[Brandon]

I just purchased a new JVC unit for my car, and have heard many diffrent things about needing "special harnesses" for the installation. When I went to Best Buy they told me I needed a special one because Ford has Amps throughout the car, and Circuit City said that there is nothing special about it, and that it'd just take a standard harness. Does anyone know what they are talking about? My Car is a Low End 2000 Mustang without the "MACH" system. Thanks for any help!!

[GTRaptor]

Buy the harness from Crutchfield.com

[MgKenny]

You do not need a "Special" harness. My 2000 gt has a factory amp which was mounted below the radio in the center of the dash.

In my opinion, you are almost ALWAYS better not using the factory amp. You just disconnect/remove the amp and wire the speaker outputs from your new radio to the wires which came from the amp which go to the speakers. Aftermarket radios are almost always high powered on their own and the factory amp doesn't provide any more power than they (The aftermarket radio) supply. The adapter Crutchfield and others try to sell you allows it to work but is like running an amp into another amp and can lead to unwanted distortion.

I used to install car stereos/alarms for a living so I am not totally unfamiliar in this area.

Hope this has been a help.