YOu know if you had a dremel tool with a steel cutter you could grind a slot into the bolt and then use a screwdriver to remove it. I highly suggest putting a small towel below the area where you removed the bolt to catch metal debris, regardless of using a dremel or drilling a hole into the bolt and using a screw extractor...If the bolt sticks out behind the nut you could buy a mini visegrip plier and grab the threads and continue screwing it out the back side of the mounting nut.....Good luck

 

bsktbll, if it makes you feel better, I snapped a bolt holding up the plastic cover under the engine last week. It happens. Good luck with the install.

 

your dealership should be able to get you the exact bolt (it may cost you whole lot and they may have to get it from warehouse).

I would go to a local hardware store and go through their "metric" bolt offerings. You can even check local nut and bolt supply shop. Depending on how much room you have in the back of the hole, you can use longer bolts. You can cut a bolt to size too. Just make sure you buy a nut and thread it past the cut point. The idea is that you would use the nut, as you remove it, to clean out the cut.

Salim

 

Anyone who has performed a DIY job of any magnitude, has had a situation where....OH SH%$...are you kidding me!
When you are upside down and side ways-Even which way to turn a bolt can get confusing.
Where would we be without these forums!...?

 

quick question about your harness that came with the grom unit.

did it have two connectors to go on the back of the radio or one?

thanks!

 

Good luck getting a reply. Notice the date of the post prior to your own?

 

Please don't go to worstbuy for this, go to a local mechanic at the least not bestbuy.

 

lol yeah didn't notice it was a year old.

really not that bad compared to newbs bumping 4 year old threads on my.is

i'm all sorted out anyway. no need for a reply thanks!

 

Now I understand how the bolt broke. You were probably not knowledgeable enough to do this DIY. But seriously after you remove the radio, it was simply pug and play and the putting the unit back. You had the thing torn apart already. A bolt remover would have simply removed the bolt head (then again you might have a more serious mishap).

I recently installed a VAIS adapter myself.

Good luck.