What wires are these?

[The Car Stereo Company]

What is strange to me is, if this is a 14, did it come from the factory that way? You are the original owner Sashishimo correct? Why would the factory use wire taps and duct tape?

the duct tape is oem. many car manufacturers use it to hold plastic clips to secure the wires to the vehicle. for the t taps, a lot of dealers (at the request of the finance company) will put some sort of tracking device or starter kill before the vehicle is delivered. this is to prevent you from being able to start your vehicle if you dont pay your bill, or if they are going to repo your vehicle. mostly see it on new, used cars with people with not so good credit. not sure why they would put it in this truck. the credit score necessary to finance one of these things is enough to prove you are in good standings.

 

[phydough]

the duct tape is oem.

Well, I stand corrected. Disregard my previous post then.

 

[The Car Stereo Company]

since i am always taking vehicles apart, i see things most people dont. it can be a gm, mercedes, bmw, lamborghini, etc.... there is always some form of duct tape, cloth tape and/or electrical tape to hold those connectors on.

 

[phydough]

since i am always taking vehicles apart, i see things most people dont. it can be a gm, mercedes, bmw, lamborghini, etc.... there is always some form of duct tape, cloth tape and/or electrical tape to hold those connectors on.

You get lots of experience when you run your own chop shop, Busa.

It has to be a little exciting when you get to rip into a brand new Lambo. And nerve racking that it all has to work again.

 

[The Car Stereo Company]

the door speakers arent fun......... and what can i say? having worked on so many vehicles throughout the years you eventually see that all vehicles are put together the same way.

 

[sashishimo]

The t taps were from the dealer installed gps tracker. I wasn't a fan of having my vehicle location/speed/routes being known to a ton of 3rd parties. Was just a privacy issue for me so i decided to unplug.

I was more or less worried that the t taps caused damage to the underlying wire, but I'm over seas so Ill have to wait a few months before taking em off. I guess even if damage was caused by the taps, I could always have someone solder the broken strands correct? It just bugs me knowing they are there haha, don't ask why.

Anyhow…had a fam member take the first two pics and he had one more. It shows a little better angle of the smaller wire. sorry its a little dark. Looks to me to be in the one of the bottom 4 or 6 pins.

 

[The Car Stereo Company]

since you said it was a gps unit, my guess is the other wire is an accessory or ignition wire

 

[BigBOSS]

I've never heard of dealerships installing gps trackers. wtf?

 

[The Car Stereo Company]

it happens

 

[KYmxracer52]

Where are they usually installed at? When mine comes in, I guess I'll be tearing it down to see if it has one. A person should smash it up real good and mail back to the dealership.