DIY Stereo Install

DIY Stereo Install

OK.. I am going to try this.. What do I need to look out for? Anything? I already have ALL required materials. Dash kit wireharness.. etc..

and when I mean anything, I mean like anything about wires

so can anyone give me any tips about the wires?????

Be sure to unplug your battery before you start messing with wiring.

I don't have much else to say beyond that, since I've never cracked open my dash. I thought somebody needed to say that, though. Just be careful and good luck.

I did mine it was hella easy

As far as the wires are concerned I took the Metra Toyota wire harness and the Headunit harness and solder the wires together keeping in mind that u must match them according to the feature written on the wire instead of matching them by color.

Also make sure u disconnect the negative terminal of the battey before starting the diy.

really? its not colour matching? *sigh* my wireharness didnt come with an instructions?? great.. i gotta find one online.. or something damn

it depends on the aftermarket headunit harness, which headunit are u getting??

I got pioneer deh-p7600

Coo......... u should be fine with color matching but be sure to read the wires before putting them together 8)

what if i color match and they are not right?? will i blow something?

See when putting in a new headunit it comes with its own wiring harness. To save alot of time u buy a Metra wiring harness for a Toyota it looks like this:


buying that will allow u to plug in ur new headunit wiring harness to the factory connections which u will see on the back of ur stock headunit.

A diagram might help:

Pioneer 7600(wiring harness)-------------> Metra wiring harness------------> factory harness

there is a short video on crutchfield that might explain this
http://www.crutchfieldadvisor.com/learningcenter/car/install_movie.html

yea i saw that im just wondering if make a mistake with the wires if anything, will go wrong?

okay rookie rule number one u dont have to disconnect ur battery terminal. take ur time and dont break anything on ur dash. number b the wires are goin to all match just dont connect any of the blue wires just cap them all off. letter 4 if u want u can connect the illumination thats the orange wire w/ white stripe, other than that cap everything except for ur black red yellow both purples whites greens and grey they will all match up perfect to the harness that u bought. just wut ever u do DONT CUT THE STOCK HARNESS, and worst case senerio go to ur local best buy and they will charge u 51 for the install, it should take an hour at most if theyre not busy.

i hate best buys. Advertising free installation. So i go to get my head unit i bought there to get installed and they have to charge about 50$ to remove the stock radio. Thats not exactly free installation.

damm 4 reals? I never knew they charge to remove stock deck.