(This is for anyone familiar with the internals of 96-98 Civic interiors)

Hi. I plan to purchase a regular CD-Receiver with an auxillary input for which I would hook up an Empeg unit. The CD-Receiver will go in the place of the factory radio.

The 96-98 Civics do NOT have double DINs. However, there is an area behind the cupholder that appears to have a half DIN cup extending into the dash. (I think it's there for hooking up an equalizer or a Honda CD player.) I am wondering if I can remove the half DIN cup and the region of plastic that holds it in, would there then be room to fit the Empeg unit?