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walterg

walterg

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ok im trying to put a radio in and its all bose wiring idk if i can just get the wiring harness for the year of my car then cut n splice the poitives tht are in a nother port because the rest are all grouinded. idk if you could help me .. i also have a problem wit the car itself it dosent like to stay runnin sum times n says low mass input ive replaced 4 mass airflow systems in a year i seem to have a gap between the motor n the throttle body i think it is n idk if its a rubber seal i just have to replace or not?!
 


thanks i still dont know bout bose radio n if i can put a aftermarket radio in with jus a plain wiring harness and splicing the positives because all the speakers r grounded already i guesss
 
but wouldnt tht mean wiring my entire system? some guy at advanced said it might work because there already grounded to the chassis?
 
Speakers don't have grounds, only positive and negative terminals. You need to wire ever speaker with a positive and negative terminal. There is no getting around that. Not even bose can do that.
 


true but i dont know wat tho cuz its already got its own amp so if i re wire i loose tht amp n then it wud jus be takin up space i know when i unplug the 4 speaker outlet from the bak of my stock radio they shut off so i know that they are the positives i jus dont got the moeny for the wiring n new speakers my buddy told me to try splicing them together positive to positive on the aftermarket radio n it should work but idk
 
walterg said:
negative is technically the ground
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You are right and you are wrong here. Why? Let me tell ya. Only your headunit might have actual ground wire that is hooked up to the car. Your speakers DO NOT have a ground wire that is hooked up to the chassis. Plain and simple. Big difference. When you say your speakers are grounded to the chassis, that is incorrect. YES obviously they are grounded via the speaker wire's negative ground wire, but they are NOT connected to the chassis in any way. The ground you speak of comes from the Headunit's ground.

All you need to do is get the appropriate adapter to fit your car. Some adapters have the addons for OnStar to keep your chimes and the use of OnStar still available. I have an 03 GTX with OnStar, but i never used it so I went with the adapter that did not have the OnStar addon, which usually runs $150 bucks. My adapter only ran me about $30 bucks and i simply spliced the wires between the adapter and the new HU's wiring and it worked perfectly.

I hope that clears some things up for ya.
 
You can get the cheap harness then just run a jumper wire from your remote turn on on the deck to the pink wire on the bose harness.
 
it has its own amplifier so wouldnt i loose tht option if i was to run a regular harness from advanced for the same year car? i know i loose all steering controls but does that mean i loose the stock amp to?
 


I've been led to believe connect the accessory 12V and connect that to the pink wire. Thats supposed to turn on the factory amp so you should be able to keep it.

Can't guarentee it though. I'm not sure if the signal going to the factory amp i supposed to be amplified or not.
 
matt5112 said:
I've been led to believe connect the accessory 12V and connect that to the pink wire. Thats supposed to turn on the factory amp so you should be able to keep it.

Can't guarentee it though. I'm not sure if the signal going to the factory amp i supposed to be amplified or not.
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OR you can just listen to me and be done with it.
 
lol ok ill try im just a little iffy bout it n dont got the money to replace **** as it is i need a cap because my system is to loud i did it thru the rear speakers n its loud jus wanted to put aftermarket radio in to tune it down n have clearer bass
 


matt5112 said:
Dude... i gave him the same advice just said differently. :th_thumb-down:

Hows this then, do it how 01GTP said. :p
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No you said to use an accessory 12v wire, then the amp would have power the whole time the key is on. Run it with the remote wire so it is just on when the cd player is on. That way if you are having issues with the charging system you can turn the deck off and the amp will quit pulling power too.
 
01GTP said:
No you said to use an accessory 12v wire, then the amp would have power the whole time the key is on. Run it with the remote wire so it is just on when the cd player is on. That way if you are having issues with the charging system you can turn the deck off and the amp will quit pulling power too.
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and its also the correct way + saves the amp from just sitting there on with nothing to do
 
Right, see the difference now.

I'll just leave it at, you're still f*cked if your charging system fails. Still use the remote.
 
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