Removal of Radio/Infotainment Unit - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Captain Snooze · 03-18-2012, 05:20 PM

Can some one tell me how one removes the radio/infotainment unit? Do you have to get up under the dash to remove it? Looking at the 3rd pic down here http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4242 I can't see how you could unmount it from the front but I have no idea how these things are installed.

Cheers

Stryker Trailwood · 03-18-2012, 05:31 PM

i don't think there were radios in the cars there. or they reassembled the dash and left the radio out for whatever reason.

it looks like you pop off the part of the dash around the radio, you can see the split in the CF cover piece.
from there you can unscrew the brackets shown and then take it out, easy.

jcutner · 03-18-2012, 07:02 PM

agreed, that carbon overlay thing will pop out.
it's more or less the same in my mazda3

OrbitalEllipses · 03-18-2012, 09:48 PM

Pop off the console surround, unscrew brackets holding in unit, unplug from harness, sell to Impreza owner.

Calum · 03-19-2012, 09:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OrbitalEllipses

Pop off the console surround, unscrew brackets holding in unit, unplug from harness, sell to Impreza owner.

I wonder if these cars will require a nissan harness like my 08 does.

Stryker Trailwood · 03-19-2012, 10:19 PM

it looks like it will be using the same harness Scion has been using.
the same radios that have been seen in the FR-S are the same radios offered in the xB, xD, tC and iQ.
the Bespoke HU is even physically identical to the premium radio scion already offers, only without the Bespoke software.

OrbitalEllipses · 03-20-2012, 08:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Calum

I wonder if these cars will require a nissan harness like my 08 does.

They do source a lot of the switches and electricals from Nissan, so it's not unheard of.

03-18-2012, 05:20 PM	#1
Captain Snooze Because compromise ® Join Date: Jan 2012 Drives: Red Herring Location: australia Posts: 7,817 Thanks: 4,045 Thanked 9,548 Times in 4,194 Posts Mentioned: 60 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Removal of Radio/Infotainment Unit Can some one tell me how one removes the radio/infotainment unit? Do you have to get up under the dash to remove it? Looking at the 3rd pic down here http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4242 I can't see how you could unmount it from the front but I have no idea how these things are installed. Cheers Last edited by Captain Snooze; 03-18-2012 at 08:40 PM.

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Stryker Trailwood Scion Guy Join Date: Feb 2012 Drives: Scions and a Harley Location: Texas Posts: 95 Thanks: 2 Thanked 11 Times in 7 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	i don't think there were radios in the cars there. or they reassembled the dash and left the radio out for whatever reason. it looks like you pop off the part of the dash around the radio, you can see the split in the CF cover piece. from there you can unscrew the brackets shown and then take it out, easy. __________________ FAMILY FLEET 2010 Black Currant Scion xD • 2006 Nautical Blue Scion tC 2010 RS 7.O Murasaki Scion xB2 • 2015 Blue Crush Metallic RAV4 Daily Rider 2014 White Hot Denim Harley-Davidson V-Rod Muscle

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Stryker Trailwood Scion Guy Join Date: Feb 2012 Drives: Scions and a Harley Location: Texas Posts: 95 Thanks: 2 Thanked 11 Times in 7 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	it looks like it will be using the same harness Scion has been using. the same radios that have been seen in the FR-S are the same radios offered in the xB, xD, tC and iQ. the Bespoke HU is even physically identical to the premium radio scion already offers, only without the Bespoke software. __________________ FAMILY FLEET 2010 Black Currant Scion xD • 2006 Nautical Blue Scion tC 2010 RS 7.O Murasaki Scion xB2 • 2015 Blue Crush Metallic RAV4 Daily Rider 2014 White Hot Denim Harley-Davidson V-Rod Muscle

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jcutner Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Drives: Scion FR-S Location: Toronto Posts: 50 Thanks: 0 Thanked 20 Times in 14 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	agreed, that carbon overlay thing will pop out. it's more or less the same in my mazda3

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