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Title: Car harness adapters
Post by: Lil Kim Jong-Il on November 30, 2004, 08:27:11 PM

I want to install an after market CD unit and I  don't want to cut any wires in the OEM harness.  I've tried all the usual places online and no luck.  I have the connector for the rear of the replacement alpine unit, so in absence of a prewired adapter, I could splice the connector I have with a connector that mates to the harness if I could find that.  The other side is for a circa 1986 blaupunkt radio/CD player.

Any ideas where can I get a harness adapter?

Title: Re: Car harness adapters
Post by: scb on November 30, 2004, 08:51:30 PM

crutchfield.com or sounddomain.com

they have them.  what kind of car?  and it's for a new alpine unit?

Title: Re: Car harness adapters
Post by: JackoRoses on November 30, 2004, 08:53:49 PM

I found mine at best buy ... Of course YMMV
I installed a kenwood HU into a 97 cherokee.
 

Title: Re: Car harness adapters
Post by: Lil Kim Jong-Il on November 30, 2004, 09:50:49 PM

Quote from: scott brown on November 30, 2004, 08:51:30 PM

crutchfield.com or sounddomain.com

they have them.  what kind of car?  and it's for a new alpine unit?

no luck either place

The car: 1986 porsche 911
The reciever/CD: 1994 Alpine 7814

I have not found any adapters except for the newer cars.  I have the harness connector and wiring diagram for the Alpine, so if I could find a harness socket for the car, I'd be able to make it work.

Title: Re: Car harness adapters
Post by: scb on November 30, 2004, 10:07:34 PM

oh well i had no idea it was a porsche :)

call the crutchfield guys.  they may try to rip you off, but the advice is free.  you might be able to find someone who knows what to do

Title: Re: Car harness adapters
Post by: Lee on December 01, 2004, 10:54:21 AM

couldn't you just take the car-side half of the old harness and splice it with the new one?  That's what I'd do if I'm understanding what you're getting at...

Title: Re: Car harness adapters
Post by: Lil Kim Jong-Il on December 01, 2004, 11:05:58 AM

The old harness is just the OEM wiring direct to the original cassette reciever.  I do not want to splice into that wiring because the car is a preservation project and I want to keep it unmodified in all respects. 

I called crutchfield and they have a harness to connect to the OEM speaker harness that uses the indash fader, but for the power harness there is nothing available.  That agrees with everythign else I have found on the web.   I may just have to find a unit from a car a few years later in the line.  The problem is that those are getting very hard to locate.