I bought the iPod kit and installed it myself. The box includes instructions for removing the panels/radio.
The strips were scary. I used a plastic putty knife and a flat tip screwdriver covered with electrical tape but I left tiny little marks.
The instructions say to use a nylon trim removal tool. An audio shop would probably sell you one or put it in for 1/2 of what the dealer wants ($60).
There are about 4 snaps on each piece of the silver and four screws to remove the radio. You then snap off the trim piece by the passenger's foot and remove the glove box. Both of those were a breeze to do. Only scary part was the silver. You could ask the dealer how much they are to replace and if they are cheap do it with no fears. But they are probably $100 each.
You actually make 5 playlist on your iPod called Clarion1, Clarion2, etc and the interface finds those. Clarion1 then becomes CD 2. That is because CD 1 is every song on your iPod. I made 4 smart playlist and named them clarion, then made clarion5 a manual playlist and I just drag over the stuff I want for that trip (podcast).
So you could make clarion1 all 3 star songs you haven't heard in a month or similar and so on. Then when you sync up you will have new songs.
Not great but no horrible either.
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