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 Wiring..Pros and Cons

There are many ways to connect 2 wires.

1. Twist them together and tape them.....these usually corrode and make lousy long term connections, and if not done well can fall apart and shot out.

2. Twist wires together with twist caps....Better the just twisting them but not very neat and space conserving.

3. Crimp connectors, Crimps are a good form of connection if done well and if you use the butt style instead of the cap style they can be neat and space saving.

4. Solder and tape or heat shrink wrap is the best way to make connections they are perminent and neat.

5. Scotch Locks are a poor connection they connect the wires with the least amount of actual wires touching and can easily corode and vibrate loose. Maybe they would be ok in Arizona where it is dry but not down here in the Hot and Humid South.

Here at Precision Performance depending on the aplication we will use either Crimps or Solder to connect wires We find them the most reliable way to install in South Florida.

A customer Writes

I have a factory radio with a 6 disc cd changer built in and it is jammed can you fix it?

 Answer:

 There are a few repair centers that work on factory radios but they will need to be sent out 

and the repairs are costly.. An alternitive way to deal with a bad indash changer is to leave 

leave it alone and add a ipod adaptor to your radio. It has digital quality and many radios will

control the ipod from the actual radio so you won't have to reach for your ipod to chnage a

song. Leave it in the glove box and you will have dozens to hundreds of hours of music at

your finger tips

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