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Originally posted by: brblx
don't you have a harness adapter? you should be attaching that to the headunit and plugging it in to your stock harness. there are porbably not any plugs past the one that goes into the back of your stock radio, as the wires start to seperate and run off to different places.

T25's are pretty common nowadays. never seen them on a japanese car, though, usually euros.
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thanks brlbx. so looking at this picture,

1) the left wiring came with the new stereo and that's what i would plug in the back of my new sony stereo...

2) the middle and right wirings came from Crutchfield and that's what i would hook up to the wiring in my car...

3) and then i would use the crimper and connecters to connect them all?

4) also, where should i attach the ground (the metal part on the left wiring)? anywhere in the back of the console? can it be metal or should i try to find a non-metal surface. i'm thinking of attaching it using electrical tape... is that OK?
 
Originally posted by: CRXican
check out www.crutchfield.com
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completely agree. They may not be the cheapest...but they'll supply you with everything you need including printed instructions. I just upgraded my wife's car with a new receiver. They gave me the enlosure (to fit properly in her vehicle since the stack is not a standard DIN slot), the wiring harness, and instructions all for free. Total cost: $129 shipped...1000% better sound and now iPod and AUX inputs.
 
Originally posted by: PricklyPete
Originally posted by: CRXican
check out www.crutchfield.com
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completely agree. They may not be the cheapest...but they'll supply you with everything you need including printed instructions. I just upgraded my wife's car with a new receiver. They gave me the enlosure (to fit properly in her vehicle since the stack is not a standard DIN slot), the wiring harness, and instructions all for free. Total cost: $129 shipped...1000% better sound and now iPod and AUX inputs.
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Agreed. A friend of mine was looking to replace the stock HU in his 96 Impala SS. I told him to just go with Crutchfield for the peace of mind. Sure enough, for maybe $150 he got a nice JVC HU with everything he needed, including the wiring harness adapter and antenna adapter. The instructions were great and it worked on the first try.
 
i did get mine from Crutchfield but it doesn't specify where to attach the ground (wrench-looking metal piece). just wondering if it can be anywhere, including metal.
 
Originally posted by: brblx
crutchfield should have all the info. depending on the model of car, you may need an adapter for the dash, and i would recommend a harness that will plug directly into the factory connector if available. best buy likes to cut, twist, and tape, which is not acceptable.
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not true about best buy unless you got screwed. They almost always have you get all the kits you need. Many are not bad installers, but many are.

Murph over on SoundDomain had been with best buy for years and never did a shody job.
 
OK, guys, thanks for all your help but i'm at a point where i would need to somehow attach the ground to the car body, strip and crimp wires, and that's assuming i connect everything right.

So i'm thinking for this first install i should take it to a "professional" installer. first place that comes to mind is Best Buy (and alkemyst says not all installers are bad) so i might have some faith in them.

but just for discussion's sake, where else should i look? does sears do installs? how about mom and pop's places?
 
Your pic doesn't work...

Anyways, are you saying that the ground wire from the new receiver's wiring harness has a terminal on it? If so, just clip the terminal off and attach that wire to the ground wire in the harness adapter the same way you would do all of the others. It shouldn't be necessary in your case to ground the head unit to the car body.

You really can't mess up the wiring - you basically match colors, although you should always double check all the wires to make sure. But, some cars (especially newer ones) have a lot of other things integrated with the stereo system. In these cases things might get confusing / weird, but I don't think your car is set up that way, at least my friend's Sentra isn't.

I agree that a commercial installation shop (i.e. Best Buy) isn't necessarily bad, it's the quality of the people employed there that is important. Any way you slice it, a BB install won't be fancy, but (assuming the tech who does the job isn't a total hack / noob), it will get the job done. The "mom and pop" places would probably do decent work, but charge a small fortune for a simple job. My own personal experience with dedicated car audio shops is that they are overpriced in general.

EDIT: oh, and NEVER EVER use electrical tape by itself on any connection, let alone a ground. E-tape adhesive turns to goo when baked in a car in the summertime. "Twist and tape" installs rarely last more than a few weeks before the connections start falling apart.
 
Even high end shops have bad installers time to time...ask for pictures of their work or better find others that had work done. Doing a headunit is a no-brainer though.

Build the harness on the bench, then you can just plug it into the car.

check out zilvia.net, http://forums.nicoclub.com/ and freshalloy.com as well for dedicated Nissan advice.
 
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