Just got my new radio mount kit and my s5 surround and vents and put it all together. I don't know if the old s5 are like these brand new surrounds but this thing is tighter than ****. I literally had to put a ton of pressure on all the parts just to get them to fit into the surround. Looks nice though compared to an old broken messed up s4 one.

 

Wow that is really clean. So you can swap S4 and S5 surrounds? Where did you get that one?

 

Yes, you can replace an S4 surround with an S5 surround, but you need S5 upper vents and an S5 shift boot panel also. The S5 surround is way more durable than the S4 surround. I'm looking for one to replace (what's left of) my S4's surround.

 

Im using the s4 shifter surround its a little differnt but no big deal to me. I got the parts from the mazda dealer I have a friend who works there so I got a discount ended up around 140 for the surround and vents. I thinking its about 200 normally.

 

i am also using the s4 shifter surround with the s5 upper surround. fits fine.

 

Yeah you can pretty much tell what it looks like from my pic. The old s4 stuff is more a gloss black and if you look at the second picture you can see how it lines up slightly off because the s5 is wider i think. But it hardly matters and its way better than a broken s4. So you can tell all the people going around on the fourms saying you cant use s4 shifter with s5 surround to check this thread.

Edit:god my ashtry is so nasty greenish color lol.

 

That looks sweet man. I have a perfect condition s4 surround, but the s5 looks alot more appealing.

 

I had a perfect s4 surround a year ago when i got the car, but then i took out the non working stock stereo and it fell apart lol.

 

I have the same setup except different headUnit. Fits very well.

 

I drive an S5, it comes standard.

 

What radio kit did you use?

I lost the original brackets

 

Oh, I was under the impression you need the S5 shifter surround to work with the S5 stereo surround. I don't have a stereo surround or shifter surround in my car right now. Maybe that's why I thought that.

 

I bought this kit. http://www.crutchfield.com/p_1209975...sh+kit&tp=3121

The main problem is with s4's you have to use the spacers which i broke the first time i think, but i also had a already messed up surround by then so if your careful on a s4 you should be okay. The s5 doesnt need the spacers in the kit so the kit is alot easier to install.

 

wow one clean interior.

 

Before pics would have painted a brighter picture. . . clean though.

I did the same switch a while back. However I did not get the S5 vents, which I regret. I'll get to it sooner or later. . . until then I will just have to deal with the gaping hole similar to that in which you posted in your first picture.

 

pretty good lookin little upgrade, might have to go this way also since mine too fell apart when I took it off.

 

Cant find any pics of it broken on the car, but this is what it looks like now, and i cut up the bottom part to get the cig lighter out.

 

S4 surrounds are quite durable when they are brand new.

 

S5 are quite MORE durable when new :P

 

Yeah, i was surprised at how durable that thing was compared to my s4 stuff, it was more than night and day difference lol.

 

Does it replace the stock mounting hardware good?I got a s5 btw

 

if i remember the s4 is molded plastic and the s5 is a metal frame with a rubberized type of coating on it. I dig the s5 over the s4 any day, if you look at the s4 wrong it will break.

 

Yep If you get a aftermarket radio all you need is that kit, and it has 3 differnt mounting styles also depending what type of radio you buy. You just use your stock screws to screw the radio bracket you make from that kit in then you put the surround on then the radio.
Unless you smart like me and already get the surround and forget to screw in the radio kit and already plugged the cig lighter back in so its a pain in the *** to get everything out, That made it real fun screwing them in. I also made sure to put in about half way and hook it up and stuff before pushing it in all the way and putting in the bottom pocket peice.