I'm sure you get tired of answering everyone's questions but.... I am working on my install. I soldered and heat shrank all my connections between the radio harness and the adapter. Is there any reason not to connect the black grounds together to use the harness ground? Or is it best to keep them separate? I also am a little worried about my bypass. the wire feels slightly loose. It may move 1/16 or so. I don't want this connection to break later. Is there anything I can do to tighten it. I did have it aligned correctly and have pushed it into the socket as far as I can.

thanks for all your help. I have been watching this board for awhile as I planned my install.

Push it all the way in and just ziptie the harness. It'll be fine. As for the grounds, you should be fine tieing them all together and into the factory harness.

Keep us informed about your installation, and post some pictures. I'm soon going to try to install one in my '06 F-150.

yeah, they really look awesome in the new ford dashes. the one i did in the 07 explorer looked factory as hell, i'll get a pic when the guy comes back for the rest of his system

yeah, they really look awesome in the new ford dashes. the one i did in the 07 explorer looked factory as hell, i'll get a pic when the guy comes back for the rest of his system

I'll seond that one. Factory as f*ck.

might be because pioneer makes the ford unit

Thanks for the answers and the encouragement. It looks like it will be Friday before I get to finish the install.

I'll seond that one. Factory as f*ck.

What in-dash installation kit do you guys use when installing the D3 into the new Ford dash?

As I ordered mine from Crutchfield, I'll have the freebie kit that comes with the D3.

Do you prefer another mounting kit?

metra 99-5807

95-5812 for me. 6 of one half-dozen of the other.

Just finished installing it in my F-150. You guys were right... It does look truly "factory". I'll try to get some pics of it up soon.

I can't get the bypass working right at the moment, so I'll have to go back and check all my connections.

I have a D3 in my 2004 Expeditiion... it looks and works great. Did the bypass, and it works perfectly.

Here's some pics.

Without flash

With flash

That install looks great! After I rechecked everything, I had a loose connection. Once all the wires were connected solidly, the bypass works fine.

For an 04 F150, will it need the pioneer trim and cage kit? or just what is included in the D3 box enough?

thanks

I didn't need the Pioneer trim for my install in a 2006 F-150. I used the free mounting kit from Crutchfield and fit it directly onto the D3. No other trim pieces were needed.

cool