Car stereo wiring

[YARDofSTUF]

ok i have alwas been told this is the most important part.




now i am buying the head unit and speakers all at crutchfield, will i need other wiring and stuff, is so pls let me know.


also, HOW do i properly wire it?

[TEH WIN]

thick cable

nuff said

[blebs]

If your buying from Crutchfield, they usually supply everything for a complete hook up. Instructions too. If you have a problem, just call there tech line, those guys and gals are excellent help!

[magg]

There's some good info here. Lots of knowledgeable people in the forums too.

[RoundEye]

Lots of good info here http://forum.sounddomain.com/

Give me a little more about what stuff you have and what you need to know and I'll give you some details.

I know quite a bit about setting up car audio.

[ace]

You need to know if your car needs a dashkit. Your also gonna need a wiring harness that will plug into your existing stock radio harness. that should get you going cause you already have the wires for your inside speakers.

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Originally posted by YARDofSTUF
ok i have alwas been told this is the most important part.




now i am buying the head unit and speakers all at crutchfield, will i need other wiring and stuff, is so pls let me know.


also, HOW do i properly wire it?

if you are going to just use a head unit and speakers and no amp,then like was said,the factory wiring will be fine,you only need "thick" cables when you are running power and ground for an amp of some kind,and speaker wire gauge only makes a difference on large woofers with alot of outboard power.
you should only need a metra 70-7550 harness and a metra nissan antenna adaptor and you WILL NOT NEED A KIT if you have the factory radio brackets and coin pocket,all modern head units will bolt right up to the nissan radio brackets,


and if you get a metra adaptor,all you have to do is match color for color to the kenwood or any radio harness ,it's really easy.

like this,you will get the harness for the radio on the *right* and the harness to the car on the *left* and connect color to color basically.

and then if you have the nissan radio brackets and coin pocket,the new radio will mount together just like the factory radio did.

[YARDofSTUF]

cool, pics make learning easy lol

how do i remove the old one?

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Originally posted by YARDofSTUF
cool, pics make learning easy lol

how do i remove the old one?

now I'm going from memory,so bear with here.lol
remove the plastic panel below the steering column,then pop up the trim piece around the shifer,then you will see four screws there ,then two more screws above the radio,and one more under the left side panel,then pull up from the shifter side of the console face and hinge upward and then you can release two or three little clips along the top and don't forget to unplug the lighter,then the coin pocket and radio come out with 4 phillips screws as one unit.
93 to 97 Altima

[YARDofSTUF]

cool this is starting to seem pretty easy, now i just gotta see if i dremel out some cut outs for 6x9s instead of 6 and 3/4" speakers lol