Q:i have an 06 Chevy Colorado and i'm wanting to install an after market stereo. i was told by best buy that my truck needs a $130 wiring harness so that my trucks gauges and chimes won't mess up. they said eventually, if i went with a cheap harness, the stereo itself would go bad as well. do i really need a harness so expensive or can i go with some thing cheaper. i have a factory stereo that doesn't have on star or anything special.

That's the typical best buy scam crap that they tried to pull on me. You don't have to buy a Top-of-the-Line wiring harness b/c it's the same setup as the cheaper one. The only thing different is probably the wire quality and that doesn't matter here.

Q:I bought the car as a repo, and whoever had the car before me cut it out of the dash while installing a new stereo. Im pretty sure they cut out the wire for the heater controls light too. I would think they are supposed to light up too. The car is a 2001 Ford Taurus Sedan. I would also like to find a pdf file perhaps, on the diagram for the wiring. If you could answer these, I would really appreciate it thanks.

Your best bet to piece the wiring harness back together is to hit a junk yard. Find one that is wrecked. I would almost guarantee that the wiring will be good. As long as the thing didn't catch fire or anything. The wiring diagram will will probably be more trouble to find than the parts. I don't think ford even puts them in their service manuals.

Q:i found a wire harness for my 05 toyota camry from crutchfeild I would however like to buy my player from a different company will the harness fit the new player??

yes, they are universal. the harness plugs into your car, and the player has its own harness. match up the color wires and youre good to go

Q:I wired the whole harness, im left with a orange (illumination dash) and red (12v positive) where do i install these wires? I cant really figure it out where these goes.

Go to the link below to download a free wiring schematic for your car.

Q:i got a 2003 s10 and my cd player stopped working but the am fm works. i bought a new car deck (pioneer) and i want to install it. I am aware that i need to buy a wire that connects to the old one and the new deck but i have no idea what kind of wire i need. i went to future shop and there trying to charge me 130$. is there a cheaper way of doing this. Maybe a web site or something could helkp thax.

no wiring harness just install it you have your memory wire, accessories, ground and 8 speaker wires and the aux out, same as for the amp just the rca's battery and ground and accessories just wire that up and it will work

Q:I bought a wiring harness before i got my deck installed by my friends. They told me to buy one and they never even used it. I thought you had to have one for an aftermarket stereo. Could this be why my music is not so loud?

In other words, your friend cut the end off of the harness, that was not the best of choices to make. That would have nothing to do with why the music is not very loud. What stereo do you have in your car?

Q:I need to connect the wires from the harness that comes out of the back of the aftermarket radio to the wires on the harness adapter that connects to my factory harness. What is the best way to connect them? Should I use butt connectors? Should I use Crimp connectors? Should I use old fashioned Electrical tape? Is there a way to connect the wires from the back of the aftermarket radio strait into the harness adapter?

use heat shrink butt connectors, and don't go cheap use a good pair of wire crimpers if you want your connections to last

Q:I have an aftermarket radio that I previously had installed in my old car, that I want to put in my new car. (2004 dodge stratus). The stratus came with an mtx subwoofer and amp already installed from the other owner. The car has the factory radio currently installed. I was wondering if I can use a wiring harness for the after market stereo so I don't have to splice or cut any wires with that subwoofer already hooked up or if I'll need something else. Thank you.

If everything is factory and the PO didn't hack your wires up, you shouldn't have to. Ether way, we are talking about one wire here compared to the rest of the harness. Why sweat it?

Q:I have access to an engine from a burned out RV, I know I'll need the computer like from a 2500 or 3500 with a 454 most likely the same year as my Blazer but what else would probably be necessary to complete this swap?

you're able to make your life somewhat greater handy via in basic terms putting a carburetor on suitable of the 4.3 and doing away with the pc altogether. the two way this is going to likely be some artwork. you would be greater advantageous off in basic terms paying for an o.e.m wiring harness from a place like Painless Wiring in case you settle directly to maintain the pc. On a automobile like that, i could in basic terms put in a small block v-8. in case you do settle directly to apply a carburetor, you ought to purchase an intake manifold from Summit overall performance Or Jeg's. additionally, in case you maintain the gasoline injection with the pc, you will might desire to change the gasoline tank for an electric powered gasoline pump and return line. you may might desire to change the exhaust equipment somewhat additionally to apply the oxygen sensor.

Q:Everything has been pretty self explanatory so far. I've connected yellow to yellow, red to red, black (ground) to the chassis. I've got the + and - of each speaker connected fine.However the one question I have is that on the pioneer connector there is a blue/white cable. In the pioneer diagram it says blue/white is for Connect to system control terminal of the poweramp or auto-antenna relay control terminal . However on the mitsubishi harness, there is no blue/white cable. There is only a blue wire that says for antenna power.These sound like two different things, so if they are not used, then how will the antenna get power?Also on the harness are two orange wires labeled dimmer and dash illumination. However, on the pioneer connector nothing is mentioned nor in the diagram, so I am guessing these are to be taped off and not used.Still confused about the antenna power though.help!

Go ahead and connect the blue wire to the blue/white. Some head units have both a blue and blue/white wire. A blue wire is the true power antenna wire; it's active only when the tuner function is selected on the head unit. A blue/white wire is active whenever the head unit is turned on. Most Pioneer head units have only the blue/white wire, so that's the best connection for your power antenna. You are correct about the orange and orange/white illumination wires; just tape them off and don't use them. Some head units have a feature where they'll dim the display when you switch the headlights on. Your head unit doesn't have that feature, so there's no need to connect an illumination wire.