mazda lantis - how to change radio?

[najone]

Hello every body

im newbie here. my english not so good. hopefully u all can understand.

my officemate need to change the radio at his mazda lantis, but it look very hard to open the panel in front of the radio. after asking afew member they told need to take out the dashbord... is that true? so he trying to open the dashboard but it too difficult, even didnt find where the screw...

so im asking a help if anyone can help to solve his problem, because he want to give the original radio to me. he he he

TQ

 

[b00n]

This is a guide on how to take out the center console:
http://www.club323f.com/ba/guides/dashremoval/dashremoval.php
http://www.club323f.com/ba/guides/dashspray/dashspray.php

Not complicated if you know which part to loosen.
Have done it before to replace my ECU.

 

[najone]

Thank you very much bro boon...

so its true that we need pull out the whole panel on dashboard just to replace the radio.... ohh my... seems complicated..

i will forward this to my friend.. thank you soo muchh..

 

[b00n]

The steps teaches until dashboard, but basically no need to do until that.
Once you've taken out the handbrake-gearbox area, than you can loosen the bottom part of the central console.