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jdm12a 05-21-2006 07:24 AM

i was gonna put a cd player in my 85 gs but the wiring kit i was told i needed to swap it in is $45. is that normal cuz i thought it be like 20 or less. has anyone ever rigged the stock wiring to fit it?

jdm12a 05-30-2006 10:57 AM


Originally Posted by jdm12a' post='820276' date='May 21 2006, 05:24 AM

i was gonna put a cd player in my 85 gs but the wiring kit i was told i needed to swap it in is $45. is that normal cuz i thought it be like 20 or less. has anyone ever rigged the stock wiring to fit it?



come on. i KNOW that alot of you guys have cd players in your fb's help me out, whatd u do?

jose13b 05-30-2006 12:10 PM

that is way too much money did you get a wiring kit from pepboys or wall mart if you are rewiring all of you speakers to a amp then you only need two wires from the stock harness....12volts with key on and 12volts con.(batt)

j9fd3s 05-30-2006 03:43 PM

if you run your own speakers wires and amps, then its just powers and ground

iceblue 05-31-2006 12:16 AM

Here is mine. http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i137/ice...eo/Head%20Unit/

IllusionaryForces 10-19-2006 09:35 AM

when i had mine done, i took it to a shop and they had to trace everything down, and run new speaker wires because of the oem amps in the system... the $20 harness from best buy/autozone/etc doesn't work... when i put in the new cd player, i snagged a Honda Civic harness from a junk yard, and pieced it into the wires i had... now if i want a new cd player, i just have to pick up a $10 harness from literally just about anywhere...

BeaterRX7 10-22-2006 04:17 PM

I know the original post is old, but I thought I'd add that not all the black wires in the harness are grounds. Get your paws on a factory wiring diagram before you do anything. There is a black wire that dims the factory stereo when the dash lights are on. If you connect this wire to ground you will blow your dash fuse, or possibly (like me) blow your dash lights.

RX_Speed_7 10-22-2008 03:24 PM

to this day we still have problems installing stuff in FB's lol

verneuil 10-22-2008 05:09 PM

i found that there is a connecter for the fornt speakers on the first gens that u can dissconnect and use spads to tap into the front speakers. im not sure about the rear i just cut the factory wires and ran new wires for the rears. I still got the stock amps wich i hope to be getting out soon becouse i dont need them.

RX_Speed_7 10-28-2008 02:26 AM

well I did put a new clarion deck in and all my wireing is stock (no cutting) , the rear speaker connector in under the back bin on the left side, its the blue 4 pin one, and the front is connected to the gray midi type cable. its really not that hard, its just not many ppl that the time to do it. I'll try to find pics of how I did it


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