Perhaps someone may be able to help.

[Dirtbag]

I got a used car and the stereo does not work. All speakers are there and the dealer said that it was missing the amp. Before I go into full detail of my question I will remind you that I am a total newb at this stuff and don't exactly know what all of the components are called so bear with me.

I' trying to figure out exactly what I am missing and what could be used to replace it. Nothing fancy and no real performance is needed really. Just the bear minimum to get it working again.

What I have is a 98 Nissan 240SX and it had a custom stero system in the trunk. All the wires are still there so I am going to offer the best description I can and see if anyone can tell me what is missing. Looking into the trunk from the back seat I have on the right hand side a small blue wire (about a 16th of an inch) with a "u" shaped connection. A large wire coverd in transparent brown coating (about a 1/2 inch) with a small black wire connected to it and a "u" shaped connection. A large red wire with a "u" shaped connection. And on the left hand side about a foot and a half away I have 4 sets of small "pigtail" wires that are purple and say stinger on them. One wire of each set has a + symbol and all wires end with a "u" shaped connection. 4 wires with 8th inch lpucgs. One black and one red both say stinger the other two are blue one with a red band and one with a blue bad. Both say acoustik. Then I have 2 medium sized (about an 8th inch) speaker wires or at least they appear to be with "u" shaped connections. Then for some reason there appears to be a telephone cable in which the other end runs under my steering wheel or at least I assume it does.

So. If anyone could tell me what I was missing I would really appreciate it. Also if you can figure it out a list of affordable alternatives for replacement would be great. Again, not looking for preformance, just something that will work.

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[Dirtrider4eva 10+ year member]

bassically it has all the wires run for an amplifier. so what you need to do.. get an amp, hook up red wire to POS terminal, black wire to negative, blue to remote. RCAs to RCA terminals. and the wires to the + - speaker terminals. probably need a 4 channel amp it sounds like.

 

[BrownVanMan 10+ year member]

A pic would help but what was said above sounds correct.

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

Also the "phone cable" was probably connected to a bass knob up front.

 

[Dirtbag]

Yeah. Sorry I couldt post a pic. Tried to explain the best I could. I'll try to post one later. If that's the case then what would you suggest just to restore functionality. Kinda strapped on the budget so looking to go cheap but not so cheap it'll sound like crap. And is there anything else needed? I saw a lot of stunn when I was looking on my own i.e. batteries, subs, etc.

 

[hispls 5,000+ posts]

Pics will help a lot, but I think your answer is posted here.

Check eBay and find the JBL/Harmon/Infinity outlet. They almost always have some small amps for sale refurbished. They're straight from the factory (full warranty) and fairly good quality for the price. I picked one up on there for a friend a couple years ago and it looked nice, worked nice, was priced right, and was delivered quickly with no bullsh!t

 

[wenn_du_weinst 10+ year member]

how much are you willing to spend? I'm sure we could find you an amplifier to put in there

 

[wenn_du_weinst 10+ year member]

Pioneer GM-5400T Amplifier Free Shipping | eBay

here is a pretty cheap amp that will power your speakers, you may want to make sure your speakers are actually in your doors.

 

[Dirtbag]

That is something I actually haven't checked. I cant really see into the read deck. It looks like the speakers are there. but im not sure. Regardless I would like to see if I can keep it around $100. If the speakers aren't there then I'm not sure what I'm going to do. Has anyone ever had any luck at an auto salvage? Not sure if they keep that kind of stuff in the cars if it gets totaled. I really appreciate all the help guys.

 

[Dirtbag]

Ok. So there are speakers still. Looks like I just need the amp. What won't sound like **** but is still is somewhat inexpensive? Say around 100 buck but the cheaper the better for me right now.