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I cut my harness wires and I shouldn't have
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<blockquote data-quote="HardofWhoring" data-source="post: 8856125" data-attributes="member: 674149"><p>It's not the end of the world. Just not sure what you did. You can put it back to how it was factory, but you still need to figure out which wire is which and match em up. </p><p>You're going to have</p><p>power/12v</p><p>ground</p><p>accessory/switched wire</p><p>(possibly) illumintation (which dims the head unit with your dash lights)</p><p>remote wire which is usually blue with a white stripe, and that's your switched/power button for amps.</p><p>Might have a navigation wire which says to hook to parking brake, (which you don't need to)</p><p>Maybe an antennae wire</p><p>and I think just speaker wires. </p><p></p><p>You figure out your factory ones, and your head unit ones, match em up, plug em in. The harness just makes it so you can line em all up and leave your factory and head unit alone. </p><p></p><p>Pics might help. There aren't going to be duplicate wires. Not sure what that means, but a factory harness is only going to have one of each, and so will your head unit. </p><p></p><p>If you have a factory amp you are working with you might need an adapter/module to connect between your head unit and the amp. Might be best to see if you can find a forum for your vehicle. crutchfield might have the answer. </p><p></p><p>The better question is: now that you have an aftermarket head unit. Are you going to do the smart thing, and rip out the rest of your factory system, and upgrade the speakers? Hopefully with an amp? What power does your head unit have? (If its an amazon special, probably not enough).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HardofWhoring, post: 8856125, member: 674149"] It's not the end of the world. Just not sure what you did. You can put it back to how it was factory, but you still need to figure out which wire is which and match em up. You're going to have power/12v ground accessory/switched wire (possibly) illumintation (which dims the head unit with your dash lights) remote wire which is usually blue with a white stripe, and that's your switched/power button for amps. Might have a navigation wire which says to hook to parking brake, (which you don't need to) Maybe an antennae wire and I think just speaker wires. You figure out your factory ones, and your head unit ones, match em up, plug em in. The harness just makes it so you can line em all up and leave your factory and head unit alone. Pics might help. There aren't going to be duplicate wires. Not sure what that means, but a factory harness is only going to have one of each, and so will your head unit. If you have a factory amp you are working with you might need an adapter/module to connect between your head unit and the amp. Might be best to see if you can find a forum for your vehicle. crutchfield might have the answer. The better question is: now that you have an aftermarket head unit. Are you going to do the smart thing, and rip out the rest of your factory system, and upgrade the speakers? Hopefully with an amp? What power does your head unit have? (If its an amazon special, probably not enough). [/QUOTE]
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