Hey guys, heres my dealio.
I removed the old stock bose HU and rear speakers, and replaced them with a clarion HU and some subs, along with some sail panel speakers. My question is, how would I get my factory kick panel speakers to play along with my new equipment? I tried just plugging them into the wiring harness today and nothing happened. Any ideas?

thanks

-James

 

Anybody? ................ Bueller?............Bueller?

 

HU have enough power to drive all the speakers with out amp or cross over stuff?

 

Ive never tried to play the aftermarket speakers with just the HU, but it says right on it so many watts

 

If your talking about the bulky kick panels, then you may of had connected it incorrectly. The factory speakers have 4 wires, 2 for power. If you only connected the signal feed wires with no power, then you'll get no sound. This is how my Bose factory speakers work. Oh, i forgot to mention. The factory Bose kick panel speakers are turned on and off by using the blue wire "POWER ANTENNA". So pull the stereo, look for the power lead to the Bose kick panel internal amp, and connect it to the "Antenna Turn on Lead." You cant miss the blue wire. Its usually labeled as Power Antenna or Remote Turn-On.

 

Thanks Chevy86, exactly the type of answer I was looking for. I will try it out later to see how it works

 

No problem. I got the wiring diagram at home if you need it. I'm at work right now but if you need it, ill try to remember to scan it and post it up.

 

hey chevy86 IROC-Z, i was wondering if you still have the diagram for the Bose speakers? im trying to redo my wires as lots of stuff as been cut down...
Thanks

 

I sure do. give me a second. Im gonna post up a link for you.

 

here is a chart that has the color of the wires. Im still looking for the wire diagram.