yea exactly like ryan said, I couldn't understand what your tryin to do. the harness will cost $5 and all the wires if your lucky will be marked according to what they do. get some wire strippers and electrical nuts and your in business.

 

I know what you guys are saying, and i did get a harness, but, i heard on another site that the data bus in the stock deck controls switched power. apparently not. thanks everybody. and i'm soldering my connections.

 

soldering.....even better!

 

"One was made with chopsticks and the other by a Mariachi band. " ROFL!!! Is that true? Which is which then?

Oh yeah...don't solder speaker connections. Only the power connections.

 

The same components could be made in viva la Mehico, or by a chinee name kim suk ****.

 

I did not know that. Maybe that explains why the 20 dollar Best Buy harness I bought for my truck didn't come close to fitting.

 

Why not solder speaker connections? It's the lowest resistance connection possible.

 

soldering is without a doubt the best connection. but unless you know the wiring diagram of your car, its just stupid not to use a harness

 

which i am. BTW, i'm gettin my stuff, as well as my ipod friday. I can't wait. I'm getting the alpine radio with the ipod connection.

 

Um dudes...solder is not as good of a conductor as copper...that's why. Unless you are using silver solder which I doubt you have the means for. I thought it was pretty common knowledge that you don't solder speaker wires together. Yes that added resistance will be minimal if you do it right....but to do it right requires some pretty decent skill at soldering and not melting the insulation while not creating a cold solder either. All in all, what's the benefit? Keeping the ends from disconnecting? Any decent sized speaker wire is also going to be 12-14 gauge or bigger and pretty damn hard to get that hot.