I just had a thought. If i get THIS head unit, will it power my in-dash tweeters?

 

The dash trim is the large dark piece in the picture that goes around the stereo, heater controls, and gauges. That whole thing has to come out before you can take your factory radio out.

This whole piece here:


I wouldn't run your door speakers and your dash tweeters off the stereo. Maybe if you had a crossover and could split the stereo signal.

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This one should work, and I believe you have to run a new battery (constant positive(+) ) wire to the stereo. Exact same thing that happened with my brother's 2000 Cavalier. There's some T-harness advertised, and you're supposed to use that and put your stereo in the back of your vehicle, but that's just to keep the door dinger, big whoop.

This may be the same mounting harness, but I'm not exactly sure. That's a 2003 Blazer up top, and he has what looks to be the same thing.
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If there's any doubt, when you take your dash out, you will see. I'm sure you know someone that could help near you if you can't do it. Especially in Detroit. What's the Canada for? Born in Canada in '88?

 

Bingo. South windsor on july 18th to be exact. Yeah, i got the dash trim part. I don't think i'm gonna do the dash tweeters thing. Not now anyway. My door speakers have good tweeters, and my back speakers will have good ones too. I checked out that mounting link you gave me, and i can't seem to find an 03 blazer application. This was the closest thing i found. It's for an 02 blazer. I like the little pocket on it. Looks more stock. Click Me

P.S. i got freaked out for a second when you used my picture. Heh heh.
P.P.S. I just found this. I think it's the right wiring harness for my truck. Click me

 

Had to type in the product ID in search to get that link to work.

It says 94-up, but that's not always right. Did you check the wire harness to make sure it looks the same? On that one I see wires for 4 speakers, 2 for remote outputs, the power wires, and at least one illumination wire.

Once you take your stereo out, you could take a picture of it mounted, it removed, the empty dash, and the wire harness, then you'll know what the stuff you'll need to replace it with looks like. Might post them on your CarDomain page too. Helps others doing the same thing. You can leave the wires attatched, if you don't want to lose your settings, and you might have to punch in an anti-theft code, too. I dunno. If you've disconnected the battery before with no problem, you don't.

 

Ok. I'm definately gonna do a full write up on this when i do it, just so i can post it when somebody like myself wants to know how to do it, i'll have the information handy. Because honestly, it's been a bit grueling getting all this information collected. I had to go to multiple sights, including a forum specific to car audio, and crutchfield.com. I might even make a little web page about it so i can just post the link. Like on geocities or something.

On crutchfield, I entered my vehicle, and it has a link that says intallation details, so i click it, and it says they recommend that i buy this adapter to keep my door chime, and it has a switched power thing in it. 80 DOLLARS!! Is this bull**** or what? Do i need it? please tell me no. Heres the link > LINK click "installation details" in the box in the middle that says "my 2003 blazer" Thanks guys.

 

Like I said with my brother's Cavy, you don't need it, only if you want the door to ding when you open it. If you don't care about the ding, oh well. It's supposed to play through your speakers, that's why they do that. Otherwise, I believe it's possible to wire up your own for a few bucks. You could even make it to where the stereo doesn't shut off until you open your door.
http://www.the12volt.com/relays/page5.asp#drto


How cool is that?

 

That is cool. So you're saying that if i wire it up like the diagram you have shown, I will have the door chime? Or just the delay until the door is opened? On crutchfield.com they said that the wiring adapter also supplies switched power to the deck. I looked on several different sites at this 'interface', and the only one that says anything about switched power is crutchfield.

 

You can wire up about anything if you put your mind to it.

Ya, that's for the delay. I could probably get you a Ford dinger, the Ford factory wire harness with some wire left on it, and a diagram for it, so when your doors are open with your lights or keys in the ignition it'll ding. Not sure on your end of the wiring, but it's possible.

 

Nah, that's alright. I'm not gonna go with the dinger. I don't care about it. I never leave my keys in my car anyway. My lights are automatic, and I won't be able to hear the dinger over my deck!

 

I just got some new information. I asked this same question, about the door chime on a car audio specific forum, and a guy said that if i don't use the door chime module, then i will need to tap into the ingition harness, and get my switched power from there. Does anyone have a diagram for this, and maybe some ideas on where to find said ingition harness. Thanks a lot guys.