GREAT [car stereo] news for California (Scuderia Audio)

Kudos to baby tooth doctor who helped me to source some unobtainium electrical connectors.

I am now making harnesses that allows any California with the base stereo system to completely bypass the stock amplifier and add an aftermarket amplifier without cutting a single wire.
In fact, this is even easier than my Speciale/Pista harness. With that harness, you still need to run a power wire to the battery, a ground wire to the chassis and an amp turn on wire to the fuse box.
This new California harness includes everything. Simply unplug your factory harness from the stock amp, plug that same plug into my new harness, and plug that other end of the harness into the aftermarket DSP amp. Done! There is an additional attached cable (blue/white) if you want to add a subwoofer.
It takes me several hours to make one harness, but it's the simplest install ever and completely reversible.

I'll be making another YouTube video demonstrating this harness as part of a DIY, 100% plug and play system.
I'll keep you guys posted.

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The harness will probably be somewhere in the $500-$600 range. It costs me over $300 in parts and takes about 5-6 hours to build one.
I'm already slammed with orders for these, I can most likely deliver in about a week. Of course anyone to shows interest here on Ferrari Chat will go to the front of the line.

 

Here is a helpful video I made yesterday:

 

There are infotainment systems with two smaller connectors, and there are infotainment systems with one large red and black connector. If your car has no amplifier and your infotainment box has the single larger plug, then my Speciale/Pista harness will work for you without cutting any wires on your harness.

 

I already have a component speakers kit for the 296 which is composed of 3D printed hyper directional tweeter pods, 3D printed midrange adapter fixtures and high end Focal K2 Series component speakers. As soon as I can gather some information on the 296 stereo amplifier, an amp bypass kit for this model will be in the works.

 

What unit? The infotainment unit? The stereo will not work without it. Think of this harness as an extension cord where the speaker wires are separated out.
My video will explain:

 

You need access to the back of the radio unit in order to unplug your harness and plug in my harness. If taking it out for a minute then putting it back is easier than trying to get access while in place, then sure.

 

I may already have a 296/SF90 base stereo solution. The trouble is getting my hands on documentation as these cars are very new.
If they use the same NIT as the F8 then I absolutely have harnesses available. BTW I already have component speaker systems available for the 296 and the SF90.
Will keep you posted.

 

Here is my first production unit. If your car has the base stereo system and is a 2017 or older, this harness plugs into the back of the NIT so you can add an aftermarket amplifier without cutting any of the wires on your stock harness. Cars newer than 2017 use the harness with the larger connectors (shown in the second image).

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