I need a plug that I can wire into another car that will let me plug in a wrx head unit. Anyone have one or know where to find one? thanks Mike K
Think you're just going to have to hardwire that, i don't think anyone makes a vehicle specific non-adapter type plug.
Your best option would probably be to get a Headunit wiring harness for the car you want to put the radio in, ie, if for the SVX, get it for that, then also get one for the WRX, and splice the two together using the end the plugs into the car for the SVX harness and splicing that into the end that plugs into the Head unit for the WRX. It shouldn't be overly difficult. Actually if this is for the SVX, the same harness may work between the WRX and SVX. I think the harness may be for all Subarus MY XX and up.
Circuit City carries a setup where you can buy an intermediate plug to car harness and intermediate plug to stereo harness.. so you can take most any factory stereo and stick into most any car without doing any splicing.
Mike- It sounds like you want to "transplant" a WRX HU into a non-Subaru. You'll need two harnesses to do this: 1) A Subaru reverse harness — this plugs into the back of the WRX radio (or any 1995-up Subaru radio). 2) A wiring adapter (also sometimes called a "forward" harness) for the particular car you want to install into. You can find this at most car audio stores, Fry's electronics, many online stores, and eBay. Prices range from about $7 to $25, shipped. Harness manufacturer Scosche makes reverse harnesses, but theirs omits one of the illumination wires (it has 13 instead of 14 wires), so Subaru radios won't light up. See my homepage link for one that has all 14 wires (click on my username). BTW, if you're transplanting into another 1993 or later Subaru (North American Legacies from 1995 and up, and not SVX), the radio harness will be "plug-and-play" — no adapters needed.
That's true. They're made by Metra and their name for those is "smart cable." Metra has smart cables that plug into most makes of cars, as well as cables that plug into most after-market head units (Sony, JVC, etc). In the middle is a standardized 18-pin connector so that the two pieces can be simply plugged together. For the most popular combinations, they make a single cable that goes directly from a particular car to a head unit (e.g., Honda to Clarion). That convenience comes at a steep price — Circuit City charges $20 per piece. :eek4: Unfortunately, Metra does not make smart cables to plug into factory radios (like what LiquidForce wants to do). Metra does have one that plugs into 1993-up Subaru cars (part number 80-8901). The normal version for Subarus (which has plain wires at the other end) is part number 70-8901.
I got it all worked out. I got an adapter from WJM for $5 and spliced it in to the SVX harness. It plugged right in to the wrx radio. I did have to wire the front crossovers differenlty since the WRX headunit ins't set up for 6 speakers. Thanks SVXdc. I actually used your site to get the SVX wiring diagram.