PSA, you are not capable of installing your own car audio

[rudeguy]

Decks and speakers, sure you can't hurt anything doing that. But anything bigger, please pay the couple of bucks to have it installed. Here is what happens when you think you can wire in your own amp:

used to be a Cutlass

this is actually the cause of the fire

 

[JohnCU]

I wired my own stereo just fine. I'm also a senior in EE, though.:thumbsup:

EDIT: he must have forgotten the fuse.

 

[JohnCU]

oops.

 

[Sundog]

//DOH

 

[KLin]

I knew I should have used electrical tape on those solder points.

 

[akubi]

Originally posted by: rudeguy
Decks and speakers, sure you can't hurt anything doing that. But anything bigger, please pay the couple of bucks to have it installed. Here is what happens when you think you can wire in your own amp:

used to be a Cutlass

a car wash might help

 

[Black88GTA]

"Durrr, it keeps blowin' fuses"
"Jus jam a pepper clip in thur, won't hurt nuthin"

 

[nakedfrog]

Maybe true for a lot of people, but not me.

 

[Mrvile]

Nah, looks more like cell phone while filling up on gas if you ask me.

 

[KeyserSoze]

A little Armor-All will clean that right up.




KS

 

[minendo]

Wiring an amp is easier than installing your own deck.

 

[2cpuminimum]

Thanks, I have a cutlass, now I know better than to ever try to replace the tape deck with a tape stuck in it with a cd player.

 

[sniperruff]

that will buff right out. maybe some turtle wax oughta do it.

 

[lokiju]

I've been wiring my own amps, subs and head units since I was 16, never have had an issue.


But I'm not a complete idiot.

I think

 

[Kyteland]

That'll buff right out

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[McCarthy]

Oh sure, next thing you'll be saying I'm not capable of grilling in my car.

 

[Squisher]

Those fuses are just extra, the stereo will work without them.



I bought my first car stereo when I was 15, six months before I had a car to put it in. (Circa 1972, Sanyo under dash real quad 8 track, 35 watts RMS, the thing was huge, like 7"X8"X18")

 

[Dr. Detroit]

What a Moron!


OK, so I blew a fuse after I arced the turn on lead this last weekend..........

 

[rudeguy]

added a pic of the install that caused the problem.

I still cringe when I see that pic of the burned up interior.

 

[NutBucket]

Ooops

 

[kmac1914]

Originally posted by: Mrvile
Nah, looks more like cell phone while filling up on gas if you ask me.

Actually, that wouldn't do anything.

 

[gar3555]

looks more like you are in capable of using a camera

 

[CrackRabbit]

Don't tell my car that.
(<--- Has installed his own stereo in the past 2 cars he has had)

 

[rudeguy]

Originally posted by: gar3555
looks more like you are in capable of using a camera

I didnt take the pics. Also, all we had handy was a Sony. This explains all.

 

[cavemanmoron]

Originally posted by: rudeguy
Decks and speakers, sure you can't hurt anything doing that. But anything bigger, please pay the couple of bucks to have it installed. Here is what happens when you think you can wire in your own amp:

used to be a Cutlass

this is actually the cause of the fire

Oops,that'll buff Right out. NOT.