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Old Jun 6, 2007 | 09:35 PM
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my mustang came with a radio but it wasent installed and wiring hanesses do not fit the wires coming out of the car. what sould i do?
Old Jun 6, 2007 | 09:38 PM
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best buy will take care of that. r u sure u cant find a wiring harness for ur car at the store?
Old Jun 6, 2007 | 09:38 PM
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Get a wiring diagram and figure out what wires are what. It's not that hard really and you shoul dhave no problems doing it. We're only talking 8 wires total for the speakers, two positive / hot wires for power, and one ground. Hell, you can even run your own if you want. Wiring a stereo is really simple... hard to screw it up.

If you have speakers and cant tell which terminal is positive and which is negative, you can always do teh battery trick with a AA or AAA battery (or something similar)
Old Jun 6, 2007 | 09:40 PM
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my mustang came with a radio but it wasent installed and wiring hanesses do not fit the wires coming out of the car. what sould i do?
You've got me curious now... What colors are the wires coming out that you are talknig about? Are they your standard aftermarket colors (purple, grey, white, green) or are they some other random colors? If you do have the white, purple, etc... then you already have a ahrness installed and you simply have to splice it. (I'm assuming you do have the proper harness for the headunit, correct?)
Old Jun 6, 2007 | 09:42 PM
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i should probably post a picture... i have installed radios before its just all the harnesses i find end up not fitting 1 on the wires so... no connection...
there is also a short on the inside lights because i replaced the fuse lke 2 times and it blew it right away...
Old Jun 6, 2007 | 09:43 PM
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give me like 15 minutes so i could posat a picture of the wires
Old Jun 6, 2007 | 09:45 PM
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That shouldn't be a problem if you don't mind doing a little extra work and have or can get a wiring diagram. Hell, if you're patient enough you can even figure out which wire is which on your own. A harness isn't necessary...it just makes it easier to install and easier to uninstall.

If you realyl can't find a harness, then screw it and start wiring it by hand.
Old Jun 6, 2007 | 09:52 PM
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The rest of this topic is here:

https://mustangforums.com/m_3347971/tm.htm

So the stock wiring was still there?


Old Jun 6, 2007 | 10:12 PM
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here are the wires coming out of the car

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Old Jun 6, 2007 | 10:36 PM
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that looks normal to me. this might sound stupid but walmart sells harnesses. try them.



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