replacing the factory hu in an 08 sebring
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Topic: replacing the factory hu in an 08 sebring
Posted By: james.jaros
Subject: replacing the factory hu in an 08 sebring
Date Posted: October 25, 2009 at 9:12 AM
Hello, I traded in my truck and got a 2008 Chrysler Sebring with the 6 speaker set up. I have been looking to replace the factory head unit but I am having difficulty finding a mounting kit as well as a wiring harness. Will I need some special type of harness? I do not think that my stereo has a factory amplifier but Im not sure. I looked in the trunk under my 6x9 mounting locations but dont see one. Any suggestions on where to get the mounting or wiring kits would be great. I also know that a lot of problems can come up when replacing the hu in newer vehicles so any input on that would be greatly appreciated as well.
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-under_lucky-
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Posted By: Velocity Motors
Date Posted: October 25, 2009 at 9:40 AM
Scosche has the antenna adaptor and the installation kit. PAC makes the wiring interface for this car. Also, Metra makes the wire harness as well as the kits. ------------- Jeff
Velocity Custom Home Theater
Mobile Audio/Video Specialist
Morden, Manitoba CANADA
Posted By: james.jaros
Date Posted: October 26, 2009 at 9:36 AM
Jeff,
Thanks I was able to find wiring harness's but I am now slightly confused... One harness is:
https://cgi./Radio-Wire-Harness-CHRYSLER-SEBRING-08-2008-CANBUS_W0QQitemZ200353964422QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item2ea606e186
The second I found is:
https://cgi./Chrysler-SEBRING-2008-08-Car-Stereo-Radio-wire-harness_W0QQitemZ350256786665QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item518cee6ce9
What is the difference? Can the second be used? Will I lose things if it can be? Im not really concerned with any functions the factory radio has.
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-under_lucky-
Posted By: Velocity Motors
Date Posted: October 26, 2009 at 1:26 PM
From the description of the links above, the first link is a CANBUS interface ( which is the one that you need ) and the other link is for a standard harness, which will not work because the radio is a CANBUS radio.
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Jeff
Velocity Custom Home Theater
Mobile Audio/Video Specialist
Morden, Manitoba CANADA
Posted By: james.jaros
Date Posted: October 26, 2009 at 2:38 PM
What is a CANBUS radio?
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-under_lucky-
Posted By: boogeyman
Date Posted: October 26, 2009 at 6:33 PM
CAN stands for Control Area Network. It is a form of multiplexed wiring designed by Bosch and allows the linking of a number of control systems together, normally in a vehicle, so that they can share information. In the past it would have been necessary to have at least one wire for every signal on a vehicle making wiring looms bulky and expensive. CAN Bus multiplexing allows a large number of signals to be transferred digitally using only a pair of twisted wires.
Posted By: james.jaros
Date Posted: October 28, 2009 at 12:01 PM
Hmmm... so this means that using a standard harness like the one above is not possible? Would you lose things if you did, will it even work if you did? I appreciate all the help.
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-under_lucky-
Posted By: fatalii_stl
Date Posted: October 30, 2009 at 2:41 AM
j.j... Please keep this post informed of what you figure out about the harness situation!? I am in the final stages of getting the equipment together to put a 5.2 theater in my girls 08 Sebring. I will be posting soon and this is one thing I have yet to figure out myself. Thanks for the time! Fatalii
Posted By: james.jaros
Date Posted: October 30, 2009 at 6:10 AM
fatalli
I will def be sure to let you know. It will be a little bit though because I am also in the process of getting a different amp and I want to get the interior speakers in the car replaced too. Unfortunately this all costs money and Im not Bill Gates lol.
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-under_lucky-
Posted By: Velocity Motors
Date Posted: October 30, 2009 at 7:32 AM
If your not going to be using the OEM speakers and installing a 4 cahnnel amp, then you do not need to buy the expensive harness. You do not need to buy any harness in fact. Just run the constant and the switched to the fuse panel and ground to the frame. Run new wires from the 4 channel amp to the new speakers and call it a day. It's more labor intensive, but costs less money especially if your not going to retain the OEM speakers or wiring.
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Jeff
Velocity Custom Home Theater
Mobile Audio/Video Specialist
Morden, Manitoba CANADA
Posted By: james.jaros
Date Posted: October 30, 2009 at 8:02 AM
Really? That would be great! I was really confused as to why I needed the expensive harness and what not. I am going to be running an alpine 500 to the interior speakers (witch I still need to buy) then I have an Orion 1200D that I will be running the subs off. I have two Typer R 12's but was thinking about getting two RE 12's or 1 Audioque 12. Will I lose anything if I take out the factory radio and do not use the fancy harness?
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-under_lucky-
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