breenmachine wrote:How much does a professional install cost? Whoever wired mine before I bought the car did a shitty job with electrical tape and its confusing as hell to follow. Also if I fade the music to the front passenger side it doesnt play but if faded to the front drivers side, both front passenger and drivers side play.
So somehow they wired the front right and left speaker into the same space? Uggh.
Also, is there an online copy of that wiring diagram with what color wire does what? I followed the link in this thread at mx3er.com and it was broken.
A shop here would roughly charge about $40 to install a stereo in an Mx-3. If you had a shop install your stereo, and they used electric tape instead of using wire connectors, take it back, and tell them to do it right. I only use electric tape on top of the connectors, not instead of them.
On a side note. I don't understand how you guys are having such a hard time with a stereo install. I know if your a newbie, it's confusing. But as stated, buy a wire harness(Walmart, AutoZone, etc). The wires are the same color as most stereo harness's. By memory, here's what the wire colors mean. I threw in some from the stereo's harness, which probably won't be on the wire harness you buy from the store(Blue).
ADAPTER 1:
Yellow=batt power
Red=ignition power
Black=ground
Grey(+)=front right speaker
Grey(-)=front right speaker
White(+)=front left speaker
White(-)=front left speaker
Blue=power antenna
Blue=dimmer
Orange=illumunation
ADAPTER 2:
Purple(+)=rear right speaker
Purple(-)=rear right speaker
Green(+)=rear left speaker
Green(-)=rear left speaker
