Ok i am new to all this but I was trying to replace my stock rear speakers with new ones (1999 Pontiac Sunfire). I got the stock ones out but ran into two problems.
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the speakers are 6 x 9 (stock were 6x9 also) when i mount the speaker tot he factory bracket the magnet makes it into the hole but the bottom portion of the speakers hits the frame and the bracket won't sit right. Could i use like some rubber gasket or something inside the bracket that screws to the speaker itself so that the speaker rest on the gasket maybe 1/4 above (after i screw the speaker to the bracket with the gasket on it) so the bracket will sit in the hole right? or is there a better option (anything that has to do with not cutting the metal to make the hole a tad bigger)
2 Stupid me disconnected my factory speakers and didn't look to see which wires went to + and -. I assumed the wires woulda been red and black so it would be easy to tell but they are not. On one side they are brown and yellow, the other side it's dark blue and light blue (have no idea why). I tried using my multimeter to figure out which was + and - but oddly when i put the - lead to ground and the positive both wires they both came back with readings. I just assumed only the positive wire would give me a reading not both (does this sound strange to anyone?) Then i tried just touching the both leads to both of the wires and got no reading at all...So what can I do to find out which wire is + and which wire is -? anyone have any advise?
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the speakers are 6 x 9 (stock were 6x9 also) when i mount the speaker tot he factory bracket the magnet makes it into the hole but the bottom portion of the speakers hits the frame and the bracket won't sit right. Could i use like some rubber gasket or something inside the bracket that screws to the speaker itself so that the speaker rest on the gasket maybe 1/4 above (after i screw the speaker to the bracket with the gasket on it) so the bracket will sit in the hole right? or is there a better option (anything that has to do with not cutting the metal to make the hole a tad bigger)2
Stupid me disconnected my factory speakers and didn't look to see which wires went to + and -. I assumed the wires woulda been red and black so it would be easy to tell but they are not. On one side they are brown and yellow, the other side it's dark blue and light blue (have no idea why). I tried using my multimeter to figure out which was + and - but oddly when i put the - lead to ground and the positive both wires they both came back with readings. I just assumed only the positive wire would give me a reading not both (does this sound strange to anyone?) Then i tried just touching the both leads to both of the wires and got no reading at all...So what can I do to find out which wire is + and which wire is -? anyone have any advise?
