How do I connect my front speakers to my amp?

[repres01 10+ year member]

My front speakers are current running into my aftermarket stereo. My back speackers are ran to my amp and the amp is routed to my stereo with my audio inputs. How do I connect the front speakers into the system?

1. Run a speaker wire from the amp and splice it into the front speaker cords in the harness?

I just need to know the process, pls don't ask what kind of speakers, amp, etc. It's listed in my signature and really has nothing to do with how I would attach the fronts to the rest of the system.

Thx, for any help

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[BloodyGuts335i 10+ year member]

just run some speaker wire from your front speaker all the way to the amp!!!

 

[Bumpin' Goalie 10+ year member]

Run speaker wire from the amp to the speakers. Keep it underneath panels and inside the door looms as much as possible to avoid any trouble.

 

[jgruberman 10+ year member]

The way I did mine so I didn't have top run new wires through the doors, is I ran speaker wire from the amp to behind the aftermarket headunit and just cut the connections from the front speakers to the headunit, and connect them to the wires you just ran from the amp. Then the front speakers will run from the speakers, towards the deck then when they are behind the deck, they will connect to the amp leads.

 

[Bumpin' Goalie 10+ year member]

The way I did mine so I didn't have top run new wires through the doors, is I ran speaker wire from the amp to behind the aftermarket headunit and just cut the connections from the front speakers to the headunit, and connect them to the wires you just ran from the amp. Then the front speakers will run from the speakers, towards the deck then when they are behind the deck, they will connect to the amp leads.

Can work, but most stock speaker wire is skimpy. I'd replace it, personally.

 

[Sir Swish 10+ year member]

Can work' date=' but most stock speaker wire is skimpy. I'd replace it, personally.[/quote']
Def this ^^^ My stock wire is like 20 gauge.

 

[RJesus 10+ year member]

to connect your front speakers, your amp has to have 4 channels.

If your amp only has 2 channels, you need another 2ch amp for the front speakers or a 4ch amp.

you connect the RCA's from your headunit to your amplifier. There are 2 rca's for each set of speakers. (rear left, rear right, front left, front right)

If your headunit only has 2 rca holes, you can buy rca splitters and split the 2ch rca's into a 4ch rca to plug into your 4ch amp. However, you'd be better off buying a new headunit with 4 (or 6 if you plan on getting a subwoofer) rca holes.

 

[repres01 10+ year member]

my front speakers are in my doors. Do I connect speaker wire to the front speaker harness wires or run it to the doors?

 

[repres01 10+ year member]

right but I need to connect the speaker wire from the amp to the front speakers, Do I attach it to the wiring harness?

 

[Twista89 10+ year member]

just run wiring from the doors to the amp...for one it wont cause any trouble if your gonna go back to stock to maybe sell the car or something and two its not that hard to get the wiring through the door just use a wire coat hanger to pull it through...

 

[RJesus 10+ year member]

I had to drill a hole through the sheet metal in my car to get into the door... for some reason the manufacturers decided it was a good idea to make an incredibly small molex with no extra spaces that only fits 22g wire //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crazy.gif.c13912c32de98515d3142759a824dae7.gif

You may be able to get into the door easily, you may not be able to.

If you can, just run speaker wire into your door from the speaker to the amp.

If you cant, you can look at the speaker wire that goes to each speaker. It connects to the speaker using a molex (plastic thing).

Find out which wire is neg and which is positive. Trace the wire to inside the car. Then splice the wire with your own speaker wire, and run it to your amp.

Are you using a stock hu adapter or an aftermarket hu with rca's?

 

[jgruberman 10+ year member]

What wire gauge would you recommend Jesus for running to the speakers?

 

[RJesus 10+ year member]

I use 12g, but I'm also running a zed kronos to power my front stage (500w @ 4ohm).

But 16g will work fine.

if your running less than 100w, then 18g will work too.

 

[thehardknoxlife 10+ year member]

Holy ****, how fucking dumb can you be.

 

[I Like Waffle]

What kinda car?