head unit installation - no car harness

[Pimpin Dsmstyle]

Car - 95 monte carlo
deck - audiobahn unit

We could get power to it for a little while but for some reason, I can't get any power to it at all. When we could get power, we couldn't get any sound. What should I do? My car is completely torn apart at the moment. I kept burning the dash light fuse. Any help would be great

[Matt D.]

Don't be a hack, use a harness. If you had power but no sound then you had wires hooked up incorrectly.

[LightningGSX]

The OEM plugs were gone, so a harness would've been worthless.Anyway, he came over and I handled it.

BTW Josh, I recommend you don't touch anything electrical in the future.

[StealthGST]

The OEM plugs were gone, so a harness would've been worthless.Anyway, he came over and I handled it.

BTW Josh, I recommend you don't touch anything electrical in the future.

rofl, hey give him a break... he's a do-er, not a thinker :)

[Pimpin Dsmstyle]

I think ppl dont understand what I mean when I say there was no harness. THE CAR HAD NO HARNESS. JUST A BUNCH OF MANGLED WIRES HANGING ALL OVER!

Yeap, Eric handled it. I also came home to a gift from a fellow dsmer explaining exactly what to do with what wires going where. Even I could have done it! Im going to find an OEM harness and use an adapter harness and make it easier for if I sell the car and want my deck out.

Now I just need to figure out how to get proper power to the speakers. I'm assuming I will need an amp. The rear speakers are Alpine type Rs ( 75 W RMS and 150 Max) and the fronts are Rockford powers ( not yet installed). It sounds like complete ass since the rear is getting half of the power to run at RMS. I dont know audio stuff much, but I do have a nack for a good sounding stereo..

[Alpine TSi]

At Best Buy we sell the OEM side harness for about 19 dollars. We always have them in stock at the Oakdale location.

[Pimpin Dsmstyle]

I tried burnsville Best buy and they didnt have any in stock. He did say that is unusual because thats something they typically carry.

[x-pride]

I think ppl dont understand what I mean when I say there was no harness. THE CAR HAD NO HARNESS. JUST A BUNCH OF MANGLED WIRES HANGING ALL OVER!

Yeap, Eric handled it. I also came home to a gift from a fellow dsmer explaining exactly what to do with what wires going where. Even I could have done it! Im going to find an OEM harness and use an adapter harness and make it easier for if I sell the car and want my deck out...

So you are telling me you had a no radio in the car when you bought it. If no than it would be useless for you to put the harness back in. That would cost you aroung 40 dollars additional to put back the stock harness and than an adptor harness. Who knows when you sell your car your radio might be out of the style. I say leave it alone until you decide to sell the car. Some one could always hard wire it for them or best just take some masking tape and mark all the wires. :D

Now I just need to figure out how to get proper power to the speakers. I'm assuming I will need an amp. The rear speakers are Alpine type Rs ( 75 W RMS and 150 Max) and the fronts are Rockford powers ( not yet installed). It sounds like complete ass since the rear is getting half of the power to run at RMS. I dont know audio stuff much, but I do have a nack for a good sounding stereo..

Yes you will need an amp. Make sure you buy a good amp and not some cheap Jensen/kraco/rockwood crap. Since you like good sounding music. You will also need a four channel amp. :)

[Pimpin Dsmstyle]

there was a deck in there. they taped the wires together with no harness' used.

Im probably getting an alpine 4 channel amp. I was advised to get one of the two certain models he suggested. I dont understand how to match ohms and wire things up correctly. I just hook wires to the amp until I like how it sounds. I understand positive and negative but bridging is a little beyond my understanding. Ohms too, I forgot about all of that shit.

[Pimpin Dsmstyle]

So you are telling me you had a no radio in the car when you bought it. If no than it would be useless for you to put the harness back in. That would cost you aroung 40 dollars additional to put back the stock harness and than an adptor harness. Who knows when you sell your car your radio might be out of the style. I say leave it alone until you decide to sell the car. Some one could always hard wire it for them or best just take some masking tape and mark all the wires. :D

I can get the stock harness for 10 dollars shipped ;) I will probably label the wires tonight while I put the dash back together and figure out my amp..