NEED help ASAP Stereo wiring harness 1989

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Originally Posted by Tiger

No... absolutely not. It is only a $10 adapter... very common to get. Crutchfield has it too.

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Tiger, are you telling me that Crutchfield has an adapter for THIS mess?

http://bmwe34.net/e34main/Upgrade/Da...eo/OldWire.jpg

THIS is what's on the old hardwired ones... If they do, it's well worth the $10.

i have an 89 535im, hardwired also, there is no connector that you can buy. what i did to get my sont headunit in was unplug all the conectors, and got female adapter for them, then you dont have to cut your factory stuff incase you want to go back to stock any time soon. pm me with any questions

Hmmm interesting... when I did my 89's stereo some 3 years ago, I was able to get a wiring harness from best buy which avoided cutting the factory harness off. You can find this on ebay now wire harness I know that for my 95 I was also able to find one last year from crutchfield.com . The above link also works for the 95.

http://i2.ebayimg.com/01/i/06/1f/fc/3a_1_b.JPG

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Originally Posted by saj3n

Hmmm interesting... when I did my 89's stereo some 3 years ago, I was able to get a wiring harness from best buy which avoided cutting the factory harness off. You can find this on ebay now wire harness I know that for my 95 I was also able to find one last year from crutchfield.com . The above link also works for the 95.

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It's got to be one heck of a harness if it's to mate with all those stray wires (see post image above)...

The stray wires actually connect to the wires coming from the new Head Unit's harness (which are stray). The wires on the bmw harness (above) are labeled as to what wire is for which speaker, just as the new head units harness is also labeled. So there is no splicing of the factory's wiring at all.

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Originally Posted by saj3n

The stray wires actually connect to the wires coming from the new Head Unit's harness (which are stray). The wires on the bmw harness (above) are labeled as to what wire is for which speaker, just as the new head units harness is also labeled. So there is no splicing of the factory's wiring at all.

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Hey! Stealin' the slogan generator :)

Anyway, so you're 100% sure there is a harness to connect those weird fangled circle plugs and such from the old-old BMW radio (pic above)? If so, do link us up here! I'm sure lots of members here and future will be very appreciative! :)

lol, i had to. :-D

Yea, i'm sure, its not actually the circle plugs it connects too, it connects to this square type of contraption. slides and locks right in.

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Originally Posted by saj3n

lol, i had to. :-D

Yea, i'm sure, its not actually the circle plugs it connects too, it connects to this square type of contraption. slides and locks right in.

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Right... so meaning it connects to the newer radios. The older one as pictured have the wires paired or individually hooked up to individual connectors.

hmm..... making me double check my harness on the 89... lets see if I can get that info for you (its 3,000 miles away)