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Yes, but it ain't easy... 700 1985

posted by  someone claiming to be JohnB on  Tue Dec 11 00:30 CST 2001 [RELATED]

installdr.com rates the job as moderately difficult for a professional.

(huff huff), I found it relatively easy but tedious to install an alpine head unit, CD player/amfm radio.

go to www.installdr.com and get pretty good skinny...it worked for me. The color codes are pretty close.

You'll need to remove the amplifier under the steering column and use its wires to access the vehicle chassis harness for at least speaker wires; I think you have to use the stock radio harness wires to access the memory (constant battery power), switched power, and antenna control circuits.

Takes about two hours and a special plastic DIN plate/adaptor to fit the vertical face of the replacement radio in the slanted console....the installdr.com has a pretty good picture. You do need the adaptor, figure about $20 for the kit that any good audio store should have in stock...you'll only use one of the three or four adaptors in the kit.





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