FYI subthumps.com camaro adaptor doesn't work

[lilpride 10+ year member]

So we are doing an install in a 2010 camaro where we wanted to keep stock head unit.

so to get rca jacks for the amp we needed a adaptor since the factory boston acoustic system has comp speakers that we couldn't just tap into with a line output converter.

So we read online and ordered this.

Subthump 5th Gen Add an Amp T-Harness for 2010 Camaro

Hook everything up and amp kept going into protect after 3 seconds. After some testing I decided to do a little test and ran the rca jack directly into a speaker and what do you know. It played.

All they did was tap into the factory headunits hi-level speaker output and solder rca jacks onto it.

Made me quite mad as it was suppose to tap into a low level preout which apparently doesnt even exist. To get it to work we had to cut the rca jacks off and wiring in a line output converter. And now we finally have sound.

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[nateberrier 10+ year member]

Their website looks legit haha...

In the future, just grab a PAC line output converter.

 

[lilpride 10+ year member]

Yea probably should have done that but I couldn't find one that used the factory stereo harness. Because since it was amped by boston accoustics the only way to tie into the normal speaker output from the head unit I would neat a wiring diagram for that harness.