ASWC Wiring Clarification

Nillaz

Welcome to the forum!

I can't speak to the 2014 wiring colors, but I'm sure Big will chime in soon enough. He's fairly active in this section and does a large number of installs on the Z.

The wiring can be a bit cramped, but it isn't necessarily unmanageable. When I still had a Kenwood I trimmed off some of the excess length on unused wires (I probably left 6" - 8" or so for future use), bundled them together, and taped them off....then just stuffed them back there as best as I could when I put the radio in. With my Pioneer I didn't even bother trimming, I just bundled the wires and taped them off.

As for the steering control wire I physically cut the wire (you will obviously want to verify the wire before doing this!). If you go this route strip the ends, feed a piece of heat shrink tubing over the wire, splice in the wire from the ASWC, solder the new connection, and then shrink the tubing over the splice. Take your time and try not to go crazy with this as you really don't have any slack to work with unless you're going to extend the wires.

Soldering is going to be the most reliable, but if you aren't comfortable doing it (or don't have a suitable iron) you could alternatively use a barrel connector or wire nut. I don't recommend using any kind of vampire tap as the steering control wire is a little too thin to make any kind of a good connection.

Hope this helps a bit. Best of luck!