Now here's an idea!

[speediva]

to all you H8ters!

I did it! (no pics, though )

I went in, made the plastic board holes big enough, put the stock grilles back on with some friggin brilliant ingenuity, and bypassed the rear amp!!! Doesn't even hardly look bad!

Here's what I did: I did the whole take out rear bench routine. Got in and replaced the rear speakers from the top, then I took my handy dandy carpet cutter back out and made slits just large enough that I now can unscrew and lift the speakers right out. Then came the fun part. I went and used a nail to tap a hole all the way through the existing screwholes in the speaker grilles so that the hole came out the top. I bought 6x1" screws and just screwed them down in from the top into the plastic board.

Bypassing the rear amp was the major b!tch of the thing. I finally found the bugger hiding behind the scissor jack (which is something the diagrams DON'T tell you). I also got rid of the antenna that was so nicely broken by the peachy rabid deer I hit back in January or so. So now I have a gaping hole in my trunk area, but oh well. Continuing on... I went in and cut the wire harness off the amp, and then I had to go and find out which wires ran to which speakers. It took me a while to realize that the wires that had previously run from the amp to the speakers were now neutral and didn't make a difference. Anyway, so I finally got the wires hooked up to the proper speaker. They work beautifully. Just too bad that my rear seat isn't back in yet b/c I'm cleaning it for the car show.


I RULE!!!!!