UTwrestler22 Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 GTLegacy will you sell me both harnesses i need for 35 bucks shipped to 84093? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTLegacy05 Posted September 7, 2012 Author Share Posted September 7, 2012 I don't have harnesses I believe there is a thread on here that has a link to ones you need which I believe is a reverse harness and then a subaru radio harness that you can get from like autozone or pepboys. i'll have to tear it apart and take some pics of how I have it in there when I get a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTLegacy05 Posted September 7, 2012 Author Share Posted September 7, 2012 this is the harness you need along with the subaru one from like I said pepboys or autozone. subaru reverse harness http://ae64.com/WRXharness.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UTwrestler22 Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 Thanks for the links. Pics would be awesome. How did you trim the plastic surrounding the ashtray so clean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SVXdc Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 ... I believe there is a thread on here that has a link to ones you need which I believe is a reverse harness and then a subaru radio harness that you can get from like autozone or pepboys The harnesses at auto parts stores (and any other stores you find them, as well as nearly anywhere online) will be missing the wire at pin #7. The factory radio and auto HVAC controls require that wire (along with the one at pin #1) for the illumination to work properly. ae64.com is the only place that has 14-pin harnesses guaranteed to include both of those wires. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UTwrestler22 Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 The harnesses at auto parts stores (and any other stores you find them, as well as nearly anywhere online) will be missing the wire at pin #7. The factory radio and auto HVAC controls require that wire (along with the one at pin #1) for the illumination to work properly. ae64.com is the only place that has 14-pin harnesses guaranteed to include both of those wires. Your talkin about the reverse harness right? Will this ine work? http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?itemId=251013584224&index=0&nav=SEARCH&nid=38278772207 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark5032 Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 There is an excellent chance that any ebay wiring harness that supposedly will work in your car is going to be missing wires. When I ordered my new head unit from Crutchfield a couple of months ago, I got the free wiring harness and installation kit. Of course, what I did not find out until I received it was that the harness was missing two wires necessary to make the steering wheel controls work. It amazes me how wiring harnesses that are being made and sold for particular cars do not have all of the wires necessary to make everything function properly. Ae64.com hooked me up with the wiring and knowledge to make my awsc steering wheel controls kit work. For me, paying a few more bucks and getting everything required, and most importantly support if a question arises is worth it. Will those people selling wiring harnesses on ebay have a clue how to help you if something is missing in their wiring harness? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UTwrestler22 Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 Maybe not but its six bucks but someone just look and tell me if its got all rhe wires i need. Damn. 05 legacy gt limited Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark5032 Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 There should be two orange wires on the right side of that harness (one with a white stripe). The missing wire looks to be at pin #7. Believe me, I like to save money whenever possible, and it stinks it costs that much more to get the correct harness with one extra wire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UTwrestler22 Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 So that wont work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTLegacy05 Posted September 8, 2012 Author Share Posted September 8, 2012 I put the face plate up against where the ashtray goes and tapped around it. Then used a Dremel to cut it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UTwrestler22 Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 Damn....you did it cleeaaaan. How much is that piece with the boot and ashtray on it so i can replace it to sell it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SVXdc Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 Your talkin about the reverse harness right? Will this one work? [link to eBay listing of 14-pin reverse harness] Sorry, that one is missing the ORANGE/WHITE wire (pin #7). It won't work. As mark5032 said, you need to see TWO orange wires -- plain ORANGE (at pin #1) and ORANGE/WHITE (at pin #7). A reverse harness is the type that plugs into a factory radio. It's sometimes used to install a factory radio into a different car. I call the opposite gender a "forward" harness (to distinguish from a reverse). A "forward" harness is what you normally use when all you're doing is removing your factory HU and replacing it with an aftermarket HU. For the kind of install you want to do, you need both harnesses and they both must have all 14 wires. Here's the scoop: Besides me, Metra is the only harness company whose Subaru 14-pin reverse harness has all 14 wires -- their 71-8901. If you can find a genuine Metra 71-8901, you can use that for the reverse part. I just checked, and those were running $14 and up on eBay. The problem with many eBay vendors is they often post a picture of whatever harness they had when they first started selling that item, and they never update their picture. So you might find one with a picture of a Metra 71-8901, but they ship you one from another manufacturer with the missing wire. If the price is way below $14, it's probably one of the other brands. Nobody (besides me) makes a Subaru 14-pin "forward" harness with the ORANGE/WHITE wire. Not Metra, not Scosche, nobody. Everyone else's only has 13 wires. If you buy both from me, I'm now discounting the price slightly on both. Contact me by e-mail for details (follow the links on my site). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrispyvu Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 has anyone else tried putting the HU into the ashtray location? there's a SRS control module sitting in the way of the perfect angle to slide a new HU in and i dont think its something we should try to relocate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
covertrussian Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Got the same issue, SRS module is in the way thus had to dremel the center console a way a bit. Even then though, I can't get the same angle as you @GTLegacy05. Maybe your headunit is much shorter? http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t188/covertrussian/Cars/05%20LGT/Interior/Radio/CIMG9762.jpg It's sitting a little too flat, I can't angle it as far as yours is thanks to the airbag module. http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t188/covertrussian/Cars/05%20LGT/Interior/Radio/CIMG9785.jpg To get it to even fit I already took out the divider http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t188/covertrussian/Cars/05%20LGT/Interior/Radio/CIMG9771.jpg http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t188/covertrussian/Cars/05%20LGT/Interior/Radio/CIMG9783.jpg I tried to keep the divider there and just dremel it piece by peace, but even a single dim player is just too thick http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t188/covertrussian/Cars/05%20LGT/Interior/Radio/CIMG9780.jpg Update: I switched to JDM console and never looked back http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t188/covertrussian/Cars/05%20LGT/Interior/Gauges/20151218_085756.jpg 05 LGT 16G 14psi 290whp/30mpg (SOLD) 12 OBP Stock 130whp/27mpg@87 Oct 00 G20t GT28r 10psi 250whp/36mpg 22 Ascent STOCK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepGuy25 Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Im surprised no one is doing the remote face plate trick. I was thinking about mounting a head unit either in the glove box or under the seat, then remote mounting the face plate to the ashtray area as a surface mount. Or doing like I did in my jeep and recessing it into the sunvisor. The OP's install into the ashtray area looks nice tho! Ide like to see what all you had to do to get it to sit that way like others have said. There's a bunch of stuff right there. J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
covertrussian Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 I've been considering doing a remove faceplate deal too, just can't seem to find any headunits. 05 LGT 16G 14psi 290whp/30mpg (SOLD) 12 OBP Stock 130whp/27mpg@87 Oct 00 G20t GT28r 10psi 250whp/36mpg 22 Ascent STOCK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepGuy25 Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Just get one with the motorized face so there is no CD slot. Because it looks weird when remote mounted. I actually have an "old" pioneer that I was considering doing. Its the first OEL display unit they made. I forget the model number. Only issue with it, is its featureless. No MP3 support. Which is a bummer. I like using my parrot for MP3, but I want better sound. J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
covertrussian Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Got it setup and mounted. No where as clean as GTLegacy05's setup, but just as functional, well except for the CD player... http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t188/covertrussian/Cars/05%20LGT/Interior/Radio/CIMG9843.jpg http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t188/covertrussian/Cars/05%20LGT/Interior/Radio/CIMG9849.jpg http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t188/covertrussian/Cars/05%20LGT/Interior/Radio/CIMG9855.jpg http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t188/covertrussian/Cars/05%20LGT/Interior/Radio/CIMG9860.jpg 05 LGT 16G 14psi 290whp/30mpg (SOLD) 12 OBP Stock 130whp/27mpg@87 Oct 00 G20t GT28r 10psi 250whp/36mpg 22 Ascent STOCK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnyJagaru Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 I wouldn't be happy with this config myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrispyvu Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 i have my deck set up and attached pretty similarly to russian's except i have my bezel and faceplate remote attached so it sits flush with the ashtray area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
covertrussian Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 i have my deck set up and attached pretty similarly to russian's except i have my bezel and faceplate remote attached so it sits flush with the ashtray area Nice! How did you remote attach the faceplate? Kenwood sell a wire? Also I take it your CD player is useless right? 05 LGT 16G 14psi 290whp/30mpg (SOLD) 12 OBP Stock 130whp/27mpg@87 Oct 00 G20t GT28r 10psi 250whp/36mpg 22 Ascent STOCK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepGuy25 Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Pretty simple. Just get some cat5e ethernet cable and solder a bridge between the faceplate contacts and the contacts on the head unit. Takes a little patience sometimes, but its not too hard. Unless you mount the rest of the head unit somewhere where you can access the CD slot, then yes, you would be rendering it pretty useless. Nice thing about remote mount, is that you can put the head unit pretty far away. Glove box, under the seat, center console maybe. Then again...who uses CDs anymore? haha. (joking...I still have a book of them in my back seat...) J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
covertrussian Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Awesome doesn't sound like a bad idea at all, and since my faceplate is a full sized one, no idiot would accidentally put a cd in and loose it behind the cover. I might actually leave the HU where it's at and make the face plate be easily removable to insert a CD. I don't personally use CD's but I like having the ability to do so if I need to. 05 LGT 16G 14psi 290whp/30mpg (SOLD) 12 OBP Stock 130whp/27mpg@87 Oct 00 G20t GT28r 10psi 250whp/36mpg 22 Ascent STOCK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrispyvu Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 yeah i just bluetooth my phone or use aux in. but yeah i basically did what jeepguy said. except i didnt wanna make any permanent changes to the actual deck or faceplate by soldering directly to it, so i ordered replacement connectors for my specific deck and then just soldered that together. effectively i made an extension cable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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