Wiring up speakers
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Wiring up speakers
Hey.. I am install some speakers in my stock locations...and I need to know how to install aftermarket wiring. Like how to wire from my deck to the speakers and where to route it and everything. I know nothing about stereos.... Well i know how to install my deck and stuff but that's about it... SO I need help...please! BTW its a 97 Z without the monsoon....just the stock 6 speaker set up
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its really simple. i just got done doing this. first you need some speaker wire. the front speakers is probably the hardest. you need to run speaker wire from your deack under your dash, you need to drop that panel under steering wheel to do it. then the hard part you need to run it through that tube that is inbetween the door and the body you have to open the door to see it obviously. i used a hanger it was difficult but easy just takes some patients its tight in there.
the rear is easy but time consumeing. you need to take off your kick panels and remove the clothes hangers just above the speaker hole, to lossen that panel so you can stick your hand behind there. then just lift the edge of the carpet and run your wires to your speakers. then re-install the kick panels and what not. really easy, mostly common sense stuff i never did it either and i was even wireing up components and an amp.
the rear is easy but time consumeing. you need to take off your kick panels and remove the clothes hangers just above the speaker hole, to lossen that panel so you can stick your hand behind there. then just lift the edge of the carpet and run your wires to your speakers. then re-install the kick panels and what not. really easy, mostly common sense stuff i never did it either and i was even wireing up components and an amp.
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But where do i hhok the speaker wire into???? I mean what wiring do i hook up to the back of the wiring harness? you know on the back of the head unit. Plus, I got speaker wire..... but do i really need to install the other speaker wire...or just stick with the stock speaker wiring?
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If you want to do the job right, run ALL new speaker wires. You can pick up a wiring harness from your local car audio shop for the HU that will plug directly into the factory harness. This will give you all of your power connections for the HU. Don't use the factory speaker wire connections though. To help keep any noise to a minimum don't use the factory ground connection in the wiring harness either. Make your own ground connection for the HU to bare metal somewhere under the dash.
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