Classic Car Stereo Installation

Car stereo installation is not at all tough as it sounds to be. Just by following simple easy steps you can fit in your car stereo yourself and save some extra dollars that you normally have to shell out for labor. Getting prepared for classic car stereo installation is essential. You may need some tools such as electrical tape, wire cutter and screwdriver. It is always important that you buy a new stereo set with harness wire (if possible) that fits in perfectly into your car. It is advisable to measure your dashboard size and buy a new stereo set accordingly. Always follow the instruction guide your car manufacturer would have given at the time of buy. Before starting the procedure, ensure that the current supply between car battery and music system is cut off.

Remove the factory stereo:

Remove the dashboard covering the old factory set first. This is pretty simple as you can separate your old stereo set and dashboard with help of screwdriver. Slide the speaker set now and you will be seeing a bunch of wires connected. Carefully unwire each of these wires. Now plug in your wiring harness at back of your new car stereo set. Disconnect the wires in an orderly manner to avoid confusion. Positive wires will disconnected first followed by negative wires and black ground wire.

Connect the required wires:

Connect the required wires carefully, as the performance of your new stereo greatly depends on this. Connect the positive and the negative wire from each speaker to the positive and negative connector in the new stereo set. Now connect the black wire to the dashboard where it is mounted which is a metal that can conduct electricity. Do not connect to plastic. After this connect the 12 permanent ignition wires to the new car stereo.

Fix the new stereo set:

Slide your sound application into the mounting holder that comes with your stereo once you are done with plugging the harness or the wires. Now place the new stereo set with wires connected and your dashboard surrounding that. It is advisable not to screw the nut and bolts before testing the performance of the new stereo set. Now connect the negative cable of the car to battery. Connect the radio antenna to the new stereo set. Switch on the power to test the sound quality of the stereo set. If there are wiring problems rework this with help of installation guide. It must be noted that if there are spaces or holes around stereo set, it may affect the sound performance. It is better to have your settings compact. If everything is fine, continue to fix the nuts and bolts.

Now you are done with Car stereo installation by yourself. If you wish you have LCD panels installed it would always be better to handover this hob to professionals as this would involve creating a new wood panel.