Alright i picked me up a 87 rex last week and got it to run. Now i want to upgrade the audio. I have an aftermarket radio but the colored wires from the radio to the dash are different. Im not sure what to do besides try evey combination. (mind you there are like 8 wires on each!) Any help would be appreciated.

kthnxbi

 

http://www.installdr.com

You can get wiring colors for the CRX there.


Modified by B18C_EJ8 at 12:47 PM 7/24/2006

 

Thnx for the help. All the wires from the radio matched up to the car but there was still left over wires from the car. A solid black one, a red one with black stripe, and one more i believe. The radio wont turn on so im guessing these are important.

 

You're not matching color to color, are you?

 

um yeah. i cant find a adapter... and the original harness was cut

 

Ummm yeah... You might want to consider paying someone to do this for you... You'll be lucky if you haven't fried the deck by wiring it up like you did...

The colors will not match up. You need to use the chart to determine what color each wire is, then match up the appropriate wire off the deck... Example, left front + off the deck goes to blue/green in the car and so on and so forth.... Not the way you've done it...

Disconnect your wiring, check for blown fuses, check to make sure you've got 12v constant, 12v switched, then redo it the correct way. If it still doesn't power up or you get no sound, it's because you fed 12v into a wire you shouldn't have...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by B18C_EJ8 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Ummm yeah... You might want to consider paying someone to do this for you... You'll be lucky if you haven't fried the deck by wiring it up like you did...

The colors will not match up. You need to use the chart to determine what color each wire is, then match up the appropriate wire off the deck... Example, left front + off the deck goes to blue/green in the car and so on and so forth.... Not the way you've done it...

Disconnect your wiring, check for blown fuses, check to make sure you've got 12v constant, 12v switched, then redo it the correct way. If it still doesn't power up or you get no sound, it's because you fed 12v into a wire you shouldn't have...

</TD></TR></TABLE> Ditto the above, also the black wire is oem ground and the red/black is oem illumination, the red/black would be the only one left over, and only if the HU does not have an illumination input, [orange on most HUs] all the other wires should be used.

OK B18C_EJ8 give it up, WTH is an 87 rex? 94

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">OK B18C_EJ8 give it up, WTH is an 87 rex?</TD></TR></TABLE>

1987 Honda CRX. Or 'Rex for short... Kindof like saying 'Teg for an integra.

Here's a visual aid...

http://images.google.com/image...mages

 

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1987 Honda CRX. Or 'Rex for short... Kindof like saying 'Teg for an integra.</TD></TR></TABLE> OK, I understand Teg would be short for Integra, but how the hell is REX short for CRX, it's more like a nick name.

After the last time you enlightened me on what an EG was I did some googling to educate myself on the letter designations and what they mean, but only got more confused as it appears that the same car may have a diff. letter designation depending on if it's USDM or CDM.

I am sooooo confused you wouldn't have a link, ["visual aid"] about that, [letter designation and meaning] would you? 94

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">but how the hell is REX short for CRX, </TD></TR></TABLE>

You gotta think of it this way... Instead of CRX, spell it out like you say it... SeeArEx... Then take away the "SeeA"... SeeArex... Got it now??

 

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You gotta think of it this way... Instead of CRX, spell it out like you say it... SeeArEx... Then take away the "SeeA"... SeeArex... Got it now?? </TD></TR></TABLE>Stop stop, I'm going to have another stroke. 94

 

NO NO No dude. you gave me the link to install dr and i was matching those colors to color LOL. It would be impossible to do it without the chart and thats what i was asking for.

 

did you find this at that website? i think this is what you need. since you are going through this trouble, you maybe able to buy what's called an aftermarket REVERSE harness to "restore" the car's wiring.

http://www.installdr.com/Harnesses/HA-Wiring.pdf