toddyfresh

Hey guys whats up I need help here on a max I just bought that has BOSE in it. I have the stock tape head unit in it and I went to turn it on and one speaker doesnt work but I can here it kick off sounds like. Is there a way to fix it? Also when I put the radio on and I listen to the other speakers and start my car i hear a whinning sound in the speakers. The higher I rev my car the more whinning I get out of them. I tried different stock radio, no good- different speakers, no good- so any and all help is appreciated thanks alot in advance

Greeny

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I recommend getting rid of the the bose altogether...I tried keeping the stock bose system,but had problems finding parts[i.e. amps,hu] to keep it going..I found some good deals on ebay on aftermarket amps and speakers/HU.....

I got a pioneer HU/200 watt pioneer amp/a pair of 6x9 pioneers on ebay all for under $200....

Deken

From what I understand to get new speakers and reciever and ect. you need to have the whole car re-wired i have a 92 max with the bose and all me speakers are blown im waiting to save up some money to get all new speakers and to have it re-wired, at a local shop they wanted like 200 to re-wire

Greeny

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Craig brace has some good info on redoing the stereo system on his webpage...
http://www.geocities.com/craigbrace/

Click the HOW TO section....

Governor

Read the stickies..you dont have to rewire the car..I replaced my HU and Speakers and used same wiring in the car..

mtbendo

I used the factory wires for the doors only just to speed up the installation. Everything else is pretty easy to get at or install.

ColombianMax

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lol is that why my friend keeps saying "trust me, you dont want Bose especially if its 10+years old"

Maxima-4DSC

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dump the bose and go aftermarket. you dont have to rewire your car just use the existing wires unless your really gonna amp up the power then youll need bigger gauge wires

Cliff Clavin

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I replaced the wires in the front, but I just bypassed the rear amps and used the wiring and left the Bose bracket, since it was already designed for 6x9s. I just have some old Infinity Reference 6x9s in the back for rear fill.

The front I actually wired from the trunk (where the amp is) back up to the doors.

Decent speaker wire really isn't that expensive, it's just very time consuming. If you want to do an entire system, I suggest saving up until you can get all the right wiring so you don't have to take everything apart more than once.

cwd14

man that is some kind of ground problem. especially if the whining increases with the speed of the engine. That seems like a problem with the factory wiring to me. so I dunno if there is a quick fix for you. anyways best way to do sound systems is to do it yourself re-wiring the car will take like 3 hours of your time. and as Cliff Clavin says decent speaker wire is very cheap.

I would keep the bose lol my bose speakers are 16 years old and the amps are blown but I found some one ebay for like 9.95 speaker and amp. and I got a 1997 Maxima bose head unit and put it in my 1989 Maxima so now everything works nicely.