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This article features an installation by AUTOTOYS.COM in a 1985 Plymouth Reliant. Total cost of radio and installation parts was around $160.00. Radio
used: SEE OUR CAR RADIO DEPARTMENT HERE
This is the original radio. It's about 16 years old. Radio dials, very basic. Low power. Manual knobs and slide treble controls.
Most chrysler type radios are removed in the same fashion. Remove the trim piece around the radio (in this car, 9 philips head screws), then remove the 2 10mm bolts and remove the factory radio.
Bolt our dash kit into place. DO NOT BUY any other dash kit, our kits are designed to fit! See our dash kit department at http://store.autotoys.com (we have kits for almost every type of vehicle on the road). This dash kit will adapt the large opening to a single din opening which will allow mounting of most aftermarket din size radios.
Here is our PLUG in harness plugged in and wired together. We recommend only OUR plug in Chrysler harness, see our dash kit department > wire harness at http://store.autotoys.com - Because the original plug splits the speaker wires into 2 plugs, we HIGHLY recommend a plug in harness which clearly shows which wires are which. In this installation, the Sony radio follows EIA codes and we simply had to match the wire colors together. You will also notice the ground wire to the left. We used a t-tap on this wire, then connected a male insulated .25 spade to plug into the t-tap for the ground. See our TOOLS department at http://store.autotoys.com for these connectors.
Here is the sony radio CDX 1300 bolted into place with the trim panel. WHAT A DIFFERENCE!!! Very sleek looking radio with electronic controls, a big improvement over the manual controls of the old factory radio. Detachable face. Cd radio.
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