does anybody know if there's a way to have the stock harness to the head unit harness directly connect without having to clip wires from each and solder them together? I"m trying to have direct connections all the way through in my setup. Also, I know that one of the wires in the head unit harness connects to the "remote" terminal on your speaker amplifier. However, since I also have an amplifier for my subwoofer, where do I connect the wire that goes to the "remote" terminal on the subwoofer amplifier, since that wire in the head unit harness is already being used by the speaker amplifier?

 

Your only option besides soldering is 'smart harnesses' from circuit city, one harness for the nissan side with a universal plug on it, and another from the universal end directly into any brand radio they sell. Metra does make a couple harnesses that go directly from the car to the radio but theyre very hard to find. Youd hook your amp remote to the same remote output even if its already being used. Blue/white output from the deck.

 

which metra wiring harness is the one that hooks up straight from the car to the head unit? I'm looking at the Circuit City website and they have a ton of metra harnesses. Also, my head unit is an Eclipse 3434.

 

Then, assuming the plug into your eclipse radio is 16 pin, in a 2 pin by 8 pin style, you need the Metra EC2X8-1763. I googled it and installer.com was the only place who had it at $30. You can try calling Metra to see if they have a list of places you can get it.

 

k, i just ordered that one from installer.com. Am I gonna be able to get a clean, straight connection from the harness to the amplifiers (remote turn on) also?

 

Just use a t-tap or solder your remote wire to the one on the harness.

 

yeah, i know, that's what i've always done. But is there any way to get a clean, straight connection without having to do that? (that's why I bought the smart harness at installer.com in the first place)

 

Buy a harness from Crutchfield.com. They have harnesses for almost every make car ever made. As far as the remote wire, if you want to turn on multiple units, just tap in a y-connector or "t-tap" and you'll be fine. Just as long as you don't over do it by running too much turn on units, you'll fry the remote lead. In this case, if your turning on a number of units, it's safe to run a relay so that you don't overload the circuit. The remote lead is only meant to carry a 12V voltage to turn on certain components.

 

You previously said you wanted the clean straight harness from the car to your Eclipse radio. Now you say you bought it just for the remote wire?

What you bought will give you all your connections directly from the radio to the car, plug and play. But no wiring harness is going to come with 17ft of remote wire attached to it, thats just ridiculous. Whats wrong with soldering or t-tapping your remote wire?

p.s. the crutchfield harness isnt what wanted. thats one youd have to wire up yourself.

 

yes, i wanted a clean straight harness form the car to the eclipse unit, but i also wanted that harness to come with a long remote wire so I could have a clean straight connection with the remote wire in addition to all the other wires on the harness. I didn't want to have to solder or t-tapp anything, but I guess that's ridiculous and not possible. Where can I get that Y-adapter or T-tap? Radio Shack?

 

not that I know of