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Vashon Ingenthrone Posted on Mar 06, 2012
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Should i have any spare wires when hooking up an after market car stereo

I bought a dual brand stereo deck for my car from walmart, and a wiring harness. I'm installing it into a 96 mazda protege. Of course, the dvd for the install doesn't show the harness i bought, and the harness didn't come with instructions. So, how do I hook this bloody thing up and should there be any left over or spare wires from the harness?

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Yes, It's a very good possibility that you will have a few wires left over. Normally a wire for an aftermarket amp to be triggered on when you turn your radio on and possibly a power antenna or a dimming function that dims your radio lights when your headlights are on. It of course always depends on if you have a power antenna or not, or if you have an aftermarket amp or not or if you have the dimming feature on your car or not. These wires don't apply to everyone.
You will just match the colors between the wiring harness that came with the DUAL radio and the interface adapter that goes to your car. Make sure you use **** style crimp connectors. If not the wires could come loose or cause a popping noise or cause the radio to turn off while driving.
Other than that, installing an aftermarket radio is mostly matching the colors up between the two harnesses and crimping the wires together.should i have any spare wires when hooking up an a - 3_6_2012_2_31_36_am.jpg

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