wireing diagram for car stereo!

[ccausey]

I got a crown victoria and they had removed the stereo at some point

how ever they did give it to me when i left the lot now i have a bunch of wires the ones in the dash don't match the ones on the stereo can anyone explaine to me what goes with what Thanks


Cary

[FYRHWK1]

i'm assuming they cut the harness off the old stereo instead of just unclipping it, which actually takes MORE work but people still do it anyway . . .
if they cut it out it makes your life a little harder, you can go to a junkyard, cut another one from a same year car and then match the wires, then do what i typed below, or you can find/buy/steal whatever a wiring diagram for your car and match the power battery acessory turnon lead and speaker wires to the decks wiring harness. these are NOT color coded so you'll have to identify each wire, and if you send a power cable to the speaker say goodbye to your deck . . .
IMO if you can find a same year car and steal its harness (make sure when you cut it off you leave enough room to connect it , it sucks working with wires that are too short) it would be easier.

it they DIDNT cut the harness off (or if you swiped one from another car) go to radio shack and pick up a wiring harness for your car, and the year, if its a 90 then they may have 90-95, just get the right one and you'll be fine, connect the harness from radio shack to the stock one and tie the wires together with the ones from your headunits included harness, the colors will be coded 99% of the time, meaning blue to blue, red w/black stripe to red w/black stripe.

good luck with whatever you do, if you need anything IM me sometime.