I got a pioneer headunit and 4 6 1/2's recently and don't want the distortion the factory amp creates. I would like it off all the time but don't know much about amps. Can this been done easily?

Just remove the factory HU and install your new HU. Run all new wiring to your speakers and you won't even have to touch the POS Monsoon amp. The POS Monsoon amp uses speaker level inputs to turn itself OFF & ON. Since there won't be anything connected to it to turn it ON you don't have to worry about it.

BTW- Since you have a Pioneer HU you have my condolences. In my over 30 years experience in car audio, Pioneer has THE worst quality track record of any brand I've ever dealt with.

ls1 rulz you r sooo right i wouldnt put pioneer anything in my car if it was given to me...uuuugh

Is there any way to splice wires at the amp to bypass it? I just don't want to go through the hassel of removing the door pannels and running new wires. Thanks for the help thusfar.

You have to remove the door panels anyway in order to install your new speakers so you may as well do the job right and run all new wiring too. If you try to use the factory wiring you're gonna have to do a lot of tracing of wires and splicing them together and I NEVER recommend splicing wires (or using any of the factory wiring for that matter).

The reason I wanted to bypass it in that maner was because the door speakers are already in . I guess I could always just get a new amp. Or, is there any modification I can do to the factory amp the blocks it from ever turning on?

Thanks

The amp is located above the rear wheel on the passenger side of the car. It's mounted to a plastic panel and is on the fender side of that panel. Once you find the amp just un-plug the wiring harness from it. If you want to splice into the factory wiring all the wires you need will be right there in the plug you pulled out of the amp. Good luck determining which wires are which.

Unplug the harness from the amp and then connect it to a GM 32 pin radio harness adapter. You will need two of them because you have to steal pins from one to fill the empty spots in the other. You can then just crimp your inputs to your outputs and the amp is bypassed. I have all the wire color info in my toolbox at work so I'll get those to you as soon as I can.

Here is the pinout for a Camaro's Monsoon amp wiring harness.

Pinout

Thanks a lot. I really appreciate the help.

i cant find that amp, is it located somewhere else on 96's

if anyone has any pics of where to locate it, that be great.

I believe tha factory amp in a '95-'96 is located under the arm rest of the rear passenger seat.

How bout on a '94? It's been so long since I messed with the audio in mine I've forgotten what I'd learned about the Bose system that was in there

Every Bose system I've ever seen had an amplifier module located with each individual speaker.