In 2010, Kameron founded CarAudioNow as an outlet to write about his opinions on automotive and marine stereo products. Using a heat source like a heat gun, torch or even a lighter will shrink the tube and melt the central solder on the wire. My recommendation would be to strip, twist and solder/seal each one individually instead of as a bunch. Then, strip and twist each wire together after inserting a solder seal connector on the wire. Start by identifying all of the wires on both harnesses to plan which ones you'll merge. My aftermarket harness (left) and the Sony harness (right) that I will be merging In the images below, note that the wire aftermarket harness I'm using might look a little different than the harness I suggested in the parts section above. They are also much quicker than soldering. I highly recommend the solder seal wire connectors – they're simple and they're higher quality (in my opinion) than most of the off-the-counter crimps. In this process, you will strip each wire on both harnesses and then use either a crimp, solder or solder seal wire connectors like I did to connect them. But if you're unsure what each wire color is, check out our aftermarket wire color article. It's typically pretty easy – all of the colors from the adapting wire harness will match the colors of the harness that came with your head unit (they're normally labeled too). To do this, you will take the adapting wire harness that you purchased for your Ram and merge it with the wire harness that came with your head unit. If your wire harness and dash kit check out, you can move to prepping the head unit wiring. If you accidentally purchase the wrong adapting wire harness or dash kit, this will save you a ton of time early. I put this step as #2 because you should always check the parts you purchased fit before you prep the wiring and the head unit for installation. Now that you've removed your head unit, you can access the wiring behind the dash and you can double check two things: 1) that your aftermarket dash kit fits as expected and makes sense and 2) that your wire harness plugs in as expected. Step 2: Prep Aftermarket Head Unit & Wiring Wire Solder Seal Connectors (~$21): I'll get into this in step 2, but I would highly recommend these for merging your harnesses.Wire Harness: This adapts the head unit's wire harness to your Ram's OEM harness.I used a single din head unit which required the Metra 99-6511 (~$12) but if you're using a double din head unit you'll need the 99-6511-17 (~$10) Dash Kit: This adapts the aftermarket head unit to the size of the hole in your dash.Head Unit: The Sony XAV-AX8100 is what I used.In order to upgrade the head unit on your 2009 – 20, you'll need the following parts: I did a separate full review of the Sony XAV-AX8100 if you're interested in reading more about it's features and my general thoughts of the unit. In this particular install, I chose to use Sony's XAV-AX8100 oversized touchscreen unit. In this article, I'll walk you through the steps to remove and replace your Ram 1500's head unit with an aftermarket touchscreen head unit. So even though you might be a little bummed with your 2009 – 20's OEM head unit and its lack of features, it's actually a much better candidate for upgrading with an aftermarket car stereo than the 2013+ models. The head unit also wasn't as integrated into the dash with odd dimensions – it's a double-DIN. honk when locking, how long the lights stay on for once you lock the truck, etc). In particular, the features of the truck weren't integrated into the head unit of the truck (e.g. In the 2009 – 2012 models of the 4th generation, the technology was pretty primitive compared to the later years of the gen. From the outside, a 2009 looks very similar (if not identical) to a 2018 with the exception of the interior, dash and tech package. 2009 – 2012 were the first ‘versions' of the 4th generation. Between 20, it went through a few face lifts, some significant interior and technology improvements among other things. Ram introduced the 4th generation of the Ram 1500 in 2009. Step 2: Prep Aftermarket Head Unit & Wiring.
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