How NOT to install a head unit
 

So a friend I use to work with contacted me yesterday asking if I still work on cars, and that her daughters friend started installing a radio in her 2001 vw but after working on it for 3 hours they had him stop. They wanted me to finish the install. What I found doesn't surprise me as much as it use to. Still sad because I ended up working almost 2 hours on a job that should of taken no more than 20 minutes.

Not a good sign when these are at the bottom of the radio box.

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What a hack job, she told me their friend said the metra harness wiring colors were incorrect.

http://i483.photobucket.com/albums/r...520_104009.jpg

http://i483.photobucket.com/albums/r...520_103956.jpg

Just was barely able to wire the factory harnesses back on.

http://i483.photobucket.com/albums/r...520_104910.jpg

http://i483.photobucket.com/albums/r...520_120824.jpg

Tested

http://i483.photobucket.com/albums/r...520_115202.jpg

Worked great secured the harness and buttoned up everything.

http://i483.photobucket.com/albums/r...520_121108.jpg

Didn't get any after photos but after replacing the blown fuse the radio fired right up with no problems.

Good god... someone needs to take that girl's friend out to the woodshed.

:eek: holycrap! good save, big! :tup:

MEME worthy.

was he mad at her?! OMG!

i think the bf was jelly since his girl kept insisting she has Big to install her stereo just in case the bf wasn't man enough. lol :icon17:

PAHAHAHAHAH!!!

Nice save though!

LOL it was a friend not her bf.
:bowrofl:

Thanks all!

looks like a Best Buy job before you came to the rescue :tup:

gahaha

just remember we all started somewhere

Yep. My first install didn't look much better. But I wasn't working experimenting on someone else's car. It's a shame the original installer couldn't have just admitted that he wasn't up to the job instead of trashing the wiring.

Very true, however lucky for me I had my neighbor and my military father to make sure my first install went right. I did break the dome light and broke 2 clips in a civic.

This guy just tells his friend he can do it and starts cutting harnesses. Not at all good.

Yeah but I never did that to someone else's radio. Problem has been corrected. I don't feel bad laughing at it.

I agree about doing it to someone elses car... my first install in my car was horrible!! but it was my car haha