trying to put an alpine deck into 93 sonata. The adapters are completely different. Have any diy advice?

Question

It makes sense to me i should be able to buy an adapter, is this right? Very familiar with audio equipment outside of vehicles, finding myself completely lost, please help.

Thanks Bruce, am I looking for a Alpine adapter? Sonata adapter? How will I identify the right thing to buy?

The power seems to hook up fine, its just the crazy multi pin. Cutting that is just to gross for me to deal with, particularly because its not even my car, I wont be the one going to the store.

Answer 1

You need to get a Hyundai adapter. Go to a car audio store, tell them what kind of car you have and they should be able to provide it; this is one that might be hard to find at a discount store. The adapter will fit the stock plug that's in the car, and you'll crimp or solder the adapter wires to the wire plug that came with the Alpine head unit. The wire colors should be the same between the Alpine wires and the adapter's wires.

Answer 2

Yea you will need to get a wire harness adapter, you may also need an installation kit if the radio doesn't fit right in your dash. You can get both at Wal-Mart for about $20 or also at Circuit City or Besy Buy or a local car audio store.


To comment the guy below me.. cutting and sodering the wires is a dumb idea.. unless you know exactly which wire is which.. you dont want to soder your speaker wire to your 12v power wire. The factory wire harness in your car won't match up colorwise or in the same pattern as your stereo. Not a good idea.

Answer 3

or for like 1 buck you could cut off the plug and solder your wires... would take less time than driving to the store for an adapter.

thats assuming you have a solder gun and solder, you did say you are very familiar with audio equipment.