Quick question please...speaker install

[2002XLT 5,000+ posts]

if im running off headunit power, do i need to pull my deck and check to see which colors are + and - going to the speakers? Im pretty sure i need to know but just double checking if it matters.

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[thaster 10+ year member]

huh? the back of your deck wont have speaker wires. it just have a harness

 

[Jameseypoo 5,000+ posts]

Is it an aftermarket head unit? I'm kind of confused

 

[geowick07 10+ year member]

What kind of speakers are you installing? We need more info to be able to help you out.

 

[2002XLT 5,000+ posts]

im installing some coaxs to my headunit it sig.

Yes i realize it has a harness, thats what im talking about. Since im using the stock speaker wires, i will need to know what wires are hooked up to what at the harness on the deck. Unless the + and - dont matter on this for some reason...

 

[kovemaster559 5,000+ posts]

it dont matter just connect them

 

[kovemaster559 5,000+ posts]

put them ouside ur car .in ur grill

 

[thaster 10+ year member]

i guess you will need to hook up the front speaker left/right and rear speaker left/right from your harness to your deck. and with the coaxial, u hook up the ground/ usually black wire to the ground speaker terminal and the positive to the positive/usually red speaker terminal.

 

[Hintzyboy 5,000+ posts]

How hard is it? the harness is color-coded

 

[geowick07 10+ year member]

I am confused. If you are installing coaxes, just use speaker harness adapters in the doors. Shouldn't even need to pull the head unit out to change out speakers. Unless I am missing something, it shouldn't be that hard.

 

[2002XLT 5,000+ posts]

i dont know what the wire colors are in the door. they dont say + or - on them, and because of this ill have to pull the deck to see what the wires are hooked up to at the deck, does that make more sense?

for instance. i pulled my right front door, there is a white wire and a brown wire but i dont know which is + or -.

 

[geowick07 10+ year member]

Are you replacing stock speakers? If so, they usually make adapters for whatever speakers you bought to connect to the factory connections in the doors. Just use those. If not, explain better what you are trying to accomplish.

 

[Hintzyboy 5,000+ posts]

The speakers should have + and - marks on the terminals. That will let you know which wire is which.

 

[thaster 10+ year member]

use a dmm

 

[SRim23 5,000+ posts]

come on people, hes tryiing to figure out of the white and the brown, which one is pos and which one is neg.

does either wire have a colored line on it? the wire with the line is pos, the wire without the line is neg.