1992 radio wire color codes (odd colors)

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im hoping somebody can help me with this ..im purchasing a 92 rodeo from a female friend who doesnt know much bout the vehicle ..i went to install a new stereo and the colors on the aftermarket dont match up with the wires coming from the rodeo ..(bear in mind the wire harness has been cut so wires are clean cut from the rodeo)does anyone have the color codes to the wires and what they are used for ...i hope im making sence..i have hooked it up but now im blowing my fuse to the tailight /illumination area (all the way up past 30 amps)...i dont know the exact function of each wire so i may have wired it wrong but it works id like to repair this ..any advice would be helpful,thank you

Hey am having same problem. am sure i have connected right wires. but illumination light fuse keeps blowing as soon as i put cd player back into metal brackets.. i wouldnt have a clue how to fix it, and am going through a hell of a lot of fuses.... If you fixed your problem, please email me on [email protected]... Cheers

You should just purchase a wiring harness for your particular vehicle that connects to your aftermarket stereo. There's no need to match up the OEM wires directly to the aftermarket stereo. You can get a harness at Best Buy or Circuit city. It's a 10 minute install.

Yer thanks, ill look into it.. would that fix it though, cause i know the cords are connected right, the cd player works, its just when i mount it back onto the metal brackets, the cd player sparks with the frame and the fuse breaks...

Well, if you would have purchased a wiring harness with your aftermarket stereo this problem could have been avoided. All you would have done was solder the harness wires to the aftermarket stereo wires. It's simple color matching. Obviously you would wrap the solder joints. You're probably getting sparks b/c a bare wire is touching the metal bracket and blowing a fuse. It seems you didn't do something correctly. You've basically created more work b/c now you've cut the OEM harness to wire it directly.

BTW, I've never connected the illumination wire in the 5 aftermarket stereo installs I've done. There's just no need to. Most installs just have you wrap the illumination wire b/c it's not being used.