1996 pontiac grand am stereo

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Topic: 1996 pontiac grand am stereo

Posted By: 2f2f4evva
Subject: 1996 pontiac grand am stereo
Date Posted: June 25, 2004 at 11:43 PM

i need a wiring diagram for a 1996 pontiac grand am. i juss got a new sony xplod cd reciever and the wiring harness for it is impossible to figure out. none of the wires are the same colors. i can usually install cd players but for some reason i cant figure this one out. any help would be AWESOME

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Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: June 26, 2004 at 12:07 AM

Metra 70-1858 harness adapter should fit this car.

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Posted By: nollaz
Date Posted: June 26, 2004 at 2:29 AM

well 2 fast 2 furious lets slow things down for a minute. im gonna run you through the install. go to a wal-mart or a stero shop and get a stereo wiring harness for your car, then you take the plug you got with the stero and match the wires with the one you bought then when you put your stereo in the plug you bought will snap on to your cars factory plug.

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Posted By: 2f2f4evva
Date Posted: June 26, 2004 at 3:48 PM

i bought the harness and all that stuff. i know what i'm doing when it comes to this stuff(or so i thought) i have done it at least 6 times before. the problem is the wires come from the car to a wierd ass harness. from there the wires were connected to the wires from an aftermarket harness. i cut all the wires(all the ones coming from the car into the wierd harness n the ones going to the aftermarket harness.) its the most confusing setup i have ever seen. i still have no clue what to do.

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Posted By: jfk51502003
Date Posted: June 26, 2004 at 4:07 PM

1996 Pontiac Grand Am Stereo Information

Posted By: forbidden
Date Posted: June 26, 2004 at 6:39 PM

Sounds like a Bose system is in this vehicle.......

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Posted By: 2f2f4evva
Date Posted: June 27, 2004 at 3:24 PM

is a BOSE system a bad thing?

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Posted By: Chad7n7
Date Posted: June 28, 2004 at 12:50 AM

Rob,

I don't think that Pontiac used a Bose system, but I may stand corrected, you have got my head running now. So please enlighten me.

As for the Bose system, I think I speak for the vast majority on this site, their setup is an installer's nightmare, and a very poorly designed setup. Most of us have dumpsters that spit it back out at you when you throw it in there.

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Posted By: kgerry
Date Posted: June 28, 2004 at 9:45 AM

True Chad...Pontiac uses a Monsoon system for the uplevel option.....

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