take off. There are more under the edge of the bottom of the dash, (3) in the Glove box, and (1) in each AC vent, (4 total). There are also (3) under the flap that overhangs the instrument cluster.

Thats all I remember off the top of my head, I hope that helps some. I hated taking the HU out of that car lol, took me forever to find the hidden screws in the AC vents.

 

[chief_bignut 10+ year member]

my wife has a 96 and ran into a similar problem. before anything take a flat head screw driver and lift the ac vents up a little and pull them out to reveal more hidden screws. if you dont they will snap the tabs off especially on an older car like these. but yeah it was a beesh to get a new deck in there. youll see there are quite a bit of screws and if its anything like mine the entire dash panel comes off from door to door. teh trickiest part is around the steering column and shift lever. do you have a pic of the interior??

 

[jrouter76 10+ year member]

I didnt own a 1993 Park Avenue, but I did have a Buick Lesabre from the same year, and I know they were similar cars. The Lesabre had something like 15 or 20 screws to remove to get to the radio. Its been a few years but heres what I remember,
Remove that long strip of fake woodgrain, should pop off.

You should see most of the screws you need to take off. There are more under the edge of the bottom of the dash, (3) in the Glove box, and (1) in each AC vent, (4 total). There are also (3) under the flap that overhangs the instrument cluster.

Thats all I remember off the top of my head, I hope that helps some. I hated taking the HU out of that car lol, took me forever to find the hidden screws in the AC vents.

Did a 95 Buick laSabre and yep you are correct sir that is how you would remove the dash.

 

[marcotheclepto 10+ year member]

Did a 95 Buick laSabre and yep you are correct sir that is how you would remove the dash.

x2 but '97

 

[tez4life Premium Member]

Also forgot, there are (4) screws under the dash after you remove the ash tray.

I truly hated installing a HU in that car, took forever to remove all those screws. At least until I bought a drill. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[ndstrctbl 10+ year member]

my wife has a 96 and ran into a similar problem. before anything take a flat head screw driver and lift the ac vents up a little and pull them out to reveal more hidden screws. if you dont they will snap the tabs off especially on an older car like these. but yeah it was a beesh to get a new deck in there. youll see there are quite a bit of screws and if its anything like mine the entire dash panel comes off from door to door. teh trickiest part is around the steering column and shift lever. do you have a pic of the interior??

here a few that i snapped quickly