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ok my stock amp (above heater controls) is officially fried, what are my options? i know i could order another junkyard amp but i dont want junk, and theres like 80 wires harnessed into it (then it harnesses into the head unit) , i'd rather not jump to wire splicing seeing as how many wires there are. Does anyone have a wiring diagram? i'd rather not buy a junkyard item since it could very well be, junk ...so any opinions or personal experience would be great here, on the easiest way to go about this.. thanks in advance, dave

I think you mean the amp is BELOW the heater controls - never seen one above.... anyway, you have 3 options: 1) replace the stock amp by either a junkyard or buying from Toyota 2) buy an aftermarket amp - which would require identifying the factory wires and doing some splicing or 3) buying a new head unit with a high power amp built-in (recommended)

oops yea sorry below heater controls, i took it apart a few weeks ago and havent touched it since. with an aftermarket head unit i'd need to wire splice also, correct? i dont think theres an adapter that fits the harness that goes into input side of the amplifier.

is pay to get someone to put in a new headunit an option? Its really easy though I promis I just finished installing my whole soundsystem and ive never done it before

i just recently took my stock amp out, interested in buying it?

No, you don't need to do any splicing but you do have to do some work. What you have to do is find the factory wiring that attaches to the amp. If you follow the wires coming out of the amp(the ones that DON'T go to the HU), you will come to two(2) blue(I think) connectors. You will just remove the factory amp out of the equation and the wires that come from the HU with it. You will have to match up wires from the new harness adapter to your new stereo's wiring and preferably solder them together. After that, it's just plug the one end of the new harness adapter into your stereo's connector and the other two ends into the factory wiring. Most electronic stores(Best Buy, Circuit City) should carry the harness adapter - it's for Toyotas '87 and up. Make sure it has 2 connectors at one end. Good luck whatever you choose to do.

Thanks, ive installed several head units , but mostly in older cars, and never with this many wires, my last option was to trace each set of wires down for each speaker but id hate doing that, so yeah i'm gonna go with the aftermarket head unit and adapter harness, i just really would hate putting a used amp in and have it do the same thing a few months (or weeks) down the road ( could have been a head unit issue that caused it to burn up). thanks again guys for all the help ^_^

If you have any questions during installation, feel free to email me. I know how frustrating it can be when you don't know how things come apart. Good luck!

i just took my amp out because i bought a new head unit... the amp that's built in to aftermarket head units sounds a lot better than the one that comes factory from toyota.