Aftermarket Head Unit

[SHOTerror]

I'm going to be purchasing a 49 dollar aftermarket din mounted cd/sterio deck from walmart today. I checked under their online specs for cars and it said taurus with premium jbl system(which I have) fits perfectly with the DIN head units. Now I know to remove the unit you simply stick the tool in both side holes, but will this thing just lock right in where the old one was and will the plugs in the back be the same? Also do you know if walmart does installations. I'm just wondering what i'm going to need and how hard this is going to be before getting into this. This is the one i'm looking at getting:
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.gsp?product_id=2064229&cat=14632&type=19&dept=3944&path=0%3A3944%3A3947%3A96481%3A14632

-Thanks

 

[Modemagic]

Well.. I'm not sure which SHO u are installing this in, but since you are mentioning the ford removal tools, I am guessing your Gen 2.

First of all, standard din means exactly that. Your pulling out a standard din radio and installing a different standard din. With this in mind, the radio will fit nicely, its just going to have a metal sleeve around the radio, a "cage" is the terminology. You'll slide the cage in the hole and bend little tabs around the cage so it grips the dashboard around the cage. SUPER simple.

YES, you have a JBL system in your car. NO, the plugs will NOT magically match-up. THey never have, would, or do. Sorry bro. Bear in mind, that you MIGHT MIGHT MIGHT MIGHT did I say MIGHT loose a little sound quality. Never a way to be truely sure, but with a cheaper CD Player going into a JBL equipped car, I'd say there is a good chance that you will loose a little quality. Will you notice it?? Maybe.

This is a relatively easy car to install a stereo in with only minimal effort. I personally can put a stereo into this car with an amplifier bypass in under 15 minutes, but I am a professional and I do it every day. You could do this in approximately an hour give or take.

You will probably have to go to a local stereo shop or a best buy and get a "Ford Premium Sound Wiring Harness". I doubt your Wal-mart has one but I could be wrong. This should also come with a short almost adaptor looking cable about 10 inches long or so with eight wires connecting two plugs. THis is simply an amplifier bypass plug, but don't panic, all you do with it is pop the trunk and on the back seat in the trunk is your factory amp. Just unplug the two plugs from the amp and plug that connector in accordingly (It'll only plug in each end one way) and you just bypassed the amp in your car! Installers Note: You can also take that connector, cut it in half and plug it into the output plug (Usually lefthand side of amp) and you have all your speaker wires ran to the doors and rear deck so you can interface an aftermarket amp without running wires to the doors and rear deck! wink
Degree of difficulty (1 - 10) 1 or 2
All the wires are color-coded for easy connections, and hey, you got SHOForum.com wink

Tools required for this project:
Wire cutters
Wire strippers
Connectors (Crimp caps recommended)
flathead screwdriver (for bending cage tabs)
Ford removal tools (their only like 3 bucks and make the removal SO MUCH EASIER!!)
A Can of Pepsi (hey, you get thirsty)

Good luck on your Deck install and let us know how it goes! thumbs_u

 

[shoRunner]

I would personally not recomend you get this head unit, unless your CD player doens't work. Looking at the specs it says 15x4 max. I believe the amps that come with the SHO are 15x4 RMS. So if you want loud or even more quality in your music the JBL system is the way to go. But that is just my advice, you could be perfectly happy with that CD player.