*sigh* Easy Question

[CrEaTrE 10+ year member]

Ok, I'm tired of searching, I'm sure my answer is somewhere, but I have yet to find it. I am having trouble figuring out how to wire my speakers into the factory wiring into the HU (for about a week). Now the factory wiring to the speaker is a big white connector thing with a horizontal and a vertical plug in, which one is the neg and one is the positive. Now how do i wire between that and the new 6.5" woofer that I have. Is it something called push connectors or something? Also, how do I use the crossover with the factory wiring? What connectors do I use with that as well? Ok, I hope someone can answer these questions for me, I'd just like to finish installing all this stuff so I can hear what it sounds like un-amp'd. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/yumyum.gif.0556df42231b304b9c995aefd13928a8.gif

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[Chevyaudio 5,000+ posts]

If I understood you right. You are trying to connect an aftermarket speaker and you are wondering about the plug on the speaker wire.

Don't cut your plug, If you want to sell the car in the future, you can hook the OEM speakers. I mostly use T-taps (scotchlocks).

 

[CrEaTrE 10+ year member]

If I understood you right. You are trying to connect an aftermarket speaker and you are wondering about the plug on the speaker wire.
Don't cut your plug, If you want to sell the car in the future, you can hook the OEM speakers. I mostly use T-taps (scotchlocks).

Yeah aftermarket to factory wiring. And where could I find those t-taps? Wallmart maybe?

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

are you useing a wireing harenss for your HU? that will give the factory wires for the speakers.

 

[CrEaTrE 10+ year member]

are you useing a wireing harenss for your HU? that will give the factory wires for the speakers.

Yeah I am using a wiring harness. I looked at it yesturday, but I couldn't figure out which wires went to which speakers and stuff. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

there should be

white + white/black -

grey + gray/black -

green + green/black -

purple+ purple -

these are your speakers.

 

[Chevyaudio 5,000+ posts]

Mike, I think he is talking about in the door pannel. Or maybe im reading it wrong.

the harness that hooks to the actual speaker.

 

[mokedaddy 5,000+ posts]

But if you look at the wires from the back of the headunit (like Mike suggested) and match those with the wire colors that are connected to the factory harness that will tell him which speakers wires are positive and which are negative. It just takes a little color matching.

 

[mokedaddy 5,000+ posts]

And once you have the colors figured out than you use t-taps at the door to connect to the wires in the door. But if you have a factory amp in the car, that will not by-pass the factory amp.

 

[mokedaddy 5,000+ posts]

I also noticed you have components. Are you trying to run them off the headunit or an aftermarket amp?

 

[CrEaTrE 10+ year member]

I also noticed you have components. Are you trying to run them off the headunit or an aftermarket amp?

Headunit for right now. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eek.gif.771b7a90cf45cabdc554ff1121c21c4a.gif

 

[mokedaddy 5,000+ posts]

Do yourself a favor if you are going to be running an amp later and just run new speaker wires to the doors. Depending on where the x-overs are going to be mounted that may require a run of one or two speakers wires but is usually not very difficult unless you have molex connectors in the door jambs. That way you also dont have to worry about bypassing the factory amp.

 

[CrEaTrE 10+ year member]

Do yourself a favor if you are going to be running an amp later and just run new speaker wires to the doors. Depending on where the x-overs are going to be mounted that may require a run of one or two speakers wires but is usually not very difficult unless you have molex connectors in the door jambs. That way you also dont have to worry about bypassing the factory amp.

Ok, Im confused big time still. How do i run new speaker wiring to the door's from the headunit. Do i just tie them in line with the certain colored wires in the wiring harness or what? I can wire a sub and an sub amp with my eyes closed, this whole speaker thing is mind blowing though, and I have a feeling it shouldn't be. I'm pretty sure I can figure out how to just run the wires from the components into an aftermarket amp. amp to crossover, crossover to tweet, crossover to woofer. All with speaker wiring. Now, the wiring with the headunit is what's confusing me, because there's more than just + - wiring. I also need to keep the white stock connectors because I will be selling the car in about 4 months. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/veryhappy.gif.fec4fed33b4a1279cf10bdd45a039dae.gif

 

[theCybe 5,000+ posts]

There are three harnesses. The one that's part of the car, the adapter(metra) harness, and the one that came with your headunit.

 

OEM harness, just plastic plug

Metra harness, plug on one side, wires on the other

Headunit harness, plug on one side, wires on the other

 

In this example, you're running the speakers off the headunit.

At the =, the harnesses are manually spliced together. The wires are labeled.

(speaker)========(oem harness)=(metra harness)=(radio harness)=(radio)

In this example, you're running the speakers off the amplifier.

The headunit harness is spliced together with the metra harness - EXCEPT for the speaker wires

Those wires (on the metra harness) are connected to the output terminals of the amplifier instead.

The speaker wires on the headunit harness are taped off, clipped, or removed.

(speaker)=======(oem harness)=(metra) (radio harness)=(radio)

.=====================.........`=(amp)rca.rca.rca.rca.rca.rca.rca'

Notice that the speaker wires from the headunit harness are NOT connected to the metra harness, instead the amp's output is tapped into that harness.

 

[mokedaddy 5,000+ posts]

use the wire colors mentioned above by azbass that come from the headunit. Cut the factory wires off of the wiring harness. Than splice the new speaker wires into the headunit wires and run under the dash (make sure to wire tie them so they stay up) and into the door.