I pulled my car apart last night to install my new Alpine 7897 and it was a snap. Mind you I was doing it alone and at night it took me about an hour and a half and nothing was broken.

 

What type of wiring harness did you use?

 

A standard Nisan Wiring harness bought at Circuit City alone with an Alpine wirining harness NO splicing at all.

 

Wow....you mean the Alpine harness plugged into the Nissan harness without having to solder anything?

 

I'm installing a 7897 next weekend in my Z(with the help of wadd3456). How do you like it? What did you use for a DIN plate? Any pics?

 

Yup, the Alpine wiring harness that I bought plugged into the radio and then plugged into the Nissan wiring harness which in turn plugged into the cars wiring. There was no splicing or soldering. Just the snappig in of harnesses :-)

I used the face plate made my Metra for the Honda Accord. It doesnt look great but its just something temporary until the 350z faceplate from Metara comes in......should be about 5 days. They had to order me one!

The 7897 is awsome, what a difference, I still have the factory speakers in there but the sound quality is much better with the new headunit.

I am probably going to swap out the speakers and add a sub sometime in the spring. It just getting way too cold here in Jersey to do it right now, and I dont really want to take it to a shop to get it done. Half the fun of having the car is modifying it.

 

Standard Nissan harness?

Is there anything specific like model year or related?

 

Damn....sounds too good to be true. I can't tell you how many times I've sat at the table with my soldering iron and electrical tape!

 

How do you like the 7897? I haven't decided between that one and the 7998. It appears that the only difference is the lack of amp (ok, have external amps) and the better display. Any thoughts on this one? Did you consider it? I found it for about $100 more online so I think I might go for it since a small price difference.

 

Aggie, how much did you find the 7998 for and where online? I'm interested in that HU as well.

 

zjedi,

Glad to hear about your easy install. This is the exact headunit that I'm looking at, and I'm also looking at leaving the stock speakers with no external amp until next spring. Do you have any pics of the headunit mounted? Thanks!

 

Sabre,

http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_g...448dc4909eb040

This is one of those price comparison sites. I looked at this unit at the big stores, Circuit City, Ultimate Electronics, etc. and they want $800. I've found it at several places (see above link) for $580-600 shipped. I'm thinking I might do this install myself, if I can locate the same wiring harnesses.

zjedi,

Where can I get a hold of the Alpine to Nissan wiring harness? Do you have a model # for it? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

 

I have no Pics as of yet but will take some. I will warn you that the faceplate looks like crap right now becuase its only interim until the real 350Z faceplate comes in.

 

Hello Guys

I can help you with the 7998. I hav e done business with many MY350Z forums members, You can ask "anyone2u" for references.

Cda-7998 $560 shipped

I have also made a commitment to help all th eforum members so please feel free to e-Mail me or PM me. I might not check my e-mail religously but I WILL get back to you as soon as I can.

We carry ful line of Alpine, and Pioneer (premier), Eclipse, JL audio, MB Quart, Panasonic, Savv, and some fahrenheit screens.

We are also the guys who built the enclosure under the Z-strut bar.

Nazar

 

Cda-7897 With nissan Wiring Harness $450

Nazar

We also have DVa-7996 in stock.

 

I just sent you a PM, Nazar.

Thanks!

 

Nazar, how much are you selling the Alpine CDA-7995? Shipping?