Need help w/finding a install kit!

JGKC9AYC · Post by **JGKC9AYC** » Fri May 05, 2006 9:33 pm

Just got the wife a '98 Ford Taurus Wagon. It has the electronic climate control (no knobs). It has buttons for a changer, but I don't know where the changer is or if it's just set up for a changer.
I haven't seen dash kits for these, but I must admit i've just started looking. Can one install an aftermarket radio in these?
Where's the changer located in a wagon? I looked in the back & all I could find is the donut spare on one side & a storage compartment on the other.
Thanks in advance for your help!

High Society · Post by **High Society** » Fri May 05, 2006 10:31 pm

Never look or installed in the car you have. But does the Stock cd player have a built in CD changer? And yes you can install an after market radio. Go to your local car audio shop and ask for a dash install kit. And they should have one. If not they can easily order one for you. Oh and if you do go to install a aftermarket HU, look for...the name slips my mind but it's a connector that connects from the stock wiring harness and has the wires labeled from that, and you just wire that up to your HU wiring harness. ( You can pick these up at walmart) I think they are called wiring harness adapters.

sinister audio · Post by **sinister audio** » Fri May 05, 2006 11:38 pm

they dont make a direct kit because of the electronic controls but you can still put a deck in the cubby hole and wire it in manually.

Justin from Detroit1 · Sat May 06, 2006 7:05 am

Or you can have a shop custom fabricate a dash kit from fiberglass, but that gets expensive.

JGKC9AYC · Post by **JGKC9AYC** » Sat May 06, 2006 3:08 pm

Justin from Detroit wrote:Or you can have a shop custom fabricate a dash kit from fiberglass, but that gets expensive.

How expensive?
What's the deal w/the electronic climate control?
Anyone have any idea where the cd changer is? Or were all radios set up with controls for changers?

Thanks again.

Ryan from Ohio · Post by **Ryan from Ohio** » Sat May 06, 2006 4:34 pm

Maybe there isnt a changer?

Im sure they wouldnt totally hide it...

tomcat · Post by **tomcat** » Sat May 06, 2006 10:37 pm

Or a previous owner may have removed the CD changer. I would look around under the carpet or behind trim panals for the harness. Ussually they are in the trunk, but on a wagon I have no idea.

smoker · Post by **smoker** » Sun May 07, 2006 4:23 am

possibly center console in a lot of fords.....or the hatch area...usually left side