ref1590

I have an 03 non bose maxima se and some speakers sound blown, so i recently purchased factory bose door speakers. are they direct replacement or do i need the bose head unit and amp for them to work?

Amerikaner83

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they are NOT direct swap...the BOSE has a pre-amp out iirc.

Get non-BOSE speakers

ref1590

damn..well i already bought them. There is no way to make them work?

Fakie J Farkerton

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^^Research is your friend before buying.

Sell them IMO.

DennisMik

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Not inexpensively. If you have enough money, anything is possible. Bose systems use 2 ohm speakers, while the rest of the world uses 4 ohm or 8 ohm. If you bypass the speaker's amplifier and wire direct to the speaker, a non-Bose radio will over drive the speakers and you will have distortion until you blow out the speakers or possibly burn up the driver transistors in the head unit.

ref1590

well a local on craigslist has the factory bose amp and bose head unit, if i got those would the speakers work?

Mikel81

Have you not heard the ****ty bose speakers or something? You could probably make it work, but I assume the harness is different, and all of the wiring to the door will need re-wired. And I am pretty sure there is an amp at each speaker, so you will need to get those. Just get some normal speakers. Save yourself time, money and a headache.

Amerikaner83

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The speakers you bought, yes, but then you'd have to buy MORE bose speakers to replace teh factory ones that DO work currently...

And btw, the wiring is likely different as well.
Not 100% sure, but I think you need to get a whole new wiring harness and all that crap.


SELL YOUR BOSE SPEAKERS and get some NON-bose ones dude.

Amerikaner83

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http://forums.maxima.org/4th-generat...dont-know.html

Two noobs with the same issues, posted days apart...weird.

TallTom

Return them and buy non-bose speakers. It will be cheaper to just buy non-bose speakers than it would be to convert your whole system to make those bose speakers work.

ref1590

thats all i needed to know, if the harness is different im not going to bother. i figured using the factory bose radio would work but since it doesnt im all set. Some people just give a few bits of info and i cant get all the info i needed obviously out of one person. thanks

DjHackStyle

The Bose speakers have a different wiring harness for the doors. I know cause I swapped some doors and the harness is different between Bose and non-bose. Too much work to make this happen. Don't bother. If u really want better sound get an aftermarket system do alot of reading to find out what u need.

doylerules826

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better yet sell them and buy ANY 6.5 aftermarket speakers. dont go to the trouble of finding the stock non-bose junkers.

Montego Murph

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"No Highs? No Lows? Must be BOSE!"

DennisMik

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I vote this as the best advice.

ctsmith39

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there is only a single amp in the trunk next to where the sub sits. I have the bose and whish it did not come with them as they do sound like crap with no highs and nothing in the mid lows (aka baritone sax area).

So I would return them and buy some nicer standard speakers and a amp to power them and you will be a lot happier and not have to rerun cable like I do.