1995 radio help
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Melting Slicks
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From: Houston/Dayton Texas
1995 radio help
So i have been searching for a few days and read the sticky, but only found a few things on the 1995 with a non Bose, delco radio. It has 2 harness that come off the factory stereo. I have not found a plug in play harness to adapt my new Alpine stereo to it. I have found something to do with the resistor which i might need as my car is a 6sp, manual AC car, but i don't now where to put that one either. I read that there maybe an amp behind the passenger seat, in the storage compartment, so I'm going to check there today.
Whats i really need is a pin out of the wires that comes off the factory radio. I just cut the harness off the radio and use that to adapt to my Alpine. Everything I found on the net is not right, or does not look right.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Whats i really need is a pin out of the wires that comes off the factory radio. I just cut the harness off the radio and use that to adapt to my Alpine. Everything I found on the net is not right, or does not look right.
Thanks in advance for your help.
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So i have been searching for a few days and read the sticky, but only found a few things on the 1995 with a non Bose, delco radio. It has 2 harness that come off the factory stereo. I have not found a plug in play harness to adapt my new Alpine stereo to it. I have found something to do with the resistor which i might need as my car is a 6sp, manual AC car, but i don't now where to put that one either. I read that there maybe an amp behind the passenger seat, in the storage compartment, so I'm going to check there today.
Whats i really need is a pin out of the wires that comes off the factory radio. I just cut the harness off the radio and use that to adapt to my Alpine. Everything I found on the net is not right, or does not look right.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Whats i really need is a pin out of the wires that comes off the factory radio. I just cut the harness off the radio and use that to adapt to my Alpine. Everything I found on the net is not right, or does not look right.
Thanks in advance for your help.
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Melting Slicks
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From: Houston/Dayton Texas
OK.. Update...
First off.. What a pile of crap.. Thank God i have 2 C5's... becuase after changing the plugs, wires and stereo in the C4.. I wasted a entire weekend.. hahaha But i still like driving it!!
Anyways.. There is a factory amp, underneath the storage bin, behind the passenger seat. I assumed that only the bose had it, apparently not.
Second, All the wires that are going to the head unit, are coming from the amp itself. So, if you disconnect the amp, your Head unit will not work.
Third, the antenna is also, plugged into the amp and then transferred of 2, 20 gauge wires from there to the head unit.. there for, there is no standard antenna cable at the head unit itself. To fix this, i went to Autozone and bought a 12ft extension, cut off the end, and soldered it the the existing antenna wire after i cut that end off.
Forth, Basically if yuor installing and aftermarket radio, just rip the amp and use the wires going from the amp to the speakers. Tie in the power wires and ground underneath the dash and run new speaker wires to the amp compartment, and tie in from there.
I'm posting this becuase I had tons of issues tracking everything down and if it saves someone else form wasting an entire day and spending it doing something more enjoyable,.. it was worth it. Thanks
First off.. What a pile of crap.. Thank God i have 2 C5's... becuase after changing the plugs, wires and stereo in the C4.. I wasted a entire weekend.. hahaha But i still like driving it!!
Anyways.. There is a factory amp, underneath the storage bin, behind the passenger seat. I assumed that only the bose had it, apparently not.
Second, All the wires that are going to the head unit, are coming from the amp itself. So, if you disconnect the amp, your Head unit will not work.
Third, the antenna is also, plugged into the amp and then transferred of 2, 20 gauge wires from there to the head unit.. there for, there is no standard antenna cable at the head unit itself. To fix this, i went to Autozone and bought a 12ft extension, cut off the end, and soldered it the the existing antenna wire after i cut that end off.
Forth, Basically if yuor installing and aftermarket radio, just rip the amp and use the wires going from the amp to the speakers. Tie in the power wires and ground underneath the dash and run new speaker wires to the amp compartment, and tie in from there.
I'm posting this becuase I had tons of issues tracking everything down and if it saves someone else form wasting an entire day and spending it doing something more enjoyable,.. it was worth it. Thanks
Last edited by joshtownsend; Mar 6, 2011 at 10:23 PM.
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How have people made the antenna work if you remove the Bose system?
In my 91, I took out the Bose head and speakers. We will be running wires for each speaker to the location where the old head unit was. That part is fine and dandy. There is a plug with 6 wires and one with 8. I am thinking that somewhere I might be able to tie a wire from the new stereo to the antenna relay and get it to go?
TIA
In my 91, I took out the Bose head and speakers. We will be running wires for each speaker to the location where the old head unit was. That part is fine and dandy. There is a plug with 6 wires and one with 8. I am thinking that somewhere I might be able to tie a wire from the new stereo to the antenna relay and get it to go?
TIA
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St. Jude Donor '06-'07
You gentlemen could save yourself a lot of time by reading the C4 FAQ section at the top of the section. There are instructions on how to install a AM head unit w/o cutting up the old wiring.
Good luck
Good luck
