Hi All:
'97 North American Landcruiser Here.
I want to upgrade my old stock amp but keep the stock factory head unit in place. First, I know that there's lots of information here about Swapping the stock head unit and bypassing the amp via traditional method, but that's not what I'm trying to accomplish here.
WHY:
I want to keep the full stock look of my dad's old 97 Landcruiser. I also don't really want another screen in my face while driving around, its part of the charm of the vehicle. The additional; advantage is that you don't loose any speakers this way.
My goal is to unplug the connectors that go to factory amp, splice them, and directly bypass it here, so that I can them wire in my own replacement new amplifier.
Each harness has 12 wires, but I don't know what the correct wire mapping would be from the the head unit. I have good understanding of the speaker side wiring, but the headunit side is not clear to me.
amp to speaker wire colors:
1. green
2. gray
3. light green
4. blue
5. purple
6. pink
7. brown
8. blue/yellow
9. red
10. white
11. yellow
12. black
radio head unit to amp wire colors:
1. blue
2. brown
3. yellow
4. green
5. black
6. white
7. red
8. white w/black stripe
9. light green w/red stripe
10. black w/ blue stripe
11. green w/ white stripe
12. red w/ black stripe
I think I found the mapping, but I want to make sure I am interpreting it right, and not doing anything really stupid.
Amp harness for reference:
Here's all the info I've pieced together:
radio head unit wiring to amp + amp to speakers:
-> QUESTION: do these mappings here look correct?
is the correct way to read this: red wire -> light green, for example?
speaker wiring colors (downstream of amp):
actual harness photos:
amp to speaker harness (I think):
head unit to amp harness:
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
'97 North American Landcruiser Here.
I want to upgrade my old stock amp but keep the stock factory head unit in place. First, I know that there's lots of information here about Swapping the stock head unit and bypassing the amp via traditional method, but that's not what I'm trying to accomplish here.
WHY:
I want to keep the full stock look of my dad's old 97 Landcruiser. I also don't really want another screen in my face while driving around, its part of the charm of the vehicle. The additional; advantage is that you don't loose any speakers this way.
My goal is to unplug the connectors that go to factory amp, splice them, and directly bypass it here, so that I can them wire in my own replacement new amplifier.
Each harness has 12 wires, but I don't know what the correct wire mapping would be from the the head unit. I have good understanding of the speaker side wiring, but the headunit side is not clear to me.
amp to speaker wire colors:
1. green
2. gray
3. light green
4. blue
5. purple
6. pink
7. brown
8. blue/yellow
9. red
10. white
11. yellow
12. black
radio head unit to amp wire colors:
1. blue
2. brown
3. yellow
4. green
5. black
6. white
7. red
8. white w/black stripe
9. light green w/red stripe
10. black w/ blue stripe
11. green w/ white stripe
12. red w/ black stripe
I think I found the mapping, but I want to make sure I am interpreting it right, and not doing anything really stupid.
Amp harness for reference:
Here's all the info I've pieced together:
radio head unit wiring to amp + amp to speakers:
-> QUESTION: do these mappings here look correct?
is the correct way to read this: red wire -> light green, for example?
speaker wiring colors (downstream of amp):
actual harness photos:
amp to speaker harness (I think):
head unit to amp harness:
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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