Any one install in a 06 mazda3 sedan

[Techchild 10+ year member]

Just wondering about to install some stuff in a friends car and never done anything but hondas. Any one got wiring diagrams and removing dash panels and headunit also whats a good place to run the wire thru the fire wall.

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[qkassidyw 10+ year member]

The stereo is easy to get out but dont unplug it and make sure to lay a dash mat down to protect the interior from scratching...unless you are replacing the headunit.

I think to get the stereo out you pop off the small trim piece and then there are two bolts holding it in? Maybe four? If it was righ tin front of me I would have had it out already...

As for the power wire....if it is a stick then somewhere around the clutch plate or I think there is a big grommet to go through (it is a ford). If its an automatic then where the clutch plate is supposed to go is always a good spot.

 

[Techchild 10+ year member]

The stereo is easy to get out but dont unplug it and make sure to lay a dash mat down to protect the interior from scratching...unless you are replacing the headunit.
I think to get the stereo out you pop off the small trim piece and then there are two bolts holding it in? Maybe four? If it was righ tin front of me I would have had it out already...

As for the power wire....if it is a stick then somewhere around the clutch plate or I think there is a big grommet to go through (it is a ford). If its an automatic then where the clutch plate is supposed to go is always a good spot.

Thanks were going to be installing some subs and an amp and using a loc to use for the rcas. What is a good remote turn on wire or should we just use the sig lighter power to run to the amp as the remote?

 

[qkassidyw 10+ year member]

Aren't the rear speakers on the back deck in the sedan? If they are then I would tap the LOC off of the rear speakers under the back deck and get the remote from the Cig lighter or the accessory wire or the fuse box.

 

[Techchild 10+ year member]

Aren't the rear speakers on the back deck in the sedan? If they are then I would tap the LOC off of the rear speakers under the back deck and get the remote from the Cig lighter or the accessory wire or the fuse box.

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