Did Ford have a CD player in 1988??

[Mustang5L5]

I think i want to put a stock radio back in my 5.0. I'm not really an audiophile and kinda like the clean stock look rather than an aftermarket deck.

Was Ford's premium sound in 1988 just a tape deck?

Will later 92-93 CD players work with 1988 wiring or are they different?

If they will work...does anyone have a stock Mustang CD player with the sunglasses holder?

 

[SteedaGT9150]

i dunno about 88 but i know they offered one with the fox mustang

 

[Mustang5L5]

Yeah, but not til 93 i think.

Unsure if the wiring changed however.

 

[aar0s]

Ive been looking for one too, just thought that it would be cool to have the stock looking head unit again.

 

[LaserSVT]

The CD players have a different plug for the external amp and have no internal amp at all.

 

[Mustang5L5]

So my only option really is a stock head unit?

That blows. Maybe i'll just get another aftermarket unit

 

[Strype]

UR not missing anything. Just like every other stock component the cd players junk.

 

[NIKwoaC]

I've not done it yet, but I'm going back to a year-correct OEM unit in my '86, and my plan is to wire in an AUX input for an Ipod through the tape player. Supposedly its easy to do if you can solder, but like I said, I haven't done it yet...

 

[RsStanG1987]

I think ryan put a newer on in one of his cars diddnt he?

 

[LaserSVT]

So my only option really is a stock head unit?

That blows. Maybe i'll just get another aftermarket unit

Get a Denon or a Nakamichi deck. They will light up in the same color and look almost stock

 

[QUICK91LX]

No CD player in the Mustang till 93. It is a very different unit than the tape decks that these cars came with, but I have no idea what the wiring is like. Im sure if you wanted to wire something up, you could make it work.

 

[LaserSVT]

Okay Mike, this is how you make it work. If you get any din size Ford CD deck with the AM/FM tuner built in you can do it. What you will need is an 87-92 Mustang wire harness ($10 at any stereo shop) and a 93 Mustang with premium sound, even the harness the harness from my 97 Mark or early 90's Taurus is the same, REVERSE harness ($10 from any stereo shop).
Take the 87-92 kit and plug the harnesses into the stock harness. Match all the wire colors (two vilet,2 green, 2 white, 2 silve, red, yellow, black, blue and orange) to the newr style REVERS harness and plug into the new deck.

 

[Shakerhood]

So my only option really is a stock head unit?

That blows. Maybe i'll just get another aftermarket unit

I took the Mustang out a couple days last week and I was stuck with the Stock Tape Player, I have been wanting to rig up some kind of CD set up too!

 

[LiquidGT]

If I were you I'd Go for the latest DIN sized CD player that Ford offered, and make sure you get the factory harness from the CD player with a good length of wire. Then join it with an aftermarket harness for a fox.

I hated my stock tape player, it played tapes in slow motion and the eject button was missing. It didn't want to come out during the CD player install, (even with the radio removal tools) so I bashed it up with a hammer... it came out then. Probably the dirtiest thing I ever did to my Mustang.

 

[wythors]

The CD players have a different plug for the external amp and have no internal amp at all.

This is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

Been there. Done that.

 

[blackened88lx]

I've not done it yet, but I'm going back to a year-correct OEM unit in my '86, and my plan is to wire in an AUX input for an Ipod through the tape player. Supposedly its easy to do if you can solder, but like I said, I haven't done it yet...

They make a tape with a wire coming off it with a stereo jack for an mp3 or portable cd player. You just put the tape in like you're playing a normal tape and your ipod will play. This is how I use mine with my ancient head unit.

The guy I bought my car from had a stereo put in it as soon as he bought it off the showroom floor back in '88 or '89. It's an alpine head unit with a tape player and an alpine 6 disc cd changer under the hatch. I didn't even know they had such a thing back then but I have all the owner's manuals and it all still works mint. It's not factory, but it's about as 1988 looking as you're gonna get haha.

 

[NIKwoaC]

They make a tape with a wire coming off it with a stereo jack for an mp3 or portable cd player. You just put the tape in like you're playing a normal tape and your ipod will play. This is how I use mine with my ancient head unit.

The guy I bought my car from had a stereo put in it as soon as he bought it off the showroom floor back in '88 or '89. It's an alpine head unit with a tape player and an alpine 6 disc cd changer under the hatch. I didn't even know they had such a thing back then but I have all the owner's manuals and it all still works mint. It's not factory, but it's about as 1988 looking as you're gonna get haha.

I've seen those before, but I saw online some people who hardwired an aux input directly into the radio that you can hide in your center console or glove box for a more trick setup. Plug your Ipod into the hidden cable, pop a empty cassette tape in and you're in business.