FAQ: Where to find wiring diagrams for your car & how to rip apart your car

MikeyTampa · 08-20-2005, 03:15 PM

Go to your local audio visual shop. Pay $2 and they will print out a list of every color wire in your cars electrical system, where it's located, and what it does. Once I went there I found everything.

They use a site called www.wiringinstructions.com it's a site for dealers.

thanatos106 · 08-20-2005, 03:24 PM

hahaha I got a better one:

Go to sears or cicuitcity and use the PC in the sound section (it will give you the color code and all the mambo jambo for free)

thanatos106 · 08-20-2005, 03:28 PM

Or what about this one for free (no all new cars are in the list):

http://www.installdr.com/

They even tell you how to rip a part you car

xBrady · 08-20-2005, 03:42 PM

Better yet sit in your own house and go to this site: http://www.bulldogsecurity.com/diagrams/diagrams.htm
Has every car known to man.

thanatos106 · 08-20-2005, 03:54 PM

Well with install dr you can also sit in you house and do it

mercury7 · 08-20-2005, 03:57 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by thanatos106

Well with install dr you can also sit in you house and do it

But they don't have my car.

thanatos106 · 08-20-2005, 04:00 PM

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Quote: Originally Posted by thanatos106

(no all new cars are in the list)

MikeyTampa · 08-20-2005, 04:36 PM

PWNED by the people who know what they are doing.
BTW I meant to post this in the Newbie section.
See what happens when I newb steps over his boundries

Bugbyte · 08-21-2005, 09:13 AM

Thread title changed and info added to "FAQ to the FAQ's".

double-0-newb · 12-01-2005, 09:31 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by xBrady

Better yet sit in your own house and go to this site: http://www.bulldogsecurity.com/diagrams/diagrams.htm
Has every car known to man.

FYI - changed to
http://www.directwholesale.net/diagr...p?link=BULLDOG

and thanks! Awesome find (for my not-as-easy-to-mod-as-my-91-Honda Volvo)

Dopefish · 12-06-2005, 10:42 AM

Bulldog Security no longer works

Install Doctor also doesnt carry accurate information. I looked at the GM info which doesnt mention 2001+ changes and Mazda which doesnt mention 1999-2001+ changes. This is okay if you have the older cars like me but it's not very helpful if you have the newer models or if you have an older model and are trying to blend some of the newer OE parts in. :/

There is allso ALLDATA which costs $15/yr per vehicle but will give you ALL the information you could ever want on your car, both mechanical and electrical. It offers connection pinouts and wiring color codes for every harness and section of the electrical system. Truely invaluable to us who are looking to integrate more than just the sound system. Especially for such things as the BMW I-bus or similar systems like that offered in 2001+ GM vehicles.

Its kinda expensive but what may be possible is for us all to use a unified account and each pay for our specific vehicles -- thus expanding the SHARED knowledge between differant models and years... not sure how well it'd work but just an idea.

~Kris

arebelspy · 12-06-2005, 07:36 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Dopefish

Bulldog Security no longer works

Works for me in the link posted in the post right above yours..

-arebelspy

Dopefish · 12-06-2005, 08:39 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by arebelspy

Works for me in the link posted in the post right above yours..

-arebelspy

Still not working for me. I was at work when I tried earlier, connected through MCI on a muxed T1 connection. I'm at home now through RoadRunner cable and still receiving the same error message.

The page cannot be found
The page you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.

~Kris

marcoiks · 12-06-2005, 09:14 PM

I get the same error, I tried on Dec 6/05 at 10:14 ET

and then I tried again a min later and it worked

getonerd · 12-20-2005, 02:25 PM

http://www.designtech-intl.com/wire.asp
http://www.the12volt.com/installbay/vehicles.asp(need to sign up)