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I have a 98GT and I want to replace the stock headunit (Mach 460) with a Kenwood one. I know that I need the wiring harness to attach the wires from the stock wiring to the headunit's.

Do I need a special connector that bypasses the factory amp?
 
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I had to get a special harness made for the mach 460's from a local audio shop
 
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Mustang98GTMI said:
I have a 98GT and I want to replace the stock headunit (Mach 460) with a Kenwood one. I know that I need the wiring harness to attach the wires from the stock wiring to the headunit's.

Do I need a special connector that bypasses the factory amp?
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The only speakers that will work without the amp are the tweeters, the ones on the upper door and the two in the back. The 6 3/4 will only play off the amp and they will sound horrible with the kenwood. You will need to rewire the speakers straight to the deck instead of through the amps.
 
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I had to get a special harness made for the mach 460's from a local audio shop
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Does it sound good?
 

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I've got a 98 that had the 460. I replaced my factory deck with a Kenwood MP3 player. It didn't sound bad at all. It was a huge improvement over the 460 deck. I had it with factory speaks and the amps for a year or so before I rewired the whole thing, which is a mess.

Anyways, just get the wiring harness adapter from Wal-Mart or Best Buy, forget the audio shop, they'll overcharge you unless you know someone that works there.
 
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