Haha.. oops..

[Phlipbak 10+ year member]

Ok, my friend asked me to install my cd3000 in his car, so we're doing it (keep in mind we totally winged this I have NEVER done anything with HU's) and we take the wiring harness from my car with the spliced wires from the headunit that are spliced into it out and we used his HU's (kenwood double din) wiring harness that's plugged into his adaptor by plugging the end that was plugged into his HU into mine.. HAHA bad idea NEVER do this to you noobs.. for a second it smelled, so I yanked it out real quick.. little puff of smoke comes out of the slot on the back of the HU that the wiring harness plugs into.. so we're like oh gosh it's fried.. we plug it back up to my car's (and the HU's RIGHT wiring harness) and it works fine.. so we're like wow it's fine.. so it turns on and plays songs and such and all the lights in it work and everything, so we're like awesome.. so we figure ok, we have to unsplice the wires and splice it to the other harness that HAS to be the way to do it haha (mainly we figured this out cuz my other buddy who has done this just got back from somewhere and was like that's not how you do it you have to splice and unsplice to the harness).. so we unsplice, then we splice and match colors on his car's peripheral harness (the right way) but now it won't cut on..

It works, because it works in my car still, maybe we fried the peripheral harness? What you think?

Thanks HAHA!

Trevor

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[bose301s 5,000+ posts]

Dumbass

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

i think you should take it to a shop n00bx

 

[Phlipbak 10+ year member]

Ok, I know that, anyway. Does anyone have any input other than making fun of the situation? No one feels as bad as me about it because I can't sell it to him anymore and I fried what could have been a 200$ sale. So instead of insulting me (which I already feel retarded because of what happened) can someone tell me if the harness could possibly be fried instead of the HU or ANYthing?

 

[brtnboarder3241 5,000+ posts]

dar

 

[bose301s 5,000+ posts]

Take it to a shop like was said, thats your best bet.

 

[Phlipbak 10+ year member]

Thank you, seriously, anyone else?

 

[NJTStang11 10+ year member]

Thank you, seriously, anyone else?

Take it to a shop

 

[wu501 10+ year member]

not too bright...seriously though you should just bring it to a shop at this point before you do any further damage.

 

[jrwalte 10+ year member]

The differences in the harnesses probably caused the negative to contact a positive and caused a short which popped a fuse. I'd check all the fuses in the fuse box.

But you easily could have damaged wiring that needs replaced. I'd take it to a shop for that.

 

[Phlipbak 10+ year member]

Thanks guys, yes I know it was absolutely stupid lol... we are going to take it to a shop today though, reason we didn't take it to a shop is the only decent one around here stole 2 tweeters and 2 crossovers out of one of my component sets and duck taped my speaker in place... so ya...

 

[Phlipbak 10+ year member]

Is it possible that just the peripheral needs to be replaced?

 

[zack39648 10+ year member]

dayum son if you dont know how to install dont try it the risk highly outweighs the benefits

 

[Phlipbak 10+ year member]

I know I know.. lesson learned, but trial and error I guess LOL... so.. is it possible about the peripheral?

 

[Phlipbak 10+ year member]

O, and is there anyone near us that is good at installing that could help check it out? We're in Dothan, Alabama