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Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2004 6:01 pm 
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i bought a set of kenwood 6x9s off a mate, and i was wondering should i upgrade my standard wiring or just stick with what i have got.
plus if i do upgrade the wiring where the feck does it run, i have tracerd it to running under the back seat but from there i cant find it :oops:

 

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Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2004 8:22 pm 
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if it works leave it... shouldnt be any problem with ur wiring just double check ur connections... not alot can go wrong there m8
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Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2004 9:08 pm 
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if your powering the new speakers off the built in amplifier on teh head unit, then i personally wouldn't bother upgrading the wiring - proviuded that there is nothing wrong with what is currently there.
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Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2004 10:14 pm 
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yeah dont bother upgrading it it will be fine, not worth the effort of doing it!!!
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Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2004 10:59 pm 
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if you're gnna run new wire, you dont have to follow the factory routing of the wires, you can run them pretty much however you want

personally though, i wouldnt bother

 

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Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2004 10:37 am 
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u usually only replace the wire if you are running it from an amp

 

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Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2004 6:56 pm 
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yeah i definately couldnt be bothered trying to follow the factory wiring track, but my mate is giving me, some spare wires that came with his new speakers, so i will most likely put them in, because in the futre it will save me the hassle.

 

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Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2004 7:08 pm 
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until you get an amp, then itll be a waste and youll want to rip the wire out so that you can wire the speakers to the amp. I probably should replace mine, as the wire was cut, then joined, not using solder and had bare wire touching, os i got bad static. after rewrapping it in tape and having them not touching its fine but. In short, dont bother :o

Though chances are, if youve got 6 * 9's, you wont be getting a sub, and therefore maybe not an amp. i dunno, its all up to you i suppose!

 

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Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2004 8:27 pm 
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Yeah i had a look at the connectors on the speakers and the pins are different to the stock wires, so i need new pins on the ends of the stock wires. so i'll put in the new wires, and keep the stock ones. but it will be a quick change over if i want a sub or amp in the future.

 

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Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 8:11 pm 
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if you have a pet dog then he might be able to notice the difference in wiring
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Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 10:15 am 
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dude it will take sweet F/A time and is well worth it. take ya side kick panels off and run one down each side or down the same. if you intend on doing future upgrades use good cable and leave spare so if you ever intend on upgrading its already there.
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Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 10:29 am 
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TwinturboBMX wrote:
Yeah i had a look at the connectors on the speakers and the pins are different to the stock wires, so i need new pins on the ends of the stock wires. so i'll put in the new wires, and keep the stock ones. but it will be a quick change over if i want a sub or amp in the future.

you can always just change the pins or crimp them so they'll fit, honestly unless your running a new amp for the speakers it no real point, only reason for better wiring is if your running high voltage and need the thicker wire to handle the load, plus if you add an amp for your speakers you're gonna run the wire from the amp and not ure headunit

 

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Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 11:00 am 
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TwinturboBMX wrote:
Yeah i had a look at the connectors on the speakers and the pins are different to the stock wires, so i need new pins on the ends of the stock wires. so i'll put in the new wires, and keep the stock ones. but it will be a quick change over if i want a sub or amp in the future.


WTF. dude its a piece of piss to solder new wire straight onto theterminal, it is also a better onnection thus no possibilities of connection problem
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