[SVXdc]

Originally Posted by NiftySVX

Hey all, I can't access the svxdc install guide here at work

I'm outraged! My site is a serious, technical site, not some pr0n site

... will [a Pioneer AVIC-X910BT, 6.2" deep] fit and if the door will close ... ?

Yes. The interior of the cage is 6.625" deep. Some of the HU's 6.2" depth will be extending out past the front edge of the cage, so you should be good there.

Here's a good picture of the front from Crutchfield's (click on these thumbnails):

Rear:

A/V harness:

Pioneer's AVIC-X910BT product page (with links to user and installation manuals).

It looks like you'll need to notch the cage for the HU's USB cable. The other sockets might be so close to the bottom that you'll need to remove the entire rear of the cage (easy to do -- just drill out the four spot welds). The opening on the cage's rear frame is about 3/8" (9mm) smaller on each side than the outer dimensions of the cage. Picture:
262-06-CageReady.jpg

As for being able to close the SVX's audio cover door, the face on that Alpine looks to be fairly low-profile. The volume knob doesn't appear to protrude very far, and it's not at the bottom edge (where the knobs on some WRX radios cause clearance issues with the rear of the door).

Originally Posted by sowise

[Crutchfield's installation instructions say]:
» To install this product, you’ll have to modify your vehicle.
» Use the brackets that came with your factory stereo to install your new receiver.
» An installation kit is not required to install your new receiver.
» A wiring harness is not available. You will need to splice into the factory wires.

Of course they say there isn't a harness available -- they don't know about mine

I've run into this before. They're a bit conservative on the maximum depth they think will fit in the SVX cage. They don't want to have the back edge of any of the HU's wire harness plugs protrude beyond the back. I think they want to allow enough clearance for you to fold the wires down/up/sideways before they exit the rear of the cage.

In practice, there's from 1 to 2" space behind the bottom half of the cage, so most HUs don't have a problem.

Now when a HU has a massive A/V harness (with lots of RCA jacks), like this AVIC, it will take some effort to stuff all of that into the openings behind and/or under the rear of the cage.

Lately I've been recommending people tie a pull-string to a harness, thread the loose end out to either the driver's or passenger foot well. As you slide the cage into the dash, pull the string to retract all of the harness' slack into the rear openings (so the wires don't bunch up behind the cage and get sliced).

You might also want to preemptively tape up all of the SVX's sharp edges back there.

See my SVX Audio Install guide for more information and pictures.

See this post for some concerns about a HU with a fold-down face.