Wiring Loom

[acstreet]

basically my whole wiring loom is a complete mess behind the stereo and i am having problems with the stereo because of it i bascially need the whole lot rewired does anybody know where i can get this done near my area i live in southend

or is any willing on here ot come and help me out if i give them some money for doing it

its really doing my head in i have got loads of amps and subs etc to wire up but cant because of this

cheers

acstreet

[acstreet]

anyone willing to tackle at my mess of a loom lol expect not how much do you rekon it would cost for an electrician to do it all

[daz364]

give me a call it will be easier to help you over the phone than on the board 07817475776 daz

[Tegan]

daz - probably not a good idea to give your mobile out on the board- i wouldve sent it by pm just to be safe :)

[jaxx]

start from scratch, ive ripped out the std system completey, including the wires

then its rather simple

1 +12v constant live feed (can come from the Battery MAKE SURE its fused

1 ground connection

1 +12v ignition live (only live when key is in and on)

2 for the electric aerial sense (its an odd setup, let me know if your stuck)

1 wire to tell any amps to switch on, if need be (run separate)

speaker wires, again start from scratch, bypass the crappy standard loom and get some good quality O2 free cable in, no point having a good Head and Speakers then linked up with shoddy bell wire, hardest bit here is getting it trough the door grommits :!Removed!:

and then any others such as screen dimmers etc etc.....

not really a hard job, should only take a day to do it spot on

if you were a little closer id help you out :)

[acstreet]

sounds like such a huge job and i know i will ruin something and end up making it worse i dont really want to tackle at that to be honest if i had some help i would as i would know what i was doing...

anybody live near my area who knows about this could give me a hand or when is there a next meet ill bring it along and tools and sort it hen

its just so frustrating atm with the loom being so buggered.

cheers

andy

[jaxx]

can you get a good shot of the remaining loom?

if your ok with a set of crimp pliers you should do it fine mate

if you really unconfident though then i suggest going to an auto electrician

[daz364]

like jaxx say if your not really confident at doing this type of things i would take it to an electricion. I do this type of thing for a living,some of the attempts are shoddy lol, it sounds as like alot of work but it not really if you work at it, your proberly about 2 to 3 hour job if that make sure you got all your stuff and just do it

[acstreet]

mmmmm what to do what to do i may have ago at it myself but then again im not very confident with the electrical side how much do you rekon a auto electrician would cost me

[jaxx]

20-30 quid

tell them to get your headunit in, the rest you should be able to do yourself

but if you dont fancy that either then take it to an ICE shop, may cost you around 100quid to have it all done

[acstreet]

mmmmmm thats alot of money really at the end of the day and alot of hassle may have ago myself if

i took some piccys of my dodegy wiring behind my headunit would that be any help so maybe you could tell me whats what etc

also jaxx how long did it take you to do all yours and i bet it was alot of effort

[jaxx]

took me ages yanking all the junk out, a good 2 days works, as all the interior is out

just got to a stage where im happy and my own wirings going in

[acstreet]

any more pics required i have loads its not all that bad but its like in a lot of places and also the power to my headunit is only coming on when i have my rca leads into my amp if not it dosent come on and makes a really high pitched noise

cheers

andy

[jaxx]

flippin heck!

the large choc block has got all the speaker wire connections to it, whatever they are connecting are wrong so remove them, and leave that for now (im right in thinking all Speakers to be powered by amps?)

bottom picture... bottom side

black = ground - make a flylead to a metal part of the dash

yellow = +12v

red = ACC +12v

orange = dimmer (needs a sense from the instrument panel lights)

blue = amp remote/aerial sense

thats for the alpine loom

the upper side to the car... needs relating to the cars loom, im on it ;)

[Stu8]

b'hell I remember my stero being easy as chips to install.

The only thing i struggled with, was fixing the unit sercurely.

anyways good luck with that mess fella.

[GIDDLEPIN]

Dump the choc block connectors and use the crimped ones HERE, you should then be able to fit a sub woofer in the space it leaves

[acstreet]

its buggered and found out that it was thanks to jaxx very helpful

going to do my own loom for the headunit and then work on the rest bit by bit

cheers for al the help guys

and jaxx many thanks again top bloke :D

[jaxx]

no problem at all matey

once ive finished mine ill make a diagram for wiring up your own independant system

:)