Recent content by Gramdacious

I don't blame you. it was pretty scary tearing into a brand new car. I had the help and resources of a friend (a Mazda dealership technician) and we were brave enough to tackle it. Now I'm a little more confident.

I don't have pics but it is very easy to do. First, peel back the side stripping attached to the shifter bezel (on the side of the console next to your legs). it should peel away pretty easy. Then unscrew your shift knob and gently pry the whole shifter bezel out. Directly at the bottom of...

No problem. I found the hidden srews with the help of a buddy. He is Mazda dealership technician and had all sorts of pictorials step-by-steps. The Cx7 is still new even for those guys, they are figuring things out fresh just like we are. I must say though that it helps to have a Mazda tech...

I didn't check with the window down. It looked like the baffle/enclosure the stock speaker was enclosed in, protected the speaker from the top. In other words, I don't think the window was coming even close. The stock enclosure really sticks out from the door giving a ton of room. As for...

I know with the non-bose, when I switched out Cx7girl's speakers there was a ton of depth. No problem with a big magnet. I gotta imagine with the 9" woofers, they would be deep as well. I had to put some sound deadening material inside the stock speaker baffles, it reduced rattles all...

Makes sense that's where they put the bose amp. There really doesn't seem to be much options to hide an amp besides there. Maybe behind the rear cargo side panels? So do you want to use the bose amps to run aftermarket speakers? I hear the head unit sends out specifc signals specifically for...

I hear ya. Front stage is always gonna balance the sound nice. I just hope there is enough room to properly mount new speakers inside (bigger, deeper magnets, etc) It definately would be nice. I threw some Diamond audio 5x7s in the stock locations of my girl's Cx7, but I would have loved to...

I just upgraded my non-bose system. I didn't have any speakers in the dash but I had to remove the center dash peice that houses the head unit and saw where you probably would start to remove the upper dash piece you are talking about. First you must "peel back" the side strips next to the...