I was attempting to pull the surround from the head unit to see if I have provision for the audiophile harness. I'm pulling from the bottom but I'm not real comfortable pulling real hard. How durable is the plastic surround. I'd hate to break it.

 

Personally I took a small screwdriver and pried it from the top. It shouldn't be too difficult to get out. What you should worry about are the snaps that might get stuck. If you go slowly and pull gently you shouldn't have any problems.

 

it's scary, but you have to pull on that baby...sometimes really hard

 

It's very scary. Not my first encounter with plastic trim panels and they all seem like they're going to break the first time you remove them. But this thing is a bit more obstinate.

 

They make a plastic pry bars that really help to remove the plastic cover

 

just yank that sucker off. LOL. Like pb said go from the top. I was little scared to but when you're going from the am/fm to a cd player is was going to be worth it.