Is the DFW-DMC Delorean sales site a fraud?

[Totally 80s]

It's been 3 weeks since I ordered a DeLorean stereo wiring harness from dfwdmc.com. I've emailed multiple times (there is no phone number) and nobody has let me know what is going on. Does anyone here know anything about this site? Is it fake? Any information would be appreciated.

Also does anybody know of someone else who sells a DeLorean harness for aftermarket stereos?

http://dfwdmc.com/store_parts.html

[txdmc]

I think that website is old, in dfw the group mainly lives through an email group or on here. Who runs it? No clue. I don't think it's fraudulent though.


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[Totally 80s]

I think that website is old, in dfw the group mainly lives through an email group or on here. Who runs it? No clue. I don't think it's fraudulent though.


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Hmmm. If the site is old but the group is still together why not remove the site? Something seems off here.

[Citizen]

I think that website is old, in dfw the group mainly lives through an email group or on here. Who runs it? No clue. I don't think it's fraudulent though.

I believe that site is owned/run by Video Bob. http://dfwdmc.com/. I think it used to be the Dallas/Fort Worth area club web-site, but morphed more into VB's prop-car business. Then, I think he switched his business over to FB, and may have abandoned the old site.

I have tried to contact VB a number of times in the past year or so to get the latest count of his BTTF conversions, but I haven't gotten a response. If anyone knows about any of Bob's latest BTTF cars, please chime in (for the record book, of course).

Thomas

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[Pascal]

I had the same problem as I also needed a 9 pin radio plug.
A bit research and I found it quit easily.

http://dmctalk.org/showthread.php?13...Pin-Radio-Plug

[DMCMW Dave]

Be careful using that plug on a modern radio, it common-grounds all the speakers. Not enough wires.

[Totally 80s]

Be careful using that plug on a modern radio, it common-grounds all the speakers. Not enough wires.

So... Simplest method to wire a modern stereo in would be to use the plug for everything but 3 of the speaker grounds and then take the 3 speaker grounds from the delorean side and hard wire them together with the 3 negative ground wires coming out of my new stereo harness? Is that good or am I missing something?

Or do I need to run new ground wires to all my speakers then into the new stereo?

I'm a little confused.

[OverlandMan]

I believe that site is owned/run by Video Bob. http://dfwdmc.com/. I think it used to be the Dallas/Fort Worth area club web-site, but morphed more into VB's prop-car business. Then, I think he switched his business over to FB, and may have abandoned the old site.

I have tried to contact VB a number of times in the past year or so to get the latest count of his BTTF conversions, but I haven't gotten a response. If anyone knows about any of Bob's latest BTTF cars, please chime in (for the record book, of course).

Thomas

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Yea that's VBs web site. I don't know him personally but when he is around on this board, he's usually in the BTTF or parts sections of the forum. You might try this URL for contact info if you haven't already: http://www.bobspropshop.com/

[Totally 80s]

Yea that's VBs web site. I don't know him personally but when he is around on this board, he's usually in the BTTF or parts sections of the forum. You might try this URL for contact info if you haven't already: http://www.bobspropshop.com/

Yes, I have emailed multiple different address' with no response. I'm just canceling the order.

[DMCMW Dave]

Yes, I have emailed multiple different address' with no response. I'm just canceling the order.

The best way to install a new radio? Cut the plug off the car harness. Leave 2 inches or so of wire on the plug in the very off-chance you ever want to hook it back up. You won't. The new radio will have it's own plug with a bunch of wires hanging out. Typically 4 dual speaker wires, a hot power wire, a switched power wire, an antenna trigger wire, and a couple of grounds.

Connect the new wiring plug to the car harness per the instructions that come with the radio. When you are done you'll have a plug inline so you can easily pull the radio out. If you mess around with trying to keep the old plug in use, you end up with two plugs in series about 3 inches apart. More places to fail.

One other thing - on the original DMC radios, the switched power is the high power lead that actually powers the radio. The constant on lead only keeps the radio memory (and clock if you have one) alive. Modern radios are the opposite - the hot lead is the high power lead and the switched lead just tells the radio whether or not to be on. If you connect the new radio to the old DMC fuses that are still in the wiring, you'll probably blow the constant hot fuse the first time you turn up the radio.

The new radio will have its own fuses, just bypass the DMC fuses and use them.

In the case of high power radios, you may need to route a new hot lead to the back of the car as the original wiring for that is kind of light. A new ground to the main chassis ground isn't a bad idea either, as the DMC ground in that area is a stack of connections on the right side of the console plate and tends to be a poor ground point.