And the saga of finally getting a system in this car continues...
I spent this weekend pulling out the oem deck (and cassette deck add-on) and went to put in my Alpine. This is when I discovered that the wiring harness that I bought and soldered to the Alpine was the wrong when even though it said Honda 1986-2001. I have a 2000. Turns out Metra now labels this as 1986-1998.
Also, as I mentioned, I had the old add-on cassette deck under the the oem stereo location in the little cubby. Turns out that to put this in, the dealer had to cut a bunch of the console parts. Now I need to find the plastic piece that goes under the stereo location and the piece that makes up the cubby (with the 12v outlet in it). If anyone knows where I can find these parts, please let me know. I'm not looking forward to having to pull the console apart to replace it.
I've also just considered fiberglassing up the the console. Please chime in if you have any opinions.