Q:I have a 2004 chevy cavalier that i want to replace my factory cd player with one that you can listen to ipod on.i was told at best buy i would have to buy a special wire harness that would cost $150 so my alarm and everything would work. i was wondering why and if GWH-22 harness would work?

They are bullshitting you, no need to buy special harness gwh-22 works the alarm system is totally separate from what the radio is trust me I have work in lots and basically that is how they make their money.

Q:Hello, I am fixing up alot of my old cars electrical systems. So far I got everything taken apart just fine. I have a 1987 Chevy Celebrity with its stock stereo. I am trying to prepare it to get a new system in there. I am however not too knowlegable when it comes to the harness' that connect the stereo system all together. The connections it has are the regular power connection. in the corner 3 small connectors one on top of the other, and on the other side of it another small connector by itself. Is there any guides or anything I use to figure out how to convert thiss orr?thanks, any help will be greatly appreciated.

The small white connector has the constant power wire (orange) and an illumination wire (dark brown). The black connector has the key-switched power (yellow), ground wire (black), and another illumination wire (gray). It may also have a power antenna wire (pink). The white 4-pin connector has the front speaker wires. Left positive (tan), left negative (gray), right positive (light green) and right negative (dark green). The blue connector has the rear speaker wires. Left positive (brown), left negative (yellow), right positive (dark blue) and right negative (light blue). The thick black wire is an AM/FM antenna plug. You can purchase a wire harness adapter that fits all the power/speaker plugs. The Metra part number is 70-1677.

Q:A wiring harness came with my Sony Xplod stereo but that man that runs the local electronics store told me that i need a specific $115 wiring harness for my 2002 4 dr. Pontiac Sunfire. Is he right or will the one that came with my stereo work?

You never need to spend that much for wire. If the unit came with wires, they will be adequate. I believe what you are witnessing is marketing psychology from companies that tout such ridiculous features as oxygen-free copper and low inter-lead capacitance, none of which produce any audible difference - PERIOD. I even saw one of these shysters advertising that their wire was burned in by running current through it for some period of time. I work in the electronics industry and while there are plenty of reasons to burn in an electronic device (i.e. solid-state circuitry w/other active/passive components), there is absolutely no value to burning in wire.

Q:I have two orange wires that come from aftermarket wire harness that are for a dimmer and illumination but no wires this color coming from the aftermarket car stereo wire harness. Are these wires not to be used then? No dimmer? Thanks

Aftermarket Radio Wiring Harness

Q:I own a 1995 Dodge Ram 1500 SLT 2wd , and I really like this truck. It has most options on it except factory fog lights/ or some people call them driving lights. Anyway, I would like to know if anyone could tell me whether or not my truck came wired for fog lights from the factory. The reason I ask is because I refuse to put aftermarket lights on my truck, I don't want to butcher up the way it looks, but I would really like to get those empty housings on my front bumper filled with some lights. Thank you in advance.

i haven't seen many that did come with the needed wiring harness already installed on them,even if it did have it you,d have to swap out the inside control switch for the lights and add a relay to it,and the wire wont be in the fuse panel for the added relay that will be needed,if the front part for the harness is their you might can do it, but i own a 96 model and it didn't come with the wiring that was needed to add them to it,i added after market ones to mine that resembled the original ones,good luck.

Q:i have an 89 s10 blazer and i am planning to drop in a 305 from a camaro and i am wondering where to get a wiring harness??? please help me out i need to find out

Thats a hard project, but you can use the factory harness from the camaro for engine management or use an aftermarket ecu ontroller for the engine, which will be harder to find and very pricy.

Q:I cut the wiring harness out of an old car. After peeling the wrapping insulation off I connected the matching wires with but connectors. I then placed electrical tape around the splices and put heat shrink tubing over the tape. I bought 2 grounded plugs and connected the wires one at a time to make sure they went to the correct screws. (the wires were green, purple, and yellow rather than black, white, and green) The cord works properly and indicates a ground. Is it safe?

that all depends on the Gauge and type of wire that you are using and the load that it will be used in. i think that i would use the proper extension cord.

Q:I recently bought a 2006 Ford F-250 Super Duty with LED tail lights. A load equilizer needs to be installed to eliminate the fast blinking. My understanding is that the load equalizer gets installed on the ground wire that is coming out from the LED bulb, is that correct? What color is the ground wire so I make sure that I have the correct wire? Thanks for the help!

That doesn't make any sense. You'd have to draw more current to make the old flasher work right and there's no way you can do that by hooking to a ground wire. It would have to go between the hot wires to the lights and ground. Just get the right flasher for the LEDs.

Q:i have a 97 gmc sonoma. i just bought a Sony CDX-GT640UI CD Receiver. it came with a wiring harness but i dont want to have to cut all the wires and try to match them all up. is there something that i can get that connects to the uncut stock harness then to one that fits into my new sony deck? if so where can i find it? thanks.

yes go to a local car audio place and ask them for a wiring harness adapter for your 97 sonoma they run 10-13$

Q:i am positive there is nothing wrong with my headunit, but i am getting no sound out of my speakers. I have a wiring harness plugged into it. the radio power is good

well first question is did u have sound before the aftermarket radio played remember that ur aftermarket radio puts out twice the power also i had a radio that was junk so before u start pouring money into this bad system try taking it back and try another first if that dont work try takin a spare speaker and check all ur wires if u have sound either ur speaker are old and worn out or u might have breaks in ur wires under ur dash. if u decide to up grade with an amp later take the time and run new wire not only will everything be brand new but ur system will definetly sound better because everything is new good luck to u