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clicknext
05-13-2007, 02:00 AM
How do you remove the panel that surrounds the radio and AC controls, the one with the fake carbon fibre on the sides? The shop manual says to push out the bottom right clip, but I tried as hard as I could in the confined space, and just couldn't do it. Is there a specific direction, or some kind of trick that anyone knows?

Thanks
DeadGeneration
05-13-2007, 02:32 AM
subscribe - I have looked at the manuals and how-to's but never removed it myself, i'm affraid of breaking it.
danielschweer
05-13-2007, 02:38 AM
not hard. you have to remove cables for your hvac and then just pull.

follow the 1st couple steps in this :
http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?t=55382
clicknext
05-13-2007, 06:56 PM
not hard. you have to remove cables for your hvac and then just pull.

follow the 1st couple steps in this :
http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?t=55382
Ah, so it's actually necessary to remove those cables before the panel?
DeadGeneration
05-13-2007, 07:04 PM
I clicked that link and I didn't even recognize the 1st picture as being a protege.
DeadGeneration
05-13-2007, 07:10 PM
Ah, so it's actually necessary to remove those cables before the panel?

nah just push down on the a/c vents and pull... you try it first though and tell me if any thing breaks ok
JoshP5
05-13-2007, 09:39 PM
How do you remove the panel that surrounds the radio and AC controls, the one with the fake carbon fibre on the sides? The shop manual says to push out the bottom right clip, but I tried as hard as I could in the confined space, and just couldn't do it. Is there a specific direction, or some kind of trick that anyone knows?

Thanks

Take the glove box out, crouch down in the passenger footwell with the passenger seat all the way back, and do the reach-around through all the bars and other crap that's behind the center console. You have to kind of squeeze the clip by the sides a little while pushing it out. You kind of have to be a contortionist--my arm had a red indentation in it for a few hours after I did it and I'm pretty skinny. Good luck.
clicknext
05-13-2007, 09:45 PM
Take the glove box out, crouch down in the passenger footwell with the passenger seat all the way back, and do the reach-around through all the bars and other crap that's behind the center console. You have to kind of squeeze the clip by the sides a little while pushing it out. You kind of have to be a contortionist--my arm had a red indentation in it for a few hours after I did it and I'm pretty skinny. Good luck.
lol, the manual made it look so easy, with the guy pushing it out with one finger. (doh)
clicknext
05-14-2007, 12:03 AM
Thanks, it worked. Just pull, hard, with steady force. It feels pretty sturdy there so probably won't break. Yay, now I've finally got my radio support bar in, so the aftermarket radio feels rock solid.
Sup3rL4m3r
03-20-2009, 10:34 PM
not hard. you have to remove cables for your hvac and then just pull.

follow the 1st couple steps in this :
http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?t=55382

Danielschweer - Thanks for this post - very helpful, I was stuck! (pullup)
dxaveP5
03-21-2009, 02:16 AM
if you have a quarter inch rachet with a 7mm and a small philips drill bit you can remove the 4 scrwes behind the surrounding piece and the Climate control piece, so that you wont have to mess with the wires.
and then afterwards for install just tighten by hand so that its not too tight and wont be a problem next time when u needa take it off for another project or something.