its my birthday and my dad was going to get my pioneer headunit from my old car put in my 95 SE and we went to best buy and they said it will be around 300 dollars for the install because i have the BOSE system and will have to rewire the whole audio wiring i know this price is crazy high but i was wondering how hard is it to do myself?

 

i worked at best buy..... the rip u off and are clueless..... nuff said.....

 

just get a line converter and call it good enough

 

your getting ripped. Keep it moving. Check the audio section.

 

k thanks i appreicate it i think ima try and do it myself

 

good call 300 is insane

 

the majority of the $300 is for labor.

 

if ur using an aftermarket head unit u just need an interface adapter....works great use one in my 96...its like 20 bux...and wire it like a regular harness UBER EASY....ok 30 bux http://www.crutchfield.com/S-nhNmfx4...=751&I=127OEM2

 

that is a huge rip off, it takes less than 5 minutes to get the HU out, plus either soldering or crimping a bunch of wires, its a two hour job max taking your time

 

but they said since its a bose they would have to rewire whole system i just want my pioneer speakers and HU in what is involved just buying a wiring harness? then waht about the stock amp? dont knwo much bout the max's audio i looked in the audios stickies i jsut need a straight foward for stupid people instructions lol

 

look.....get the interface adapter and just replace speakers in stock locations...no rewireing needed besides harness and interface...i have done this to 3 maxima with BOSE and havnt had any issues

 

well seeing as if you know what your doing and that seems easy ill do it that way so i need to buy a interface adapter which i can buy where? is that the wiring harness your talking about or soemthign different thanks btw yall saved me 250 buck for the .orgers

 

you can buy this blue Scosche adapter that Walmart sells in teh car audio section($15), it worked just fine for me.. I'll try to take some pics if i remember tomorrow. I run an alpine h.u. with everything else as stock bose

 

You need to get a PAC-ROEM-NIS2. Thats the part you need if you are changing the head unit and not the speakers. If you are chaning the speakers and not the head unit, then you need the PAC-AOEM-NIS2. If you change the head unit WITHOUT this adapter, you will most likely blow either the head unit or the speakers. Reason being because the bose have amplified lines.

 

headunit harness + PAC Bose adapter + antenna adapter.
install yourself = free

BTW, I have a brand new headunit for sale WITH harness, dash kit and antenna adapter, see sig.

 

lol, it takes an hour to install a radio with wires, and go to a dollar store a Cd holder to cover the hole. mannnnnnnn.

come to me i'll do it for 20$, u wont regrad it.

 

but i want to change the bose speakers to will that work the same and which adapter will i need and erm you live in chicago lol

 

you can just get this instead of the PAC adapter:
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...3A3947%3A96490

 

this really work? i have to get one for my girl's 99 bose eventually..

 

anyone have a wiring diagram of the 4th gen bose stereo with the amp and all and where is the amp havent looked for it my dad says eather in trunk or under seat i will look for it later and ka$h were do i put that behind the radio and just run the wires threw that im all new to this sorry being so stupid but once again thank you!!!! one other question how does the bose speaker sound witha aftermarket HU? i heard it sounds terrible

 

dont worry..ill take pics this afternoon, and post em real late tonite

it'll show my head unit's wires connected to teh adapter connected to whatever else...i forgot myslef, it'll be good for reference

 

If youre replacing both the speakers and head unit all you need to get is a din pocket and speaker wires. Its not that difficult. You don't need all this other crap like harnesses and adapters. While your at it get a solder kit so you can use it on this install and you probably want to upgrade later. I found audio to be a very addictive field.

Go to the audio forum to find out which colors are for acc switch, main power wire, and power antenna (if you use the radio you probably want to put a switch on it). Tap into those wires and call it day and don't forget to ground it (connect the black wire to the metal frame). Being that this is your first time put aside a good 3 hours to get it done right.

 

well ive wired many car radios i did it liek 4 times in my neon but i get all confused witht his system cause of amp and all but Ka$h is gonna send pics so hopefully ill get it done i mean im sure i could just get a adapter hook it up to my HU and run all new wiring to each speaker but i was seeing if there was somethign aroudn that i have no idea if im making sence i have a 101 temp and strep throat so im loosing it

 

Go to the audio/electronics forum and read the stickies from there. All the info is free, you don't need to pay $300 for it, just search thru the stickies.

 

the adapter should have a harness with it.....a line convertor will work too but u have to decide which color wires goto which speakers and use all the pre-amp out puts on ur headunit if it has more than one...most so....but wal-mart sells the interface...andif u were in buffalo i would do it for you

 

I didnt even use the adapter, I just cut the power wires to the amps, removed them, and connected the signal wires (amp input directly to amp output) and taped up the hot wire to the amps. I still have the stock bose speakes just with a panasonic head unit. all you need is the wiring harness adapter and antenna adapter. Max time for beginner 1hr.

 

I did it on my I30 with bose easy, just get the crutchfield part

 

so blue all i can do it get a wireng harness for HU and hook all that up but cut the power wires to the amp and im done sounds easy enough btw where the heck is this amp im look tomaro have day off but it would save time just to know

 

yeah you can just hook up the harness and it works, but its VERY LOUD, because each speaker has its own amp so you need to bypass the circuit around the amps and it works fine. Im sure you don't have to cut the power to the amps, but I just removed them because they sell on ebay and I could use the extra cash at the time. But the front speaker amps are in the door directly beside each speaker, and the back amps are mounted in the little black cup on the back side of the speaker. you can access them easily through the trunk. The part that takes the longest is taking your door panels on and off.

 

k thanks,

I am going to figure out what i want to do eather keep somethign stock or not if not i will jsut install the pioneer HU and just run seperate wires to each speaker and hook up HU with the normal harness i appreicate all your input

 

no prob, once you install the new head unit and bypass the amps, installing new speakers is as easy as conecting the old wires to the new speakers.

 

the amps are attached to each speaker....no need to bypass them if u use an adapter

 

as promised:



directions/labels...everything is on there, shoudl be self explanatory

 

Oh nice ka$h! That really helps one question i jsut thought of because i jsut learned that all the speakers amps are pretty much attached to the speaker.

Now if that is true cant i just plug in a normal wiring harness and just cut the speaker wire before the amp so the wires arent amplified and plug the wire into my new spekers? or will it not work that way ,because if i can ill do it like that if not ka$h's way looks the best btw i really appreciate everything ka$h that pic is gonna save my life

 

i was interested in getting a new hu and speakers cause 3 out of my four original speakers are messed up. and i heard that installation and all that stuff for my 95 is toughy and would cost some money. so are you sure i can just buy the new hu and speakers and hook em with just using the original wires?

 

Thats what im tring to figure out. I know one way is the way ka$h explained, but i was wondering if i could jsut take stock speakers and amp out and just hook those wires to my aftermarket speakers and i wont need amps since my aftermarket HU has a preamp

 

ok, i have done some work on two different Bose Systems

1. 2000 Maxima with Bose - The car had a Bose head unit, Bose speakers, ONE amplifier, and ONE sub..the speakers were not individually amplified like our 4th gen's are. anyway, I replaced all the speakers, cuz i was misled..of course, you can just replace the head unit. to get to the point, you can disconnect the wire harness that plugs into the speaker, cut off the little harness, and identify which is the positive wire and which is negative. when you put in your new speaker, all you do is take each respective wire and securely wrap it around the metal prong, and that will work. so, as far as my 2000 bose maxima goes, I did NOT have to replace the wiring in the car.

2. 1998 Maxima with Bose - After learning that you don't really need to replace the speakers on Bose to get an aftermarket head unit, I decided to try out the Scosche adapter, which will adjust for the Bose speaker specs. If you install it just the way I did, you will get it to work just fine. you wont even have to mess with any speakers, and you will get great sound.

open to more questions..

 

well im going to look at my setup today and see if i have any questions. I'm just going to go with your setup for now till i get some more $ for nice polk momo speakers. So, I will post back in a bit

 

ok, so you need the following

1. wiring harness (available at walmart, but mine carried a very outdated one that didnt work for some reason, so i had to get it from best buy)
2. antenna adapter (got it from best buy)
3. scosche adapter (available at walmart)
4. possibly a power wire (they say to use this for some head units, to run it straight to the battery from the head unit)

and u know ur tools - screw drivers, crimper, needle nose pliers, electrical tape/solder, etc

 

I am doign this tomaro i have a question on the picutre what is the pink wire with the black tracer connected to and with the adapter is there a good description and how to with it