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Pep boys had the correct wiring harness. You were right, only one of the plugs is used. Soldered and heat shrinked the wires... The mounting kit provides a little tray underneath of the head unit. I drilled a hole in the back and routed the ipod cable through it. I put the ipod in the little...

Thanks for the info.. I am beginning to wonder if I should buy a small amp..say 40 watts/channel continuous.. Are the factory speakers 8 ohm ?

Went to Chiltondiy.com and bought the service manual subscription... The wiring diagrams do not indicate any factory installed amplifiers. The Alpine head unit that I bought (CDE-9852) indicates 16 watts RMS output per channel. I wonder if this thing is going to sound the same... hopefully...

I have a 2003 F-150 with the factory 6 disk in dash changer.. I bought an Alpine radio with the Ipod interface ( have to connect the Ipod)... I do not really wish to install a new gigawat amp and speakers... What I want to do is use the factory speakers and amplifiers (are there any factory...