I preformed a search to find any info on a bose stereo speaker replacement and wasnt able to find much info.....I just searched Crutchfield and they said that the Bose system was incompatible with any aftermarket speakers That seems rather odd to me that there isnt a way to install an aftermarket pair of speakers in the car(its not the the physical part but the electrical part). The speaker thats bad is the drivers side door-it ripped up the cone

I am begining to get frustrating over this as it seems extremely idiotic that no aftermarket company wouldnt come up with some type of converter to adapt their speakers to it. I dont have the funds to install a complete set of aftermarket speakers through out the car let alone installing an external amplifier to power them

 

Yeah the installer I went to here said the only way to do it was to install an external amp to power them, and new wire through the whole car of course.

 

That seems to be the the theme I am getting........This sucks I really didnt even plan on doing anything with the stereo especially because I have a brakes to upgrade and a window motor to replace

 

I didnt even see the Audio section sorry for posting this here

 

Is your speakers blown or are you just looking to replace them for different sound? I have found replacements for the bose factory speakers before. Yeah it would be nice if there was an audio guru around here!

 

It has ripped the cone pretty bad, I didnt get a chance to listen to it as I just got it back from my dad yesterday and parked it in the garage and started to pull the door panel off to get to the window motor thats got to be changed and I saw the damaged figured it needs to be replaced

 

The bose speaker, or at least the ones on the vette, have small amplifiers mounted on each individual speaker. Each speaker has a set of signal wires, and a power wire.

The audio guy I talked to told me you have to rewire the car (or do some splicing) along with changing the head for new speakers to work.

 

The information above is correct. Each Bose Speaker has it's own small Amp, and they are rated @ 2 ohms, rather than the typical 4 ohm.

Best bet is indeed to run new wires, and it's actually easier to run them from an amp in the trunk.

But you can avoid rewiring of aftermarket speakers by using something like a R-OEM from PAC and adding an aftermarket head-unit.

Although I still suggest at least going with The OEM-1 Kit, to keep the Bose Head-unit, adding an amp, new speakers, and re-wiring.

Ultimately the best solution is to add an aftermarket head-unit in place of the the Bose Head Unit, add an amp, new speakers, and re-wiring..

 

Yup, i agree with him. I had to do this acoupel years ago, I blew a speaker and it was cheaper to just replace them. I already had a extra stock non-bose head unit at the house. Plus when you replace them, you can actually put speakers in the rear of the car instead of just the blank panel.

 

Yeah I have replaced the Head unit about 4-5 years ago when I bought the car, stock CD players started eating CDs(long story) so I bought that aftermarket power reducer that Crutchfield sells and installed everything. I got a Pioneer HU now....


Yeah I built a small amplified system on Crutchfield late last night and it had Componets in the front and 2 ways in the rear panels a capacitor and a decent 4 channel amp along with some wiring for about $650 I am might go back and just try to get the stuff "I need" instead of the stuff "I want"

 

I put an after market head unit w/ a SCHOSE (sp??) wiring adapter to my existing Bose speakers... MISTAKE...($40)

I soon after ran new wires to new speakers and have much better sound.

FWIW.

JT

 

Thats the adapter I got.....Its alright but I have to do something now unfortunately to repair the speaker which looks like I will just be replacing the whole system