Damn, addictive bass!!!

Ok kids, I got this question for you, I installed subs in my friends car today, and when I heard them kick, I missed the subs I used to have, since I got my new car, I haven't even thought of putting a system in... BUt now I want one.. I got the Bose system right now... am I gonna have to rewire the entire car's speakerto bypass the external amps?? or is there an easier way? thanks in advance is anyone answers

I'll tell you what I did when adding a self-powered bass tube to my 4th Gen's Bose System.

There are wires that go between the amps that hook directly to the rear speakers. You can either splice wires in there or cut the spade connectors (female) off that attach to the speakers and crimp new spade connectors on with an extra wire that you will run to the high level inputs of your aftermarket amplifier. I've had my system like this since the beginning of Spring and it works just fine. Not the most elegant solution, but it works. And you can always revert your car back to stock by cutting the wires coming off the back of the speakers. The addition of an amp to this line doesn't appear to affect the rear speakers at all and is far easier than trying to find the signal wires and converting it to a low level signal for your RCA inputs.

If you insist on low level inputs, you can simply buy line converters and run the high levels from the rear speakers to the converters.

Anyway, a small diagram of the setup.
Ignore the dots, they are placeholders.

Input leads from Bose
......................__________________
______Bose__|__+...........................|
______AMP___ __ -Speaker.............|
.......................|.......................... ......|
.......................|________ -Sub Amp+
..........................................||
...........................................====Sub s

If your gonna do it, do it up right... just ditch Bose altogether and go aftermarket...

Originally posted by JSClark98SE
If your gonna do it, do it up right... just ditch Bose altogether and go aftermarket...



yeah, that was my question do i gotaa re run all new wires from my new head unit to all the speakers to completely bypass the bose

Originally posted by Swonder67




yeah, that was my question do i gotaa re run all new wires from my new head unit to all the speakers to completely bypass the bose

Holy crap! Was my post freaking invisible? I gave you the answer you needed that will more than satisfy your needs and cost a lot less than ditching the systems and far less a pain in the ass trying to find the wires coming out of the head unit. Read my post again and you have the SIMPLEST answer that is easiest and cheapest to implement.

Originally posted by MaxPayne


Holy crap! Was my post freaking invisible?

What post???

haha, j/k

Well, yeah, it would allow me to have subs, but I was planning on redoing the whole system, new head unit, new speakers, as well as subs, and I'm still in that phase where my car is still pretty new, and I don't want to anything the cheapest way, know what I mean???

Yeah, I found that the Bose is pretty damn loud as it is, but really only needs help with the Bass. My little 8-in self-powered sub adds the perfect balance to the Bose. Not overpowering bass that you can hear from 1/4 mile away, but adds in thet otherwise unheard Bass notes in the really low range and boosts the other low frequencies easing the strain on the Bose system. If you want an all loud freaking blow your eardrums out loud system, scrap the Bose and build your own system from scratch. But if you just want some supplimental bass, use the method I described earlier. You can always add a more powerful amp and bigger subs if it doesn't satisfy you.