2004 silverado wiring harness

[johndoe1234 10+ year member]

I just bought an 04 silverado and it has the stock cd player in it... I am having a hard time finding a wiring harness for it. Anyone have any suggestions on where to find one?

Ive tried crutchfield and various other websites and nobody seems to have them. Shit best buy and autozone cant even find them //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

Any help is appreciated

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[ltr450racer690 10+ year member]

best bet would Gm themselfs

 

[johndoe1234 10+ year member]

Is that gonna be the $150 bypass shit that some cars need to have?

 

[ltr450racer690 10+ year member]

well for a aftermarket cd player yes it will have to be. sonicelextric (sp) has them and there only about 80

 

[Plottin4success 10+ year member]

I think I paid like $5 or $10 for mine. I bought it from my local audio shop. He tried to sell me the bypass one. He told me I HAD to have it. Luckily I knew better though. the only difference is I dont have a door bell anymore, but I could give two shits about that.

I think this is what you need...

http://www.hifisoundconnection.com/Shop/Control/Product/fp/vpid/2669775/vpcsid/0/SFV/30046

 

[johndoe1234 10+ year member]

I think I paid like $5 or $10 for mine. I bought it from my local audio shop. He tried to sell me the bypass one. He told me I HAD to have it. Luckily I knew better though. the only difference is I dont have a door bell anymore, but I could give two shits about that.
I think this is what you need...

http://www.hifisoundconnection.com/Shop/Control/Product/fp/vpid/2669775/vpcsid/0/SFV/30046

cool ill check out a local shop

 

[Plottin4success 10+ year member]

Just incase they try to talk you into it. YOU REALLY DONT NEED IT!!!!!!

The guy I went to is REALLY shady. He will try try to make a quick dollar off any unsuspecting noob. Unfortuntaley, its the people like that, that ruin it for the good guys just tryng to run a business. I only went there bc no one else had one.

 

[johndoe1234 10+ year member]

Just incase they try to talk you into it. YOU REALLY DONT NEED IT!!!!!!
The guy I went to is REALLY shady. He will try try to make a quick dollar off any unsuspecting noob. Unfortuntaley, its the people like that, that ruin it for the good guys just tryng to run a business. I only went there bc no one else had one.

I went in and they said theyll have them tmro... I wont pay that much just to keep the door chime.

 

[x1le 10+ year member]

I went in and they said theyll have them tmro... I wont pay that much just to keep the door chime.

It isn't JUST the door chime. If you have onstar, you'll lose it. You also run a chance of losing any info displays.

However, most silverado's seem to be bare bones so a regular harness will work. The only thing is that there is no accessory power in the harness, so you're gonna have to find a source.

 

[johndoe1234 10+ year member]

It isn't JUST the door chime. If you have onstar, you'll lose it. You also run a chance of losing any info displays.
However, most silverado's seem to be bare bones so a regular harness will work. The only thing is that there is no accessory power in the harness, so you're gonna have to find a source.

Its the work truck model 4.3l 5 speed... It has no power windows or locks and no onstar. What do you mean by info displays?

And where can i find a wire for the accessory power?

 

[johndoe1234 10+ year member]

Ok i have no ****ing idea where to look now... I tried two different harnesses from a local shop and neither worked... Anybody have anymore suggestions?

Will chevy sell me the harness without the bypass bullshit?

Im seriously thinking about just hard wiring the *****... I know its a bad idea but this is starting to piss me off

 

[boogeyman 10+ year member]

so you need the stock harness?

 

[blazeplacid 10+ year member]

crutchfield has them

id feel better getting the right stuff vs harness that may or may not work

Im sure you can find a way to make it work if you really want to

 

[Plottin4success 10+ year member]

I never even thought about if you had onstar or not. The only thing I lost was the door chime. I ran a wire from my radio to my fuse box under the hood for power.

 

[killerhud]

Plottin,

I'm installing a aftermarket radio into a friends '04 silverado 1500 and I have a couple of questions for you.

1. The truck does not have onstar or bose system, plain jane factory radio with a cd player. Did the wire harness you mentioned above work?

2. can you explain/show how to wire directly to the fuse box under the hood.

I've done a few installs and feel I know what I'm doing, I just over think things sometimes. Also, the friend is a 65 year old guy who is just anal about things and I don't want to F something up or I would never hear the end of it.