Car Install Problems

[kinggoku89 10+ year member]

Okay So I had a 2000 Toyota Camry. It got totalled and I had to remove all my car audio equipment out of it. I just got a new car, and by chance I got the same year toyota camry, but its a v6 with JBL on the speaker grills.

Now, I went to remove the head unit from the new car and attach my Alpine with the wiring harness (already connected from old system), but it did not fit the plug inside the dash that was attached to the stock headunit. The plug is very different from my old car, the old one had 2 clips to attach to the harness, this one is 1 plug and it doesnt fit the harness. Is this system different because of the JBL system? How do I go about wiring my head unit into the car?

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[AlterEgo99 5,000+ posts]

Okay So I had a 2000 Toyota Camry. It got totalled and I had to remove all my car audio equipment out of it. I just got a new car, and by chance I got the same year toyota camry, but its a v6 with JBL on the speaker grills.
Now, I went to remove the head unit from the new car and attach my Alpine with the wiring harness (already connected from old system), but it did not fit the plug inside the dash that was attached to the stock headunit. The plug is very different from my old car, the old one had 2 clips to attach to the harness, this one is 1 plug and it doesnt fit the harness. Is this system different because of the JBL system? How do I go about wiring my head unit into the car?

Could be...I'd head to a site like Crutchfield and enter the make, model and year of your car and see what harness they recommend for your vehicle and H/U...then head to eBay and buy it. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[hatedonmostly 5,000+ posts]

What do you do? Find a wiring harness that fits?

 

[Phoenix Risen 10+ year member]

if the car has a non toyota hu then it will be a different harness at the end, but there may be another toyota harness behind that,

just something to keep in mind

if you really dont want to wait you could always splice the new harness to the old and bypass the plugs

 

[AlterEgo99 5,000+ posts]

Metra (http://www.metraonline.com) will have the harness you need. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

I have a GMLAN-01 for the harness and an Axxess ASWC for the steering wheel controls. Easy to install and works.