new 4x6's

[jmoney]

hey i just bought sum new 4x6s for my front door and before i install them i wanted to know how do you install them, like the wiring do i need a special kit, or its a simple factory replacement?

[Metallman56]

factory replacement. you need nothing but a screw driver to get the door panel off, and well, i forget what kind of srews hold in the speakers to the housing. but the housing itself just pops out.

edit: what kind of 4x6s did you get?

[jmoney]

so i need no special wiring harness or nothing just attach these wires that came with it and im set to go >?

[jmoney]

Pioneer TS-G4641R

[Metallman56]

yeah, just cut and splice them together with the stock wires and boom your done. oh also i'm not sure which one is + and which is - . here is a way to tell. when you take the stock speakers out, get a battery, any will do (aa, aaa, c or d cell). then strip the wires from the stock speakers. put one wire to the + on the battery, and one to the - on the battery. the cone will either move up or down. remeber which way it moved. then take the wires going to the new speaker, red and black, and put red to the + and - to the black wire. then see which way that cone moves. if they both move the same way, then your speakers will be in phase when you hook them up the same way you did to the battery. if one goes up and one goes down, then swtich the wires.

if you dont know what i'm talking about let me know. i'll find you a link.

[jmoney]

yea that like confused the hell outta me lol, the wires that came with the speakers are solid grey, grey with black stripe and solid white and white with a black stripe. wouldnt they just match up with the wires itself?

[Metallman56]

the there are 2 terminals on the new speaker. the wire that has the bigger connecter on it, is the + the smaller one is -. i'll try to find you a link about phase.

[Metallman56]

heres a link.

http://www.carstereo.com/help/Articles.cfm?id=67

if you hook your speaker up wrong, ie put neg to pos and pos to neg, your speakers will not be in phase. what happens is your speaker in pushing out, rather then in with the rest of the speakers. this is a way to avoid that.

[jmoney]

awesome thanx bro i appreciate it, cant wait to get home from work and get these bad boys installed, thanx again

[Metallman56]

you know what i mean though right? its the wires that are in the car that i dont know which one is + and which is -

[jmoney]

yea i know wut u mean i was just over at the other grand am forums and reading up about the same subject, thanx bro

[Metallman56]

:cheers: good luck