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Originally Posted by SpeakersGoBoom
BTW, I really have no idea about the electrical system in the car. As Trans Am Chick and TPI Monte SS can attest to, the wire harness is laughable/sickening. its the clip, about 1 to 1 1/2 inches of wire, and then it just breaks off into EVERYTHING! Crimps, splicers, electrical tape (think i even saw some DUCT TAPE in there!) and some other things that I dont ever remember seeing before. It became pretty obvious that the harness was worked on when i found that control unit, and there may be even more that i dont know about...unless that control unit was stock, which i doubt, but i guess anythings possible. I dont want to get a new wire harness and redo the car, but i may have to...
Like i said, any ideas? thanks!
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Karl, even though your stereo harness is pretty bad, I have seen worse. From what I could tell, everything else in the car was fine, only the audio stuff had been hacked up.
I'll tell ya what I would do. Pull the interior out, and trace all the factory wires for the speakers, and remove them. Honestly, the factory wiring is not decent for a high-powered system like you want to build, so you should replace it with something better. Removing the stock stuff will save you time in the long run, and any future owners of your car will thank you for not leaving them a bastardized mess like you had to deal with.
Run new speaker wires into the dash and rear sides, and splice them into the headunit of your choice. Only use the factory harness for power, ground, memory, and power antenna. Run new cables for the amps with a dedicated feed off the battery (like a top-post style terminal) and a huge ground wire right into the trunk floor.
I think that'll solve your problems, but you may have to wait until you have time off from skool to do it.