'95 infiniti j30 - receiver head unit removal.

[TetsuoK]

i've never removed a stereo from a nissan/infiniti. With a honda, all i had to do was hold onto it and pull it right out.

With the infiniti, i'm not sure how to do it. Is there a trick to getting to its access point? do I have to remove something first to remove it?

Thanks in advance.

[TetsuoK]

please?

[Defiant]

Open the cup holder.Lift up on the bezel around the shifter, it has 2 main pawls, one on each side about where the N position is. It'll be easier to have the car out of Park.There are 2 screws at the bottom of the wood trim, which go through cream-colored plastic. Remove.Gently, carefully, start prying up on the wood. It has two nasty pawls at the top of its arc, above the AC controls cluster. Try to pull out without bending the wood. Once started, use a screwdriver or small prybar, or paint can lid prybar covered with cloth to boost those pawls out. THE CLIPS ARE NOT SECURED TO THE METAL ATTACHED TO THE WOOD AND THEY WILL FALL OFF. Grab them as soon as you can, and put them in the rear ashtray. Have a magnetic wand handy to grab the one that falls off anyway. Unplug the ashtray harness, it has a pushbutton on the side of it. You may need a screwdriver to press on the button, as it's small enough to gouge into most fingertips instead of just releasing.Remove the four screws holding the stereo/AC cluster bracket.Start pulling the rack toward you, and unplug the AC harness and stereo harnesses.Take the AC/radio bracket assembly to your bench. YOU WILL PROBABLY NEED AN IMPACT DRIVER TO GET THE RADIO LOOSE. The factory screws will have attached themselves to the radio chassis with what is effectively about 20 foot-pounds, and a regular old Phillips screwdriver will probably not have enough grip to break them loose without ruining both the screwdriver and the screws. This cannot be stressed enough, you do not want to deform those screws. An impact driver kit is about $10 at the Chinese Tool Emporium, and will be all you need.The BOSE mounts are countersunk, but they do fit ISO/DIN mounting points on normal stereo chassis. Use care with the AC cluster, it's not something you want to manhandle and break.Installation is pretty straightforward. You have a cavern of room behind the stock head unit, I can't think of a system that wouldn't fit there. If you're using the stock speakers and their amps, you will need a level adapter, and you will need to power the factory amplifier.