Jvc Audio Install

[Logikal]

just took out my double din headunit and found this mess

and this

would i be better off finding a harness? or do it like the tute says and solder the wires directly?

[Michael_1882]

Havnt' had to wire up my skyline yet, but i'm forever installing friends cd players, and i allwasy soldeer the wires rather then finding a plug to match, and don't cheap skate the electrical tape, get heat shirnk

Michael

[danny83]

What a MESS!

I would cut out what you can and solder the new unit in, and michaels right, dont use electrical tape get some heatshrink.

[Chris Rogers]

what unit was in there? if it was an aftermarket one hten the OEM plugs are still there. unclip and remove EVERYTHING that does not relate to the car. from there reuse the OEM patch plugs for your new one. solder and shrink the new stereo plug the the patch leads. done.

if you need accessories let me know.

[Chris Rogers]

looked at pix. thats an eclipse unit. probably a nav one by the look of it. the OEM harness is still there btw.

[Logikal]

you got it chris. it came from japan with the r33. will definatly have a look tomorrow and sort it out. went to supercheap to ask for a nissan to jvc harness but nobody stocks them

[Bliksem]

Buy the nissan adaptor and solder it to your JVC one.

[Logikal]

as in the stock nissan adapter thats already there?

most likely thats what i'll be doing

[Bliksem]

Nah you can buy a plug that plugs onto your factory Nissan adaptor with wires coming out of it. Solder these wires to the wires that came with your JVC plug. No butchering of your vehicles wiring that way

[Logikal]

hmmm any idea where i could get that from? autobarn? jb?

[Bliksem]

Pretty much any place stocking Aerpro stuff. I'd say autobarn would have them It's listed something along the lines of, "to suit nissan's between 1988 to xxxx"

Ask Chris Rogers for some more detailed info

[Shayde]

Haha, I loved when I saw the first pic. Soldering and heat shrink is the best way to go. At least it has an inline fuse

Soldering + heatshrink is far cheaper than a set of crimpers, male crimp plugs and female crimp plugs. That's for sure.

[Logikal]

Just called Autobarn and JB. Neither stock the adapter

Might try and use the harness already there and solder those wires instead.

[Bliksem]

Just called Autobarn and JB. Neither stock the adapter

Might try and use the harness already there and solder those wires instead.

Ahh my bad! should've looked at the pics more closely above. Yeah do that!

[Chris Rogers]

as in the stock nissan adapter thats already there?

most likely thats what i'll be doing

yep remove all the crap and reuse that one. easier. though if you want to spend money I sell them.

[Logikal]

bah chris! enable ur pm's..i tried to pm u

anywho....have reused the old harness...soldered and heatshrinked the wires together. just worried about blowing the unit up when i mount it tomorrow lol

[Chris Rogers]

box is half full (unless you tried CAA - in which case there is a political battle going on over them..)

[Logikal]

well after taking 2 days more then it should....my install is 3/4 complete.

yes i will be putting in the DIN pocket later

thanks for all your advice pplz

kudos to greg for a great diy page too

[d00dz]

Jesus that wiring in your first post was very messy! Have they heard of cable ties? Obviously not.

Nice work on the HU. Did you tidy up the wires?

I hate messy wiring, esp ones where you have no idea where they goto!

[Michael_1882]

Looks good i woudlnt' worry about doign damage to your unit, modern units usually havea fuse in the back of them. Got a pick of the shit you chopped out HAHAHA :lol: