WHERE is the damn wiring harness?

[n8ball2013]

thta doesnt mean its the car you are working on. pull the carpet down int he trunk somewhere on the pass side you'll find what you are looking for. have fun extending wires. and trying to get a dash kit to fit.

[huh?do-what?]

$75 should be labor only. When we do an amp bypass we include the speaker wire in the price, but if you need antenna extension, that is extra. Did you see an antenna plug when you pulled the factory radio?

[GymJunkie]

$75 should be labor only. When we do an amp bypass we include the speaker wire in the price, but if you need antenna extension, that is extra. Did you see an antenna plug when you pulled the factory radio?

No there wasnt one. For the harness what wires should I use to extend them?

Edited February 14, 2010 by Velvetdreams21

[huh?do-what?]

you need 4 pairs of speaker wire, a power, switched wire,power antenna turn on wire and a ground(18 guage is fine). If you tell the shop you are doing it yourself and you just want to buy the wire and connectors, they might charge you some ridiculous price. If you have any doubts, just take it on up to the shop. But if you choose to tackle it yourself, be careful bot to pinch any wires or leave any stray or exposed wires at any of your connections.

[GymJunkie]

you need 4 pairs of speaker wire, a power, switched wire,power antenna turn on wire and a ground(18 guage is fine). If you tell the shop you are doing it yourself and you just want to buy the wire and connectors, they might charge you some ridiculous price. If you have any doubts, just take it on up to the shop. But if you choose to tackle it yourself, be careful bot to pinch any wires or leave any stray or exposed wires at any of your connections.

When installing any stereo in the past I always made sure to use electrical to wrap around any exposed wires so Im already good on that end. It looks like I might have to do it myself to save money since I was just fired today.

Thanks a lot for all the info man, hopefully I can get some cash soon and tackle to job

[Mr. Ben]

the amp is on the back seat in the trunk somewhere. That is from the forum on the12volt.com. That harness they sold you shoud plug to the output side of the factory amp and that will send signal to yopur factory speakers. But you will have to run 4 pair of speaker wires (some cars need antenna extension) from the harness in the trunk up to the front at the cd player(as well as 12volt constant, swiched and maybe ground, or find a good ground at the dash). Run and antenna 12volt turn on if you have a power antenna. 70$ isn't a bad price really if you trust the shop and have seen some of their installs. That's about what we charge at work. 35-45 on the cd install, and 25 more to run the wires to the trunk and bypass the amp. Hope that helps you out.

x2

[GymJunkie]

Heres an idea, I hope this will work...How about instead of wiring all the way to the trunk, I cut the wires from the stock radio and use the existing black and blue harnesses, I just wire the HU wires directly to those harnesses?

[GymJunkie]

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Sorry, dont mean to sound impatient, Im just desperately looking for something to do to keep me occupied so I dont realize how tired I really am lol

Edited February 15, 2010 by Velvetdreams21

[hotshot27]

instead of trying to rig things up, do it properly. its not that hard to run the wires to the trunk. Best Buy charges btwn 50-70 to do a deck install in that car and you get a lifetime warranty.

so IMO either do it right, or pay someone to do it right. doing a ghetto rig job only causes problems down the road

[huh?do-what?]

instead of trying to rig things up, do it properly. its not that hard to run the wires to the trunk. Best Buy charges btwn 50-70 to do a deck install in that car and you get a lifetime warranty.

so IMO either do it right, or pay someone to do it right. doing a ghetto rig job only causes problems down the road

x2. If you hook into that harness at the radio, and it happens to be connected to anything else, you run a risk of shorting the radios speaker output.