95 SE 5 spd w/ factory bose. i ordered a pioneer FH-P8000BT (its a bouble din) and pioneer TS-A1782R speakers (6 3/4") 2 sets. what i want to know is do i just connect the power, ground, memory, and power antenna? then i just run the speaker wire from each speaker? i bought monster cable 16 gauge wire (2 spools to be safe). i just want to know if thats it or are there other steps i have to take cause ive never messed with a factory amp.. where are the amps? can i remove them? and if theres a thread/sticky for this im sorry for postin cause i didnt see one.

 

anybody? maybe a link to old thread? i cant find anytn oh and would i be able to use the factory tweeters? or would i need to get some pioneer ones too?

 

Each factory speaker has an amp located at the speaker so yes you would have to run new wires from the head unit to each new speaker. As for the tweeters i believe they are 1ohm so it would not be a good idea to hook those up to your aftermarket stereo. You would basically need constant, switched, and negative to your head unit and new wires ran to each new speaker. I'm sure you could wire the power antenna into the factory harness.

 

duh im so dumb.. sorry bout askn were the amps are.... anyways... (slappn myself on bak of head) thanks for answering. their supposed to get here tuesday so we'll see how i do. Ill upload b4 and after pics when im done and ima go look for some tweeters now that i know the OEM ones dont work.

 

can you do new subs in the bose factory system?

 

my friend did that, he just tapped into the rear speakers

 

you could do what i did as an option...

i bypassed the factory amps (in the front doors) and wired in new pioneers with the factory tweeters.. but i'm also using a 4channel amp to power the front with my bose still working in the rear.

for the fronts i took my wire from the amp(alpine) to the harness in the back of the d.din. at the doors i'm still using the factory harness' i just cut the 'power/ground' for the bose amp and removed the bose amps, and re-wired it without the amps. it sounds all crazy but if you follow the colors from the d.din harness it makes sense.

time consuming but it works... (and i do SQ at car shows/ audio events..)

for the subs you'll probably need a line-out converter..

 

^ All that just for new Subs?

 

no subs. just new pioneers up front powered by alpine 4-ch. with factory bose in rear, and d.din in the dash..

 

Oh. Do you know what I could do to just replace back speakers with subs?

 

i'd search. i've heard some guys are adding bose subs to the bose system.. as for aftermarket subs i would say a line-out converter from the rear speakers, or something like that. ask your local stereo shops they should have a more definate answer.

 

im just going to take everytn out and rewire the speakers. i dont have my subs/amp yet thats next month. but im putting a monster cable 1600w amp kit when i get my radio in that way i wont have to take it out again.

 

It occurs to me that if you're replacing all the standard Bose system, you could build a custom bass cab with all 4 Bose amps and speakers in it - that would be capable of 200 watts - and make it so that it ports into the "armrest hole" in the centre of the rear seat. That would kick some *** and best of all be completely free!

 

thatd be kool but im too lazy. my manager at home depot is into cars and he's going to build me a false floor so i can have one sub flush on the trunk and the amp half sunk. its gonna be sweet! by the way im going all pioneer with a PRS-D1200M Class D mono amp and a TS-W2501D4 10" Champion Series Pro sub. I think 1200 watts rms should do the trick...

 

u need a special amplifier which costs about 40 bucks

 

this is kinda related. Does anyone know if you can use the existing bose front amps with a new component speaker system?