Never Go To Bestbuy

[LouDEnougH? 10+ year member]

OK i got my New aftermarket CD player which is a Pioneer 6000

Now i go there the first time and the guy gets me to buy an install kit(Which i do not need for a 1999 ford mustang without the mach 460 system) but he SWEARS that i need it. and a wiring harness there is for a ford 85 and up. i get home get my buddies help and find out the wiring harness is the wrong one and the install kit isn't needed at all. So the next day i go back and bring bother back. i talk to a different guy this time that's worked there for three years, he tells me "This" one is the correct one. So i buy it go back home and take everything out, look around and don't see where the speaker plug goes. So i drive over to our local custom car audio store and ask them before i take it back. He says its the wrong one again!

So he just tell me to wait till tomorrow and hell have the correct part in for me then.

Conclusion: Best buy hires Idiots.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/verymad.gif.3f39c5c2fd57527b671fad3efdfac756.gif

BTW: if anyone has owned a 1999 mustang without the mach audio system and has installed an aftermarket system, please let me know i have a question.

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[audiobahnuser18 5,000+ posts]

Best buy should not even represent car audio PERIOD. all there installers by me **** also. anytime i have heard anything go there audio wise to be fixed or wired up it always comes back fcked up. same as circuit city.

 

[CrispedUp 10+ year member]

i go to best buy for everything but car audio.

 

[916Kev 10+ year member]

I tend to lean more towards CC than BB in regards to car audio. I won't buy anything though. Just window shop and talk to the installers and see what they're working on.

 

[LouDEnougH? 10+ year member]

I mean seriously do you need anything to work at the best buy car audio dept.? Such as a degree? or are they just taking floor workers and showing them what +/- means?

 

[fbi90909 5,000+ posts]

best buy has the best installers in the world. #1 in my book.

 

[Fiercetimbo17 10+ year member]

why didnt you just get the correct part numbers and then go get your parts?

 

[jrwalte 10+ year member]

I guess he expected the experts at BestBuy to know //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[PaulD 10+ year member]

I had the same problem with BB .... went online and ordered the right one. Most don't seem to know much.

 

[cyoung88 10+ year member]

i got a 2000 mustang, and i installed the cd player myself, what question do you have?

 

[Ferendon 10+ year member]

http://www.metraonline.com/fit.aspx

Metra is the most common manufacturer of dash kits, harnesses and related hardware. They also make the 'Dynex' dash kits that BB carries. You don't need a dash kit at all for a 99 Mustang, just the keys to remove the factory radio, and the cage that comes with the radio.

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

You're going to need a wiring adapter... unless you want to cut the factory harness and hardwire, which I strongly advise against.

 

[GMCJimmyslt2000 10+ year member]

and the mach360 as nothing to do with a dash kit being used or not.

 

[LouDEnougH? 10+ year member]

i got a 2000 mustang, and i installed the cd player myself, what question do you have?

What harness did you use?

Metra 70-5511? (I've memoized this fcuking part)

Because that's what they gave me the second time And the long piece DOES fit ( Which powers the dash.) But the square black plug with the four prongs( for rear and door panel speakers) didn't. it looked like it did but when i hooked it all up, it didn't plug all the way in, so i ended up pushing it and one of the prongs popped out the back of the harness piece.( And its not that the prongs were blocking the slots they go into[or the other way around]) So i pushed it back up. the display works perfectly just there's no sound at all. at that point i figured i blew something so i unhooked everything and plugged in the factory tape and cd player. Sounds perfect. So at this point i figure it has something to do with the Factory Amp, But i dont see how the factory amp could be blocking the sound. But yeah i gave up after 3 hours //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/verymad.gif.3f39c5c2fd57527b671fad3efdfac756.gif Never had this much problem installing a CD player before ( **** you ford.)

I dont have the Mach factory sound system btw.

BTW: Who ever bought the install tools Wire coat hangers are cheaper.

 

[LouDEnougH? 10+ year member]

and the mach360 as nothing to do with a dash kit being used or not.

i didnt say it did. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif