If you wanna add amps or anything, routing wires under the door sill panel things is easy since there’s plenty of space under and here’s a big main grommet right in the middle of the firewall to fish power wires through. The dash kit will more than likely have to be ordered through somewhere like Crutchfield, SonicElectronix, or Best Buy since this car is uncommon. Then just pull the radio out and disconnect the connectors.I don’t remember if I needed an antenna adapter or not (I think I might have just needed a standard Motorola style extender) but you will need a wiring harness which it shares with certain Hondas that’s easy to find anywhere that sells car audio stuff.
The radio removal is just gently popping off the two silver side pieces around the AC/radio controls and then just four Philips screws. Each door is only 2 screws and the panels pop off easily by hand. This is a pretty easy car to do audio installs in. I have an all Pioneer system in my SX4 with a 7” CarPlay stereo, 4ch amp, mono amp, 6.5” component speakers in the front doors, 6.5” coaxial speakers in the rear doors, two 12” subwoofers in a sealed enclosure in the trunk, along with foam baffles and sound deadening in the doors and trunk.
And you lose your steering wheel controls with an aftermarket stereo unless you get a $50 adapter. I had a Bluetooth FM transmitter that cost like $15 on Amazon that did the trick just fine with excellent audio quality. It's worth mentioning that I only did the aftermarket head unit on my SX4 because I got the kit as a gift. I have one in another car of mine and it cost $350 for a refurbished Kenwood on eBay. Yeah, you can get CarPlay if you get a nice head unit. Boom.ĭash kit and harness were like $25, head unit I had laying around from a used car I bought. Pop off the chrome trim panels on the sides of the radio (requires a lot of force, use a plastic trim tool), remove 4 Phillips head screws, pull out the radio, unplug the wires, reconnect the new one, screw the 4 screws in. Solder or use crimped butt connectors to connect the color-coded wires from the harness that came with your new head unit and the harness you ordered with the dash kit. I've done it before with a single din Kenwood.
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