[BenI]

There are 4 main components to the dash: the top pad, the dash, the front panal, and the knee pad. The top pad goes between the dash and the windshield, then work your way down through the list. For the work you're talking about, you will want to remove the knee pad 1st-this is easy, just some screws along the bottom and on the sides. Then remove the dash. The dask has lots of plastic studs that stick down through sheet metal and is held down with plastic nuts. If youre lucky, the nuts are finger tight, and you can snake your hand up there and undo all of them. You may need to remove the glovebox-cant remember. The front of the dash where all the switches mount to is a facade glued on to metal that is in turn glued to the dash sheet metal. Sounds like you have fake wood paneling-stock is the black boxweave vinyl I believe. Once the knee pad and dash are removed, you can pop off the front dash panals and re-work them. It will be easy to punch/cut new holes in this piece, then just recover with material of your choice. I think the only difficult part of this job is going to be moving the heater controler. This device is cable driven, so you may have to redo the cabling or put extensions on the wires. Maybe you'll find you can move it over an inch or two and that will yield enough space for the head unit. Good luck!