Hyundai Verna OEM ICE upgrade

DerAlte · 12th August 2014, 13:25

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Originally Posted by santhosh_lv

Got it. What do you you think of the installation (pics in the previous reply)? I hope the splicing up process doesn't lead to warranty issues in future. ...

The installer is splicing into the 'harness adapter', not the harness. Car companies will have an issue if the harness is tampered with, but not the harness adapter which is a part that costs 100-200.

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Originally Posted by Jag4

... as the whole wiring harness has to be changed. ...

No, the harness is never changed. The alternate method, which involves slightly more work, is to crimp the wire to the LOC, along with the speaker wire to a new pin, which replaces the existing pin in the harness adapter connector (harness side, not HU side). This is the elegant method, which lazy installers ignore for the splice-and-tape method.

Jag4 · 12th August 2014, 23:20

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Originally Posted by DerAlte

The installer is splicing into the 'harness adapter', not the harness. Car companies will have an issue if the harness is tampered with, but not the harness adapter which is a part that costs 100-200.

No, the harness is never changed. The alternate method, which involves slightly more work, is to crimp the wire to the LOC, along with the speaker wire to a new pin, which replaces the existing pin in the harness adapter connector (harness side, not HU side). This is the elegant method, which lazy installers ignore for the splice-and-tape method.

DerAlte Sir, it seems you have misunderstood my reply. I meant that now that the wires from the harness have been spliced, there exists no workaround this procedure to avoid warranty issues.

Also, my i20 has the elegant install method.

DerAlte · 13th August 2014, 16:50

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Originally Posted by Jag4

DerAlte Sir, it seems you have misunderstood my reply. I meant that now that the wires from the harness have been spliced, there exists no workaround this procedure to avoid warranty issues. ...

Now that you say it like that, no, the deed is already done. The alternative is creating a adapter cable between harness and HU (connectors are available in the market), removing the splice, and interposing the adapter cable between harness and HU.