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05-09-2010, 02:56 PM
Disclaimer: The following are provided as a GUIDE ONLY, and neither myself. nor the original writer, nor Ozhonda take any responsibility for the outcomes of someone else doing the following. You follow these steps at your own risk!
NOTE: The only reason i have chose to do it this way was because it will be neater, more have wire to play with, more room to tape and solder up without burning shit.
This is also a general idea for other cars too not just an ek, same principle and concept.
Aim : to install a headunit in a vehicle
Tools, phillips screw driver, flat blade screw driver, side cutter, electrical tape, wire strippers, multi metre, test light. some sort of light if you can't see. You can also use bullet terminals with , if your not keen on soldering,
1. Remove the gearknob by twisting it left, until it comes undone,
2 . Remove centre console, including the hand brake, there will be 3 screws holding the centre console and handbrake cover on each side as shown in picture.
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/2984/05092010038.jpg (http://img15.imageshack.us/i/05092010038.jpg/)
3. Remove coin pocket, din, tray or whatever by undoing the 4 screws, two on each side pictured below
http://img816.imageshack.us/img816/7531/05092010058.jpg (http://img816.imageshack.us/i/05092010058.jpg/)
4. You should have something looking like this.
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/948/05092010055.jpg (http://img228.imageshack.us/i/05092010055.jpg/)
5. Once you have that apart, remove your old headunit, unplug the wiring loom and feed it back down where you have removed the consoles. also remove the metal bracket holding the old cd player and replace it with your new one, if you find it hard to remove the brackets there should be tab's sitting around the bracket holding it against the dash use you flat blade and push them up.
http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/9440/05092010036.jpg (http://img715.imageshack.us/i/05092010036.jpg/)
6. Now you have the loom infront of you, use your test light to find power ( + ), ( to find + hook your test light to chasis, or something with good earth and probe away one test light fires up you have found power, and to find - hook + and probe for - )
7. Once you have found + on the loom also look for the accessory ( memory wire )and bridge it, use your wire strippers to strip the wires and join it onto the cd player loom, it will be yellow ( might be different to headunit manufacturers )
8. Also repeat step 7 but in reverse to find a good earth. ( generally earth will be black again might be different to headunit manufacturers. )
9. Turn on vehicle to see if headunit turns on.
http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/7935/05092010050.jpg (http://img8.imageshack.us/i/05092010050.jpg/)
10. Once headunit turns on, you now have to hook your speakers up, if you remove the speaker cover on the door trims, and remove the speaker. You can see 2 coloured wires ( red/ black and white/grey ) whatever it might be. and find the same colours on the loom, connect them up according to colours and test it if it works.
11. Repeat steps for both driver and passenger side, you can also use a multimetre and do a contuniuty test until you hear the beep meaning you've matched the wires up correctly.
12. To undo the rear speakers, remove parcel tray, undo 3 screw holding the speaker covers and also colour code the wire back to your headunit. Repeat for LHS AND RHS
13. Turn on vehicle to test if cd player is working, place a cd and check that all speakers are working, on the headunit loom, generally purple and green wires are for rear speakers, and white and grey are for the front speakers, make sure you also play around with the balance and fade, to check whether it's working accordingly if not, switch the speaker wires around.
14. The head unit loom and vehicle loom, is now dummied up, if you are happy, twist all wires together tight.
http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/6827/05092010040.jpg (http://img832.imageshack.us/i/05092010040.jpg/)
15. Get the solder out and solder the wires together, and tape wires together making sure there's no little wires sticking out that might cause the headunit to short out.
http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/3703/05092010049.jpg (http://img375.imageshack.us/i/05092010049.jpg/)
16. Feed headunit loom back through where you found it, making sure the aerial wire is with it.
http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/5654/05092010054.jpg (http://img819.imageshack.us/i/05092010054.jpg/)
17. Place the new metal bracket for the headunit in. make sure it sits flush with the dash. bend the tabs around the bracket down by using a flat head screw driver, ( if you don't headunit might go flying towards you everytime you VTEC it yo ).
http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/3428/05092010052.jpg (http://img688.imageshack.us/i/05092010052.jpg/)
18. Plug headunit loom into head unit. plug aerial in aerial slot. BEFORE PUSHING HEADUNIT BACK IN, TURN ON VEHICLE TO CHECK EVERYTHING STILL WORKS AGAIN.
http://img814.imageshack.us/img814/2654/05092010056.jpg (http://img814.imageshack.us/i/05092010056.jpg/)
20. Once your happy with your work, push headunit in making sure it clicks to the bracket so headunit doesn't move and secured , making sure you don't crush in wires which may cause it to short out.
http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/888/05092010057.jpg (http://img340.imageshack.us/i/05092010057.jpg/)
There might be some shit i missed out because i only decided to do a DIY write up half way through the job, not bad for a 20-20 minute job, mine took abit longer, because speaker wire from door loom snap from connecter etc,
If i have missed something don't be shy to post your questions or whatever up
If you have further technical difficulties don't be shy to PM me
but yeah she'll be right.
If you see what you like PQ rep that shit thanks
Thanks for reading. hope its helped you's
All the best :D:thumbsup:
NOTE: The only reason i have chose to do it this way was because it will be neater, more have wire to play with, more room to tape and solder up without burning shit.
This is also a general idea for other cars too not just an ek, same principle and concept.
Aim : to install a headunit in a vehicle
Tools, phillips screw driver, flat blade screw driver, side cutter, electrical tape, wire strippers, multi metre, test light. some sort of light if you can't see. You can also use bullet terminals with , if your not keen on soldering,
1. Remove the gearknob by twisting it left, until it comes undone,
2 . Remove centre console, including the hand brake, there will be 3 screws holding the centre console and handbrake cover on each side as shown in picture.
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/2984/05092010038.jpg (http://img15.imageshack.us/i/05092010038.jpg/)
3. Remove coin pocket, din, tray or whatever by undoing the 4 screws, two on each side pictured below
http://img816.imageshack.us/img816/7531/05092010058.jpg (http://img816.imageshack.us/i/05092010058.jpg/)
4. You should have something looking like this.
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/948/05092010055.jpg (http://img228.imageshack.us/i/05092010055.jpg/)
5. Once you have that apart, remove your old headunit, unplug the wiring loom and feed it back down where you have removed the consoles. also remove the metal bracket holding the old cd player and replace it with your new one, if you find it hard to remove the brackets there should be tab's sitting around the bracket holding it against the dash use you flat blade and push them up.
http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/9440/05092010036.jpg (http://img715.imageshack.us/i/05092010036.jpg/)
6. Now you have the loom infront of you, use your test light to find power ( + ), ( to find + hook your test light to chasis, or something with good earth and probe away one test light fires up you have found power, and to find - hook + and probe for - )
7. Once you have found + on the loom also look for the accessory ( memory wire )and bridge it, use your wire strippers to strip the wires and join it onto the cd player loom, it will be yellow ( might be different to headunit manufacturers )
8. Also repeat step 7 but in reverse to find a good earth. ( generally earth will be black again might be different to headunit manufacturers. )
9. Turn on vehicle to see if headunit turns on.
http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/7935/05092010050.jpg (http://img8.imageshack.us/i/05092010050.jpg/)
10. Once headunit turns on, you now have to hook your speakers up, if you remove the speaker cover on the door trims, and remove the speaker. You can see 2 coloured wires ( red/ black and white/grey ) whatever it might be. and find the same colours on the loom, connect them up according to colours and test it if it works.
11. Repeat steps for both driver and passenger side, you can also use a multimetre and do a contuniuty test until you hear the beep meaning you've matched the wires up correctly.
12. To undo the rear speakers, remove parcel tray, undo 3 screw holding the speaker covers and also colour code the wire back to your headunit. Repeat for LHS AND RHS
13. Turn on vehicle to test if cd player is working, place a cd and check that all speakers are working, on the headunit loom, generally purple and green wires are for rear speakers, and white and grey are for the front speakers, make sure you also play around with the balance and fade, to check whether it's working accordingly if not, switch the speaker wires around.
14. The head unit loom and vehicle loom, is now dummied up, if you are happy, twist all wires together tight.
http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/6827/05092010040.jpg (http://img832.imageshack.us/i/05092010040.jpg/)
15. Get the solder out and solder the wires together, and tape wires together making sure there's no little wires sticking out that might cause the headunit to short out.
http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/3703/05092010049.jpg (http://img375.imageshack.us/i/05092010049.jpg/)
16. Feed headunit loom back through where you found it, making sure the aerial wire is with it.
http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/5654/05092010054.jpg (http://img819.imageshack.us/i/05092010054.jpg/)
17. Place the new metal bracket for the headunit in. make sure it sits flush with the dash. bend the tabs around the bracket down by using a flat head screw driver, ( if you don't headunit might go flying towards you everytime you VTEC it yo ).
http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/3428/05092010052.jpg (http://img688.imageshack.us/i/05092010052.jpg/)
18. Plug headunit loom into head unit. plug aerial in aerial slot. BEFORE PUSHING HEADUNIT BACK IN, TURN ON VEHICLE TO CHECK EVERYTHING STILL WORKS AGAIN.
http://img814.imageshack.us/img814/2654/05092010056.jpg (http://img814.imageshack.us/i/05092010056.jpg/)
20. Once your happy with your work, push headunit in making sure it clicks to the bracket so headunit doesn't move and secured , making sure you don't crush in wires which may cause it to short out.
http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/888/05092010057.jpg (http://img340.imageshack.us/i/05092010057.jpg/)
There might be some shit i missed out because i only decided to do a DIY write up half way through the job, not bad for a 20-20 minute job, mine took abit longer, because speaker wire from door loom snap from connecter etc,
If i have missed something don't be shy to post your questions or whatever up
If you have further technical difficulties don't be shy to PM me
but yeah she'll be right.
If you see what you like PQ rep that shit thanks
Thanks for reading. hope its helped you's
All the best :D:thumbsup: