fergymac

Well fellow Ziners my current project is to install this cool deck in the 2000 TL
wish me luck; I've gathered a lot of info from some of the other threads that gives tips on installing after market decks in the 2nd Gen TL

Here's What I have so fat


AVH-P8400BH Head Unit
Axxess ASWC (Retain Steering Wheel Control)
Metra Wire Harness
Metra Dash Kit
Brake Bypass Wire Harness (for Video)

Feel free to chime in with any help! or thoughts i'll post picks as I go thru the install https://acurazine.com/forums/images/smilies/wish.gif

fergymac

Phase 1 complete all internal speaker joints soldered with the car wire harness and aftermarket wire harness now to wire in the bypass wire harness which has only 3 wires and wire in axxess ASWC...

MilwaukeeDave

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That bypass wire harness is kind of a waste. You can do the bypass w a 12v relay from autozone and it will work just as well. That's how I've always installed mine.

fergymac

MilwaukeeDave your exactly right! Do u have any past experiences with ASWC wiring. Trying to get this wired up currently I'm guessing that it only uses a few wires that attaches to the 2ND GEN TL

fergymac

Day 2 progress update Axxess ASWC wired into car harness and pioneer along with bypass relay wired into radio harness. Not long to go now by the time I get ready to put the radi in all the pre-work will be done successfully.

fergymac

Day 3 update finished a little early tonite not much 2 do but recheck some connections. Just need to get some terminal connections for the ground leads. May actually performing the in car tear down on Thursday instead of Monday. So until Thursday everything is done.

I do have one questions the metra wire harness dash kit has quite of a funky fit around the double din car stereo.... Any ideas ??????

larzmac

I've just done the same setup. 8400 head unit, metro kit & harness, brake bypass (that was tricky, and involved wiring a relay in-line for me to get it to work), and steering wheel control.
I didn't run into any big issues with the dash kit fitting. How is it going on funky?
For me, the only fit issue comes into play when accessing the optical drive/sd slot. That tilting has issues with the trim around the head unit (which is optional, but feels ugly without, imo)

fergymac

Larzmac, thanks for the info! The metra kit frame has 2 peices the frame then there's the center peice around the front of the unit. It doesnt look quite right to me???! Do you have any pics u can post so I can see how urs is setup???? Thanks in advance!

fergymac

Well lady's and gent's on my way from work today (on my day off, working a half day) my TL suddenly had a few jerks and the RPM ran high and I knew it was upon me at that time! My existing tranny had call the quits on me! 215,XXX miles and it's finally over now on the way on a tow truck to ATL to be rebuilt. And put back on the road. (Sigh) just when my first opportunity to install my new Pioneer deck came about only a half hour away from being able to install it. Now it'll have to wait until late next week! More update to come!

fergymac

Finally got the TL back! Rides excellent so far! The weirdest thing happen today tho! When i got back in the car the radialways working! (it's a miracle but it doesn't matter) On tomorrow i will start the operation to pull the old factory deck out and place in the new generation of sound! The pioneer P8400BH! Stay tuned for updates on tomorrow evening!

Skirmich

Pics would be Nice!

fergymac

Well ziners got to the car started the work tore out the dash radio console all in less than 20 minutes... Tested the prewired harness it worked all four speaker worked. Steering wheel doohickey did not, still has not! Not really concerned abt that tho! Bypass works like a charm! Here's the issue.......


Sub does not work!

Ran a set of RCA cables from the rear of the radio!
I performed the behind the head unit method, with pin 3 & 10 is there another pin I need to tap into at the Bose eq???????

This process has got me really bummed!

I think this is the first time I simply can't figure out what went wrong!

fergymac

Alright, it's finally over after brainstorming continuously I figured it out!

I will post pic shortly from my MacBook currently on my phone!

But here's what currently works!

AVH-P8400BH
ASWC steering wheel control
Video bypass for playing DVD's on the go!
All 4 speakers
8" factory Sub

I think I'm gonna take the liberty of rewriting the DIY because it's a bit confusing ( or unclear) if I may say so!

victus1

So how did you get this to work?

ua5inspire03

where would i get a double-din mount kit at? because i have the avh-p4400bh that i want to install

smACURAssCLS

I installed the 8400 this weekend and pieced the dash back together after it was practically destroyed by a thief. The insurance payed me for the audio equipment so I had to start from scratch. I used the BestKits install kit. I'm currently having some fitment issues but most of the dash parts are new so i have to try to put it all back together in a week or so when i get more time. here is the link to the kit i used.
http://bestkits.com/ViewImage.aspx?img=i/bkacuk862.jpg

fergymac

Victus1 aside from pin 3 and pin 10 the only other connection needed to get the sub to work is between the 2 harnesses. On my metra harness it was the power antenna lead and the system remote control lead from the head unit harness. This will get the sub working. Pin 3 & 10 are bass - & + for the sub! Hope this helps... LMK

w0nd3rlusTL

Hey fergy, I'm trying to install the same unit. Any pics are really appreciated