"My last couple of installs were different brands but had the same wire
colors. [...] maybe there is some standardization in this industry."

Further inspection revealed that while they do use the same wire colors
for each function, they go to different pins on the back of the radio.

I asked the fellow at the car stereo shop if there were harness
adaptors. Apparently not. It's cut and solder.

Nice to see they standardized the wire colors, and the size/form factor
of the connector, but not standardizing the pinouts seems silly.

Thanks, all. Friday's over and this thread contains zero (goose egg,
zilch, nada, nuttin') Vanagon content.

--
Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
Bend, Ore.

On 01/19/2013 10:59 AM, Stuart MacMillan wrote:
> My last couple of installs were different brands but had the same wire
> colors.  They are all probably made in China by the same factory anyway, or
> maybe there is some standardization in this industry.  I've replaced old
> Kenwood with new Kenwood with no rewiring in the past.