If I read right, it seems all that you want to do is take the deck out and do some work on it? Well, I'm not too sure how much difference there is from my 99 SE and your 00, but I recently took out the stock deck for a pioneer I bought and the dash front just came off in 1 piece and I didn't have to take anything else apart. It seems like it might break because it's on there so well but just be firm and don't force it and make sure you tilt your steering wheel down and take off any screws underneath the bottom of the dash front, I think there is 3-4. Make sure you are very slow with getting it over the steering wheel because it looks sturdy but once it's coming off that thing is a lot thinner than you might think. I didn't have to touch anything in the center console. I just put the shifter in first gear so that it was completely out of my way.
