ford focus radio installation

how to install a aftermarket radio into a ford focus mk1 1998-2004

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[1richbish]

hi guys. the company i used is called autoleads... you can find their stuff on ebay quite easily.

cant tell you what colour wires are what mate as they differ from year to year, the best thing to do would be to get a multimeter and test for 12v on each cable see whats live and whats ignition live.

rich

[1richbish]

if you are in the UK eBay is by far the cheapest, but if you need to go get tehm from a shop then halfords normally stock them, but and car audioi store should sell them. the wire you need for a 1998-2003 focus is a PC2-08-4 i think and then any ISO ariel lead, but the Alpine wont need then ariel piece :D

[1richbish]

If you are in the UK you can buy from halfords but ebay is cheapest!

[1richbish]

ok people... the facia plate is there to reduce the size of the hole(you will need to buy this part from any audio shop) , because most radios are single DIN size and the focus has a DIN and a half size hole, you will need this plate to reduce it. there are other radios available double DIN size but they wont fit. (DIN is just a measurement of the size of hole single DIN double DIN)

[REWsik]

what aftermarket stereo did you use?

[zachtravers]

Does this have the stock Sony speakers that came with the Focus?

[pinksock1977]

What about amp

[fukkoffndie]

@1richbish You can buy the whole panel from Ebay for £49 and it will take double din.

[thphaca]

For newbies like I was.. You see that connection that he uses to connect the car to the radio? That's actually 2 different parts. One part will come with the radio. The other part must be bought separately. Any decent car audio store should have the right part for your car, and they'll usually make sure it's the right one.

Your job is to match the colors on each connection. See 2:47 It's easy, though I recommend getting some wire snippers and wiring tape so you can do the job decently.

[soccerfreak92011]

Which type of in-dash kit did you use? I live in the US and all i can find are dash kits made by metra and scosche. Any product recommendation for a '03 zx3 on-dash kit would be wonderful. Thanks!

[SlippyRooster]

hello. can you please tell which exact cable (colors) of ford wire harness matches to that black socket cable wires? (for example: ford's [thick orange-black] cable matches to socket's [yellow]... and what are the others?). i have ford focus I 2004, and it came without any it's original socket plugs, so i'm trying to figure out, how to connect all cables to each other. i can't realize where to connect black socket's [red], [blue] and [black].

[VivaLaFranShow]

hi, i just bought a sony xplod cdx-gt250mp and im trying to install it myself.. i really dont wanna mess with the wiring, can you pleeeease tell me how to find those wire adapters? i have a 2003 focus.. thanks in advance! oh and also the thing for the antenna :) im desperate! lol thanks