$80 for a radio connection?!?!?!?!

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Lenn

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Why does everything with this car have to be so damn difficult/expensive?

I'm looking around at aftermarket radio's for my 06 Nox since there's no kits available to integrate an MP3/AUX jack into them yet. I have found some rather nice Double DIN head units with NAV and all that jazz for reasonable prices... until I look at the adapter harness for the new radio.

$80 on Ebay! I'll say it again because it bears repeating... $80 for a wiring harness from the radio to the car!

Most vehicles have them for $10-20 max.

Apparently, GM's ultimate wisdom team decided to run all of the electronic indicator chimes thru the radio to the car's speakers. WHY?!?!?!? I have no idea what else the radio is intertwined with but I bet I could tell real quickly by taking the damn thing out and seeing what works and what doesnt.

Damn!
 

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I've checked to replace mine, and according to Metra Online the radio harness is less then 20$, is the 06 so different then the 07?
 

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I've checked to replace mine, and according to Metra Online the radio harness is less then 20$, is the 06 so different then the 07?

From all the research I've done, the 2007was the first year they corrected quite a few idiotic design elements.

Does you door chime system work thru the cars speakers or a seperate system altogether?

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door chime? Sorry I'm a french speaker, I really don't know what that is!

I've checked with the Metra search engine, the 2006 and the 2007 have different harness and the 2006 is 5$ higher than the 2007, so you can get it for 25$ on amazon website.

Take the part number on the metra online website and google it. You will have the link for amazon
 

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From all the research I've done, the 2007was the first year they corrected quite a few idiotic design elements.

Does you door chime system work thru the cars speakers or a seperate system altogether?

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all doors problems are the same in 2005 and 2009 equinox. this is what iv done with that problem.
http://www.chevyequinoxforum.com/showthread.php?t=481
 

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Decision made: I will have a Pioneer Premier headunit in the car, already have a Soundstream amplifier that I will use for running an Infinity subwoofer :)
 

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Have to go back to the shop... was just to dumb to note the model lol but it has 4v on the output.. that was my major feature that I was looking for after the ipod control
 

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