How do you install a cd player, I know you have to buy a kit or something not totaly sure, my stock radio is broken so want to put a aftermarket mp3 cd player in it.

 

find the adapter plate for your car, if possible, otherwise make it fit best as possible/make your own plate. get the stereo its self. after that you need a wiring harness for the make of your car. solder that to the radio wiring harness. should have a diagram. or at least a list of what wire is for what. find a friends that has done this before in any other car, process is fairly the sme. alot easier having a person there than getting explained to on a forum.

 

im not one of those people that really care about looks but I have heard that there were adapters for cars. Ill just buy what im going to get and go from there. just rig up something then get plastic and try to get it to fit...

 

you must care about looks if you bought a Z/ c'mon.

 

this has been covered in a sticky in the appearance section of the z31 forum.

https://www.zdriver.com/forums/300zx-z31-tech-tips-274/nissan-z31-300zx-aftermarket-stereo-installation-guide-6499/

 

Sorry about that. Oh and im not big on how interior looks I like exterior.

 

well, i hear yah in the sense that i dont need anything fancy, but keep it clean, new lookin, like everything is where it should be.

 

My dash is coming up everywhere so... Im not going to replace that, cant justify spending money on interior looks that doesnt do anything but look good

 

http://www.thezstore.com/page/TZS/PROD/RF/50-3302

 

i put a T.V. in my dash

 

I bought a wiring adaptor and new mounting plate. It was easy as pie to install. The only problem I ran into was trying to get the stupid light bulb to stay in place for the cig. lighter when I put it all back together. LOL!

 

I'm just going to go with Crutchfield. the cd player comes with the harness and install kit. so I only have to buy one thing, probaly saves me like 10 bucks or so...

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-pBXRcpJ...303&i=133C5303

 

yeah, crutchfield is nice. got an alpine HU from them and it was here in no time.

 

Yo why don't you just do your own wiring, thats what i did. And its a less fire hazardess and easier when upgrading speakers. I used the new thicker and better for speaker wiring,(can find it in all types of lengths, at walmart and its colorful) routed to the wiring that comes with a radio, then just find which wires you need for positive and negative. Even less of a hassale wire (the positive and negative) it straight to the battery, but only if you really need a radio and are tired of original wiring.

 

Yeah rewire. the stock system uses common grounds for right and left speaker sets. Better each speaker have a common ground. Make sure your ground at the unit is good. Bad grounds cause a lot of mysterious electric glitches. I ran new ground to rear speakers and kept the original ground for the door speakers. Car Toys has a adapter that works fine.

 

i have the face plate to replace the stock with aftermarket for 20.00 plus shipping
p.s don't cut your lighting wire you might kill the lights in the dash to.