stereo problems in a 89

[cosmosparda]

i bought a wiring harness adapter from walmart the other day and it doesn't fit my car but it is supposed to. I have a parts car and it fits that. We have a weird metal piece insted of the darker flat piece. this one is more square. any ideas?

[~manuel~]

Originally Posted by cosmosparda

i bought a wiring harness adapter from walmart the other day and it doesn't fit my car but it is supposed to. I have a parts car and it fits that. We have a weird metal piece insted of the darker flat piece. this one is more square. any ideas?

what type of audo system is it? is it the premium jbl ?

[cosmosparda]

no clue really, i am really a newbie

[intrcptrbird]

it sounds like you have the premium audio (there migh be a badge on the dash saying "Premium Sound" or "JBL" or something). There is usually two plugs (at least there is in a 94-97 Im sure theres not much difference). If you do have it then there should be both of those connectors in there. Reach back in there and fish around to see if you can find bothe of them. The squarish one is the speaker wires that goes to the factory amp in the trunk.

[~manuel~]

Originally Posted by cosmosparda

no clue really, i am really a newbie

maybe you should go to a stereo shop, because if you have the premium sound,a special cennector harness will be required, which i doubt wal-mart carries.i ran into that problem once on a 1990 tbird. it had a premium jbl sound system,the owner had gotten a connector harness from wal-mart,and it was obviously the wrong one.a local stereo shop fortunately had the right one.the door panels on his bird were clearly labeled, jbl audio. but with what intercptr said there may be some other marking elsewhere, such as the dash that might say "premium audio" or something of that nature.

[cosmosparda]

i havent found anything talking about it.

[intrcptrbird]

Well I have an extra wiring adapter b/c I originally had the premium sound but I removed the amplifier and re-wired my system so the speakers run off the head unit while the subs use thier own amp and wiring (the stock amp has WAY too much distortion). If your in so cal or would like to pay for the shipping ill give you whatever extra wiring parts I might have at no charge. Just let me know.

[cosmosparda]

i just thought i'd let you know i found the harness at walmart. But it still doesn't work. i think that the connector to the amp is messed up. it seems that it's loose. i think that the previous owners screwed it up.

[terpsfan88]

you can also try www.crutchfield.com and enter your cars info and see what comes up