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  • myfirst325
    Advanced Member
    • Oct 2010
    • 107
    #1

    wiring nightmare

    recently bought an e30 schwarz cabby... (55k) great deal!! except that this is what I have waiting for me to correct. Aftermarket jvc radio works fine, alarm doesn't. I already disconnected the alarm module. Ideally, I would like to restore the original fader head unit.
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    • myfirst325
      Advanced Member
      • Oct 2010
      • 107
      #2
      alarm wiring
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        • psyber_0ptix
          E30 Modder
          • Feb 2010
          • 904
          #3
          looked like my car when i got it
          Originally posted by FredK
          However, in your absence, I will likely sit in your seat buck naked while making racecar noises as if I were maxing your E30 out on the Mulsanne Straight while allowing the perforated vinyl to soak up my butt sweat (going 200 mph does that to you).

          My year in Germany
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            • StereoInstaller1
              GAS
              • Jul 2004
              • 22679
              #4
              That is why I hate most installers

              Closing SOON!
              "LAST CHANCE FOR G.A.S." DEAL IS ON NOW

              Luke AT germanaudiospecialties DOT com or text 425-761-6450, or for quickest answers, call me at the shop 360-669-0398

              Thanks for 10 years of fun!

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                • mrmckie
                  Mod Crazy
                  • Sep 2010
                  • 728
                  #5
                  Originally posted by psyber_0ptix
                  looked like my car when i got it

                  x2...is that painters blue tape???

                  please say no..
                  "I came into this world, not chiefly to make this a good place to live in, but to live in it, be it good or bad" -Henry Thoreau-
                  1991 318is - the cruiser
                  1989 325i - the rats nest

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                    • nando
                      Moderator
                      • Nov 2003
                      • 34827
                      #6
                      wow! I'm so glad my car didn't have an alarm (I HATE fucking alarms, nobody is going to steal your 25 year old POS!), and a stock radio!
                      Build thread

                      Bimmerlabs

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                        • myfirst325
                          Advanced Member
                          • Oct 2010
                          • 107
                          #7
                          i was just as surprised to see the blue masking tape! who would do such a thing!!

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                            • e30huh
                              Wrencher
                              • Aug 2010
                              • 216
                              #8
                              the blue painter tape enhanced the cables characteristic

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                                • zshopa
                                  Advanced Member
                                  • Oct 2010
                                  • 194
                                  #9
                                  hahah thats aweseome looks like you have your work cut out for you. i would honestly just rip it all out, anything that doesnt look factory.
                                  E30 Project in progress......

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                                    • myfirst325
                                      Advanced Member
                                      • Oct 2010
                                      • 107
                                      #10
                                      after digging into it i found that its not that bad. The factory speaker wires are now bundled nicely together just in case i ever find a stock radio with plugs. The jvc unit is simple as hell... 8 speaker wires and 2 power wires (red/green always hot, gray hot with key turned) and 1 brown ground wire. Radio works fine but I have to figure out how to get my power antenna to work.

                                      The hu has a wire with power coming out of it and I know the white wire from the factory bundle is the power antenna wire but when i connected the two nothing happened. I'll check fuses now and dig into the trunk and see if the pa is getting power. Also i have both a factory amp and and aftermarket amp but neither look like they're hooked up to anything.

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                                        • myfirst325
                                          Advanced Member
                                          • Oct 2010
                                          • 107
                                          #11
                                          much cleaner!
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                                            • Dude
                                              Banned
                                              • May 2010
                                              • 1119
                                              #12
                                              relax

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                                                • myfirst325
                                                  Advanced Member
                                                  • Oct 2010
                                                  • 107
                                                  #13
                                                  Holy shit! wtf is that!

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                                                    • Dude
                                                      Banned
                                                      • May 2010
                                                      • 1119
                                                      #14
                                                      Originally posted by myfirst325
                                                      Holy shit! wtf is that!
                                                      A PO's rushed m50 swap wiring, along with the wiring for everything else in the car.

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                                                        • StereoInstaller1
                                                          GAS
                                                          • Jul 2004
                                                          • 22679
                                                          #15
                                                          Originally posted by myfirst325
                                                          much cleaner!
                                                          OK, now get those wire nuts out of that car. Those are for solid wire, not stranded and do not deal well with vibration.

                                                          Closing SOON!
                                                          "LAST CHANCE FOR G.A.S." DEAL IS ON NOW

                                                          Luke AT germanaudiospecialties DOT com or text 425-761-6450, or for quickest answers, call me at the shop 360-669-0398

                                                          Thanks for 10 years of fun!

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