Do you guy's have any leads on where to get wire adapters to go both into the HU and the Trucks harness for an 04 with Audiophile? Looking to add some amps and need to get into the Front and Sub speaker leads. Thanks!

 

Not sure they have them yet, but I usually have very good luck with crutchfield.

I am assuming that you have the audiophile, can you tell me the size of the sub and maybe the brand? I figure its probably one of those paper cone jobs and I was wondering the size so I could upgrade just the sub when I get my truck. I see now that they make 6 3/4 subs which I think are perfect for trucks if you don't want to loose a lot of space but want some tighter bass.

 

I just got off the phone with Scosche and finaly got half of what i need. They have the adapters @ sounddomain.com part number FD23 but going into the deck is a different story. Scoshe says they will have one in the next year and I can't get onto the Metra website to give them a call. My dealer keeps trying to send me to this hole in the wall shop and they don't have a clue the new radios are different from the previous years. It's looking like a new HU.

Crutchfield told me they are not available and they had not started researching them yet. What do they need to research??? Just order them and sell them, dang! Pretty simple concept in retail I thought! Scosche released the conector in Nov. of 2003

Yes I do have the audiophile and the woofer is an 8" paper cone generic looking thing. It sounds alright but not much in the way of sub bass. I bought a box that will hold 2 10's under the rear seat on the Scab. You might want to upgrad the amp too, it's not very big. I would guess somewhere around 40 WRMS if that! The stock woofer has some tight bass, just doesn't rattle your chest

 

Interesting. I didn't even realize they were using an amp. I just figured they were using a higher power head unit. Where is the amp located? Do they use preamp inputs or speaker level?

 

The amp is mounted to the box under the drivers seat. I was told they are pre-outs but there are no RCA's so I was gonna throw a LOC on them anyways. There is only one mono lead going to the amp. I did a walkaround speaker test and noticed it goes to Subwoofer 2 so i am guessing there are more Sub outs on the back of the deck. Haven't had it out yet.

 

Success!!! I found the parts I needed from Metra. They are part number 70-5520 & 71-5520.

 

Ok cool. Thanks for the info..

 

Are you sure that these number are right. On installer.com it shows 70-5520 and 71-5520 listed as a 2003 Expedition.

thanks
Dave

 

I sure hope they are the right ones. When I got ahold of Metra Tech support, he new exactly what adapters off the top of his head. He also said they were new. That is going to suck getting the radio out only to find they are wrong!

 

found them for $17 a piece including $15 S&H. pretty high, any thoughts? anybody checked these out yet. is it the right set of plugs for 2004 F150 single CD factory radios and truck wiring harnesses (non-audiophile)?

 

Yes they are the right plugs but I read a post a couple weeks back that had a link for this plug for $7 ea. I will look around and see if I can find the post.

 

I have a 04 Lariat-Audiophile System with 6 cd in dash HU.
Are you saying you have compatable adapters for the Aux
on the radio??

 

No, we are talking about the large harness that has amp turn on, speaker and power leads. It's the easiest way to add a LOC without cutting your wires to attach it.

 

alright, well, I found the radio end plug (70-5520) for $12 at a local stereo shop. they said that they could not get the truck end (71-5520). So, I got it from the web(the only site carrying that I could find) for $18 +S&H. got to do what you gotta do. it should be no problem getting my speaker level inputs out and wiring in the remote turn on now. no cutting.