I’m in the process of replacing my head unit as well as all four speakers in my ’09 Sport. The head unit is the JVC KD-S100, the speakers are Infinity Reference Speakers (one component – 6820cs, the other just 2-way speakers, 6822cf). Got a good package deal - $230 with kit, harness, etc from Crutchfield (this particular bundle doesn’t exist anymore).
The point of this thread was to give some tips / pictures to people who want to do this work.
Rear speakers: Remove the rear seats, takes about five minutes (five 14mm bolts) and makes access much easier. Plus it’s good to remove them to see how much room there is in case you ever need to haul something of size. For what it’s worth, the rear seats weigh about 63 pounds (28.5 kilograms).
Another tip: when replacing the rear speakers, just remove the panel from one side at a time so that you know where the screws and plastic clips belong.
At one point I had one old speaker and one new speaker installed, I turned on the OEM radio to see how much of a difference there was. The Infinity speaker sounded better, not by a huge amount but there was a difference.
As far as the time goes, it probably took an hour to do these speakers, if I had to do it again I could cut the time down to about twenty-five minutes including the time it takes to remove / reinstall the rear seats.
Head unit: I ended up removing probably more than I needed to but in the end I finally got the old radio out. With regard to the kit, the kit from Crutchfield that says it is for the ‘06/’07 Mazda5 with manual climate control but it works fine in the ‘08/’09 Mazda5s with automatic climate controls. Note the one picture of the new kit showing that the climate control is its own separate unit, the kit just covers it.
You will need to remove the white clips from the OEM radio and put them on the new clip though, this is what keeps the top of the kit secure to the dash - there is a picture of these white clips below.
I’m not completely done with the radio so no final picture yet, my kids wanted to go to the water park and when I returned it was too dark to keep working on the head unit. Right now I have an issue with the radio in that it doesn’t want to snap into place, I don’t know if the wires in the back are getting bundles up or what the issue is but I’ll work on that issue tonight.
With regard to the time, I have about 90 minutes into it including the time it took to connect the harness to the radio and probably have another 30 minutes remaining.
Front component speakersThey aren’t installed yet.
The point of this thread was to give some tips / pictures to people who want to do this work.
Rear speakers: Remove the rear seats, takes about five minutes (five 14mm bolts) and makes access much easier. Plus it’s good to remove them to see how much room there is in case you ever need to haul something of size. For what it’s worth, the rear seats weigh about 63 pounds (28.5 kilograms).
Another tip: when replacing the rear speakers, just remove the panel from one side at a time so that you know where the screws and plastic clips belong.
At one point I had one old speaker and one new speaker installed, I turned on the OEM radio to see how much of a difference there was. The Infinity speaker sounded better, not by a huge amount but there was a difference.
As far as the time goes, it probably took an hour to do these speakers, if I had to do it again I could cut the time down to about twenty-five minutes including the time it takes to remove / reinstall the rear seats.
Head unit: I ended up removing probably more than I needed to but in the end I finally got the old radio out. With regard to the kit, the kit from Crutchfield that says it is for the ‘06/’07 Mazda5 with manual climate control but it works fine in the ‘08/’09 Mazda5s with automatic climate controls. Note the one picture of the new kit showing that the climate control is its own separate unit, the kit just covers it.
You will need to remove the white clips from the OEM radio and put them on the new clip though, this is what keeps the top of the kit secure to the dash - there is a picture of these white clips below.
I’m not completely done with the radio so no final picture yet, my kids wanted to go to the water park and when I returned it was too dark to keep working on the head unit. Right now I have an issue with the radio in that it doesn’t want to snap into place, I don’t know if the wires in the back are getting bundles up or what the issue is but I’ll work on that issue tonight.
With regard to the time, I have about 90 minutes into it including the time it took to connect the harness to the radio and probably have another 30 minutes remaining.
Front component speakersThey aren’t installed yet.
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