Amendment to MR2 Roadster Stereo Installation article

[Anonymous]

I've been struggling to replace the Sony Head Unit in my 2001 SMT with an Alpine. I followed the instructions in the "MR2 Roadster Stereo Installation" article and the similar one at spydermagazine.com but was having problems with the surround trim, the one that was fitted on my Sony appears to have a smaller aperture than the later ones which meant the Alpine was a tight fit which stopped the front panel from being able to move out of the way to load CDs.

I tried to get the 55423-17040 surround that is listed in the article but neither of the two Toyota dealers I contacted could trace that part and a search on the forums showed that other people had been unable to trace it too.

A bit of detective work and a very helpful parts man eventually tracked down the correct part number as 55423-17040-C0.