# installing head unit- the hard way.

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/installing-head-unit-the-hard-way/267427>\
**Category:** Shift518 Automotive\
**Created:** [July 18, 2013, 5:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/installing-head-unit-the-hard-way/267427 "2013-07-18T17:39:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Skidplate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skidplate](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Skidplate)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 1:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/installing-head-unit-the-hard-way/267427/10 "2013-07-19T13:41:53Z")

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> [@NYSpeed Weekly Poker?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nyspeed-weekly-poker/51961/108):
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> if you run a wire directly from the battery it might be constant 12v but im not sure :ponder

didnt know what size wire to use, didnt want to overload the stereo.

> [@The Official Nyspeed Photo Hunt v.3rd times a charm](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-official-nyspeed-photo-hunt-v-3rd-times-a-charm/53165/25):
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> Some idiot hacked the wiring to shit in my old S10 and I had to run a wire to the battery for the stereo.

this is more or less exactly what the idiot PO did to mine.

> [@The Official Nyspeed Photo Hunt v.3rd times a charm](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-official-nyspeed-photo-hunt-v-3rd-times-a-charm/53165/28):
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> Check all the fuses. If the wires touched each other or ground it prob popped a fuse. If the wire is pink I’m assuming it is a gm. What year and model?

checked everything before i started and /

> [@Why are you on NYSpeed right now?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-are-you-on-nyspeed-right-now/53085/64):
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> Nissan hardbody

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