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Old 04-30-2006, 01:08 AM
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Identifing some wires

I just need your guys help telling me which wire is negative and which is positive. On the passenger side 4 X 6, it has a clip that plugged into the factory speaker. It was labeled A and B for each of the wires. A is striped green/dark green and B is just solid green. I need to know which is which. And also does the same apply for all the other wires?

For example: The striped is negative, so all the striped wires on the other speaker clips are negative. Thank you so much!

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i think how you just said it is how it is,

another way to find out real quick is to look at one of the speakers and see which wire goes to the cone coil and which goes to the cone only

pos to the coil and neg to the cone material

afaik but then im no audio person

i usually dont worry about it unless it make a noticeable difference in sound, which i dont think it ever has in the past,

its too hard to figure out which is which



good luck
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The stripe that you are seeing is just color transfer from the wires pulling apart. Gm factory wires have no stripes in the audio wires.
here ya go....
fr+= lt grn
fr-=dk grn
fl+=tan
fl-=grey
rr+=dkblue
rr-=lt blue
lr+=brown
lr-=yellow

mostly dark in the rear for +. light in the front for -.
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here is an image of the wire scheme
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