Crimping Work on Car Stereos

[l2ice rocketz]

Im planning on getting a CD Player for my car soon... and I was wondering if anyone could offer some crimping advice? This is my first time doing this kind of electrical wiring work, so any tips would help. Oh yea.. and anyone help make a suggestion on what brand of cd players I should be lookin at.

[tehferret]

Personaly i like sony decks any kind doesnt matter. Some advice is get a kit wiht a crimp tool and some cimps. Make sure you have enought crims for the right guage wire you will be working wiht which would probably be 14-16 guage wire. I would First crimp the very middle of the crimp then another one on the top of what you just did then near the wires but only crimp the metal not the acutal wire. Then when you done wiht make tug on the wires to make sure none of them come out. Then take some electrical tape and tape the crip and part of the wire. You would want to do this becuase you dont want the metal part touching the metal frame or else you will blow a fuse. How this helps you out some LATE

[toontowncivic]

Don't go sony, every person that I know including myself that have owned them....hate them! They have very poor lasers and skip all the time. Go Alpine or Panasonic. they have really good lasers.

[FourthGenHatch]

You don't really have to crimp anything, you basically take the 2 exposed ends of these wires, twist them together, and then screw a wire cap on them. Thats how every stereo I installed has worked.

[H4Bangin]

Originally posted by FourthGenHatch
You don't really have to crimp anything, you basically take the 2 exposed ends of these wires, twist them together, and then screw a wire cap on them. Thats how every stereo I installed has worked.

dont use the twist caps those are for house electrical
use red or blue butt connectors or some crimpcaps (hate em)
then get a crimper and crimp it
when u are finished tug on ur connections it shouldnt come out, dont be afraid to pull on it, it u think its gonna come out u need to redo the crimp

[GTA]

Originally posted by toontowncivic
Don't go sony, every person that I know including myself that have owned them....hate them! They have very poor lasers and skip all the time. Go Alpine or Panasonic. they have really good lasers.

i like my sony, havent had any probs with skipping or anything like that. I know the older sonys werent that good, my friend had one that sucked. I got mine in 2001 and have never had a single prob with it.

[1PhatCX]

it all depends on ur person favorite, mine is Pioneer, they have a good rep with havin good products and i like the one i got alot! sure its not flashy but it works
the model of mine is the DEH-1300 but i'd recommend the DEH-2300 cuz it has a detachable faceplate and 20 extra watts of power

[Cfmotorsports]

Originally posted by FourthGenHatch
You don't really have to crimp anything, you basically take the 2 exposed ends of these wires, twist them together, and then screw a wire cap on them. Thats how every stereo I installed has worked.

WHAT ! Do not and I repeat do not use house hold wire nuts in a car they WILL fall off. In car audio or automtive in general only use crips, but conectors or solder with heat shrink try not use black tape if you can, when the car gets hot in the summer black tape has ben known to fall off.

[el_loco_civic]

- I am getting an "ALPINE- CDA-9813"

Alpines really dependible, not that sony or any other isn't. But they got cool options like Base Engine where u can fix base settings, etc.. But they are really good quality cd players. . this specific one has CD/MP3/WMA receiver , 27 Watts RMS/60 peak x 4 channels all that good stuff. Its originally $399.00 on the Crutchfield mag, and website and so on, but on E-Bay ( perdy dependable, got my headlights and tail lights off it ) they go for lowest i seen $298.00 ! I like this Cd player more than the other Alpines cuz its got all the options the others do , but comes with INTERNAL AMP, where others dont. 27 watts compared to others at 20 or 23 on avg. some have 27 also, but no internal amp. That means u need to get Amp if u want that nice system that beats ~
thats just me, you can go with anything you want. But heres my opinions -

Aiwa- Fancy, Expensive, Flashy, "futuristicly constructed" <-(Nice huh?)
Alpine- Classy, mid range price, bunch of options, neato!
Blaupunkt- Sony/Jensen like, retro looking.. i dunno bout performance
Clarion- some flashy, some exspensive, not suggested for that "boom"
Jenson- sony/blaupunkt like, flashy screens, buttons ! , nice
JVC- lot of chrome ones... , buttons !, mid range price, tied w/ Jenson
kenwood- pioneer/JVC/, good quality, worth $ , i'd get it !
panasonic- Sony like, its ok, performance is aight, not pricey, mediocre
Pioneer- Kenwood/JVC like, Good quality, worth $, 300 range on avg
Sony- Jenson/Blaupunkt like, good quality NOW, EZ $, good looks too!

What i think - good luck w/it !

[MyFirst4G]

I usually just twist em together, solder (spelling?) a lilttle pice on em to keep em from goin anywhere and then electrical tape it so its not exposed......

[tehferret]

try not use black tape if you can, when the car gets hot in the summer black tape has ben known to fall off.

Where this is ture but when its inside where it does not get a lot of sun i wouldnt worry about it. As for useing wire nuts never use them like the other people have said i only use them in car audio to test if i have the right connections before i finalize it wiht crimps.

As for decks i just like how sony's options are set up and that there main colors are red and black ( red and black is my color scheme), plus they have cool looking deck such as this one i just got Sony Xplod CDX-M630 which i have no problems with and provides very good bass responce and good mid-tone. But i do agree that sony is not the best but it is one of them. PEACE OUTSIDE!!!

[tbk49]

Just buy a crimping tool, it has all the wire stripper sizes on it too! then get some crimping butts and strip the end of the wires and twist them, then put one end into the butt and crimp one side, put the other wire in the other side and crimp. Done! I dont know if you can understand but its really simple once you learn, I regret getting a professional doing my original install after doing it myself. Saved $50 too!

[Civic Rush]

I would never crimp any thing. Just solder and heat shrink or solder and tape them up. I have never used any crimps on any of my installs. Just my 2 cents

[Civic Jim]

if your car has the original stereo in it it should have ISO connectors so all you have to do is buy a connector which will enable you to connect the stereo directly to the car without having to cut any wires and they are like £8.95 here which is about $12 i think

I have just bought a Kenwood KDC 5090-b and i am very pleased with it, plus it looks shit hot as well only cost me £155 which is $240

heres a pic

http://www.vergleichen-kaufen-sparen...KDC-5090B.html

[dfarres]

I've had Sony, Kenwood, Pioneer, Alpine & some others that aren't worth talkin about. I luv my pioneer but I had a prob with the laser after a year. I luvd my Kenwood, it was 1 of the 1st pull-outs & cost me $600 in 1990, i had it until 1998 & never had any probs with it. Rite now I have a $500 Alpine sittin in my closet (brand new) waitin 4 install. My friend has the same 1 & i really liked it so that's why i bought it.