04 radio instal

Okay here we go... I have a 2004 GMC Sierra as stated in my Signature. Anyhow I am getting ready to instal my aftermarket radio and need some advice.
Do I need 1 or 2 wring harnesses? I am not worried about the steering wheel controls since I intend to get a regular stock steering wheel when I find one. I would not worry about it, but I do not like buttons that do not have a function. And since the radio is in reaching distance I am not worried about the extra harness with the infered sensor that would control the radio through the steering wheel controls even if it worked. Thanks in advance.

1 harness will do the trick.

IMO...if you buy an interface for like 150 for a good one, your controls will work, but that is me.

good luck

I hear you, but I prefer to keep it simple. Plus I do not want to drill a hole in my dash any where to install the sensor.
Okay now will the wiring harness come with the speaker that makes all the sounds. From what I have read the stereos in the 04s, 05s and possible 06s has all the warning sounds, chimes, etc... that comes through the stereo and then the speakers. Is this true?

All of the chimes have played through the radio on most GM cars and trucks since the mid to late 90's.

you can get the harness with the speaker, but you will pay about 40 extra bucks.

i am not talking about the clip-on stereo control for your steering wheel, i am talking about an interface that is wired in under the dash, nothing is showing in the kit. this way all of your buttons still work

PAC is a good brand here is an ok website.
Steering Wheel Cntrl. Inter.

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Originally Posted by sierraman

you can get the harness with the speaker, but you will pay about 40 extra bucks.

i am not talking about the clip-on stereo control for your steering wheel, i am talking about an interface that is wired in under the dash, nothing is showing in the kit. this way all of your buttons still work

PAC is a good brand here is an ok website.
Steering Wheel Cntrl. Inter.

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+1 on pac. they also make the bose/acc interface. if the chimes aren't desired and you don't care about losing the RAP then you can just wire into the thick brown wire on your a/c controls unless you have the automatic climate controls but it won't be RAP. If you have the auto climate, you can find an accessory in the junction block beside the e-brake pedal, but too will not be RAP. The only way to keep the RAP is with a pac interface or metra's gmrc-01

What is the RAP?

Retained Accessory Power...keeps the windows, radio, etc. live for a time period after the key is off or until the door is opened.

Thanks GG. I would prefer to keep the RAP. It would keep me from locking my keys in the truck. I am so use to being able to take my keys out and listen to the radio, roll up the windows, etc... If I lost the RAP then I would leave my keys in to do all the above and get out, lock the doors, shut the doors and then YELL.... BEEP ME! You get the picture.

the RAP will work on everything else, just not the radio unless you buy the gmrc-01 or equivalent. you will still be able to roll your windows down until the door is opened and you will not be able to lock the driver door if opened and the key is in the ignition still regardless of how you make the radio work.

PM's replied.

Okay determined it is a speaker going out in the driver's side door. Went by an audio installation place and the guy qouted me $200 to replace the front and rear door speakers with Diamond or something Vega. First is this price good for the components and instal? 2nd which of the 2 is the better? 3rd will either speaker soound good hooked to the factory radio? 4th is it better to replace both the speaker and the tweeter as a set? I can do the instal myself to save some bucks, but I do not know how to remove the door covr as of yet since i have not looked into it. Other priorities...

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Okay determined it is a speaker going out in the driver's side door. Went by an audio installation place and the guy qouted me $200 to replace the front and rear door speakers with Diamond or something Vega. First is this price good for the components and instal? 2nd which of the 2 is the better? 3rd will either speaker soound good hooked to the factory radio? 4th is it better to replace both the speaker and the tweeter as a set? I can do the instal myself to save some bucks, but I do not know how to remove the door covr as of yet since i have not looked into it. Other priorities...

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Diamond. and cerwin vega. Diamond IMO and the price sounds really good if that ford components. It will sound better if you do an aftermarket head unit. But components powered by a highs amp is hard to beat.

Door panels are easy. May not save much though.

definitely diamond. hands down, no comparison. unless you get some of the $1500 a pair mb quarts. get some d6 components and an amp to power them, I promise you will not be disappointed. I am installing a set in an 04 dodge this weekend, I cant wait to hear them, its been so long since Ive installed a set.

If you have Bose & On-Star and you do a full system replacement(4 channel) you will lose the door chime. The door chime is produced in the amp inside the center console, and nobody that I know of has a Bose/On-Star interface with the external chime. I went through Crutchfield and they told me to wire and extra speaker to the drivers door output in the center console. I believe the adapter I bought was a GMOS-04.

Right now I am just looking to replace the door speakers and a head unit later. That is why I was asking which of the 2 brands would someone recommend with a stock radio... not the Bose system. And I do believe for that price it was the speakers and tweeters.

Right now I am just looking to replace the door speakers and a head unit later. That is why I was asking which of the 2 brands would someone recommend with a stock radio... not the Bose system. And I do believe for that price it was the speakers and tweeters.