Here's the process I went through to replace my CDR-220 with the Alpine INE-W960:
Previously I had performed the cupholderrectomy, moved the AC control to the top of the console stack, put the CDR-220 in position 2, and put the original and an added cubby in the two lower positions. I mounted an XM Roady II in the top cubby and a Garmin GPS in the bottom cubby. All this had to be removed.
1. I pulled the CDR-220 using the radio keys I got to add all the accessories I'm about to remove.
2. I pulled the XM Roady II and its associated antenna, power adapter and the mating AUX cable for the 220.
3. I pulled the Parrot BT hands free module and its adapter cable that connected to the phone wiring and the CDR-220, along with its remote microphone and wired remoted control I mounted on the batwing.
4. I pulled the Garmin GPS and its associated antenna.
5. I put the AC control panel in its original location at the bottom of the stack.
6. I replaced one of the cubbies I removed above the AC control panel.
7. I cut out the bar between the top and next mounting locations in the upper console with a saw blade in an oscillating multi-tool.
8. I pulled the steel u-bracket radio support, drilled out the rivets holding the spring steel retainers, removed the retainers, and replaced the u-bracket because it looked like it would provide good rear support for the Alpine.
9 I purchased an adapter set that provided mating connectors for the amplifier connector, main connector and antenna connector in the car harness and wired it to the harness that came with the Alpine.
10. I mounted the Alpine GPS antenna in the factory location under the sensor cover at the front center of the dash.
11. I mounted the GPS antenna mount that came with the Alpine on the left side of the sensor cover on the dash and stuck the magnetic SiriusXM antenna on it.
12. I connected the parking brake wire from the Alpine to the parking brake switch with a vampire tap by removing the side cover from the console and snaking the wire from the radio to the vicinity of the switch.
13. I put the mounting cage into the dash. I had to cut part of some mounting hole surrounds out of the console frame to get it to fit. Friction pretty much holds it in place. The typical tabs you bend to mount the cage don't have much of anything to grab. I have seen a video where the sides of the frame are drilled but I chose not to do that.
14. I stuffed the wiring harness and the SiriusXM tuner back to the right and left of the radio opening and pushed it all in.
15. I pulled the bumper to get access to the grommet to route the wires for the backup camera. Hint - to do this you have to pull the spoiler cosmetic cover and structure.
16. I partially removed the rear and driver's side inside panels in the rear trunk to pull the camera wires through, replaced the panels, and replaced the bumper and spoiler.
On the To-Do List:
1. Run the video wire and control wire from the backup camera to the head unit and connect the power wires from the camera to the driver's side backup light.
2. Make a filler strip to go between the top of the radio and the bottom of the AC vent over the console.
I really like the head unit. It has a lot of flexibility in audio equalization. It does everything I need and more - AM/FM, Sirius ready, CD/DVD, Navigation, Bluetooth hands free and music, App connection to phones (BT for Android, USB for iPhone), rear seat entertainment (should you have a rear seat, or hook up a composite monitor, or defeat the parking brake interlock), and backup camera.
Al