Aftermarket Dash
04-11-10, 09:54 PM
#2
Ohhh boy, the natives are not going to like this poorly worded request....
You are looking for a mounting kit for an aftermarket headunit?? Try your local Best Buy or mom and pop car electronics shop. If you insist on buying online try Crutchfield or some other online retailer.
It's been so long since I installed my headunit that I don't recall if I had to get a harness or not. IIRC I simply soldiered the correct wires together rather than getting a patch harness. I've also always run custom new wiring to my speakers and amps Again IIRC... you will probably run into issues with the OEM speaker wiring and their OEM amps.
One issue you will be back here asking rather than searching on your own. Why won't my power antenna work now that my aftermarket unit is in? You will need a relay to switch polarity on the power antenna. I'll let you search for the particulars on it....I don't have it committed to memory.
You are looking for a mounting kit for an aftermarket headunit?? Try your local Best Buy or mom and pop car electronics shop. If you insist on buying online try Crutchfield or some other online retailer.
It's been so long since I installed my headunit that I don't recall if I had to get a harness or not. IIRC I simply soldiered the correct wires together rather than getting a patch harness. I've also always run custom new wiring to my speakers and amps Again IIRC... you will probably run into issues with the OEM speaker wiring and their OEM amps.
One issue you will be back here asking rather than searching on your own. Why won't my power antenna work now that my aftermarket unit is in? You will need a relay to switch polarity on the power antenna. I'll let you search for the particulars on it....I don't have it committed to memory.
04-12-10, 11:13 AM
#4
MECP Certified Installer
I do this for a living.
Metra Electronics makes a multi kit for our cars, and you dont need an antenna adaptor. If you have an electric antenna and decide to use it, you need to switch it with a relay, because the antenna is negative switch whereas the aftermarket radio sends a positive signal. To wire the relay, you need to connects the radios blue remote wire (sometimes blue/white) to terminal 85 on the relay and ground to terminal 86. The car side of the harness (if you use an adapter harness, which i highly recommend) you'll connect the blue wire to terminal 87 and ground terminal 30.
As far as the dash kit, a common mistake is to cut the two very thin supports on the side off....DONT DO IT or your DIN cage will not secure properly at all, and you'll have a saggy radio.
Thats the basics of it. You say its an 88 FC, but if it is an 88 vert, to keep your headreast speakers, more needs to be done.
Also, I highly recommend you bypass the amp for the door speakers. The factory amp is low power and your aftermarket head unit will put out more power.
Metra Electronics makes a multi kit for our cars, and you dont need an antenna adaptor. If you have an electric antenna and decide to use it, you need to switch it with a relay, because the antenna is negative switch whereas the aftermarket radio sends a positive signal. To wire the relay, you need to connects the radios blue remote wire (sometimes blue/white) to terminal 85 on the relay and ground to terminal 86. The car side of the harness (if you use an adapter harness, which i highly recommend) you'll connect the blue wire to terminal 87 and ground terminal 30.
As far as the dash kit, a common mistake is to cut the two very thin supports on the side off....DONT DO IT or your DIN cage will not secure properly at all, and you'll have a saggy radio.
Thats the basics of it. You say its an 88 FC, but if it is an 88 vert, to keep your headreast speakers, more needs to be done.
Also, I highly recommend you bypass the amp for the door speakers. The factory amp is low power and your aftermarket head unit will put out more power.
Last edited by jjwalker; 04-12-10 at 11:17 AM.
04-14-10, 08:43 AM
#9
MECP Certified Installer
Go to your local best buy, which was already stated in this thread. You could have also looked up metra electronics which I mentioned in my post above, looked up the kit for your car and they would have also given you a list of retailers that carry their products.
http://www.metraonline.com/fit.aspx
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http://www.metraonline.com/fit.aspx
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Last edited by jjwalker; 04-14-10 at 09:07 AM. Reason: adding link
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