If I bought some aftermarket subs for my trunk woul shaker 1000 be a direc replacement for my 500 and would it work with the subs?

 

No. If you are referring to the head-unit, the door subs will work fine with a 1000, and it will be a direct replacement, assuming the unit is from a 08 or newer (factory radio plug changed during 07 to 08+)but the factory wiring will NOT be there for the factory trunk subs, or the amps.

Just use a LOC, for an after-market trunk sub/amp.

 

Ik it won't be there but I was wondering if there is a different plug in for the shaker 1000 vs shaker 500

 

I'll let wayne handle all of the tech aspects of this, but if you need a Shaker 1000 unit at the end of all of this, PM me.

 

Main plugs stay the same (24 pin main harness, 8pin amp), but things do vary from certain model years. I think from either 07 or 08 the aux plug was added (16 pin) depending on the model bought. And the radio antenna plug changed from the 05-06's into part of the 07 model year and beyond(shown below, it changed to the second one pictured from the first). Of course the 10'+ model years are completely non-interchangeable with the former ones due to what was done.

The amp plug you're concerned about however, no, that is exactly the same as the 500. Just verify what year S197 the one you plan to use was originally from, and if you're not sure, ask about the 3rd plug (auxiliary 16 pin that your 500 has) and antenna connection type.

 

oh because i heard there were cords for subs but i was wondering where you would hook that up at... i have an 08 mustang btw

 

The trunk subs come off that 8pin line, same as the front 500's subs. The wiring for any possible options are there in the actual harness I think, but the wiring does not make it to the trunk. You would need to either solder wires onto the blank pins, or splice/cut the existing ones that are for the rear subs.

The least invasive method would be to get an 8pin harness (just need second one pictured) and a reverse harness. Both of which should be easily found in an auto parts or audio store locally or even best buy and sears I think. Then solder them together with the appropriate pins, moving the rear sub RCA from the 8 pin aftermarket harness to the reverse harness for the factory trunk subs. This will require some skill with doing this sort of work though.

The below is just for the pin number and where the plugs are, the pin outs differ.



If memory serves, the pin outs are the same as the older mach systems from earlier mustangs for the 8pin harness for the amps..


You could likely verify this quickly searching/looking through the12volt.com's entries, likely even searching through the audio/video section of this site for that matter. Assuming you buy an 8pin(or 24 with the 8pin) aftermarket harness for 04 and newer fords, it will state the wiring diagram on the plastic packaging, which you can then match up.