Car Stereo installation for 2000 Ford Contour??
Can anyone help me with some overview instructions to install a new car CD player into my car. Also i want to install a 12′ sub, and 2 6×9′s. I had the system in my old truck so i know i have eveything i need. I just need help with how to switch the CD players and hooking up the cords to the amp. Any websites would also be helpful.
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A Contour is a fairly easy car for a new CD player installation. You’ll need a set of radio removal tools for Ford radios, and an adapting wire harness to connect the new CD player to the stock plugs. Both can be purchased at any car audio store. A standard DIN CD player will fit the dash opening without a kit. You’ll need a wire harness like this one: http://www.amazon.com/SCOSCHE-Wiring-Harness-1986-1997-Navajo/dp/B000EIQMAK (ignore the model year information on the link; that harness will fit your vehicle UNLESS the car is equipped with a Ford premium sound system, in which case the installation becomes slightly more difficult).
The stock speakers in the Contour are 6×8" all the way around, not 6×9". You’d probably have to do some cutting to fit 6×9′s into the rear deck.
I’m not sure what you need to know about the amp hookup. There will be a set of RCA cables that run from the head unit to the amp, a remote turn-on wire that runs from the deck’s remote output to the amp’s remote input, a ground wire that connects to chassis metal near the amplifier mounting location, and a power wire that runs to the battery. Make sure to put a fuse on the power wire, as close to the battery as possible.
Vehicle information and diagrams can be found at http://www.installdr.com