they arent that expensive and sound great.
door speakers?
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Instructor
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door speakers?
i just got the soundgate adapter, and I am still not too impressed, the lack of noticable highs bugs me. I think Im going to get new speakers. If I do buy new speakers, do i have to rewire the doors? can i just use a regular wiring harness? I know there is a stock amp, but I tried wiring it up without the adapter and it didnt even sound like it was doing anything. anyone got any info
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From: DP(oh you know where) IL
St. Jude Donor '06
Originally Posted by Prism911
One good reason to run new wire is so you can leave the stock wire as-is and thus easily revert everything back to stock if/when you decide to move to a different car.
good point, this way you wont have to buy everything back to go back to stock. This is why i like the plug n play stuff, with little to no splicing needed. It costs a few bucks more, but this way its real easy to revert back to stock.
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Drifting
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Originally Posted by CorvetteUSCG
i just got the soundgate adapter, and I am still not too impressed, the lack of noticable highs bugs me.
i JUST bought the gmcrv1, and was going to put it in this saturday. I was reading over the soundgate instructions, did you have to move the black wire like shown in step 3 under the "Note:" section ?
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yes i did, still nothing. i am going to try to return it to soundgate, they probably wont take it. i thought that it would sound a lot better, but it still sounds like poo even with the front speakers, they sound weak
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Originally Posted by CorvetteUSCG
yes i did, still nothing. i am going to try to return it to soundgate, they probably wont take it. i thought that it would sound a lot better, but it still sounds like poo even with the front speakers, they sound weak
Now the part that really pisses me off. I returned the PAC os-1 to get the soundgate! Another reason I returned it was the os-1 had the onstar stuff. Is the only PAC part I need is the OEM-1 ?
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One other thing. did you get the GM Chimes piece? some people have told me that I need the chimes adapter, and some said no.. do you still have chimes without it?
So, without the orange ilum wire, what happens? The HU lights do not dim when you turn the head lights on ?
So, without the orange ilum wire, what happens? The HU lights do not dim when you turn the head lights on ?
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The stock system does not have a dedicated "tweeter" and without cranking the treble up on the HU your highs really suffer. I have no firsthand experience with the adaptors so I hope you get some sound improvement.
As for as component sets in the rear I personally would not recommend tweeters in the rear ad their sound is so directional you will pull a lot of your front stage image to the rear and most likely keep that weird "sweet spot" just over the right shoulder like the stock system has. But to each their own
Fej
As for as component sets in the rear I personally would not recommend tweeters in the rear ad their sound is so directional you will pull a lot of your front stage image to the rear and most likely keep that weird "sweet spot" just over the right shoulder like the stock system has. But to each their own
Fej
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Originally Posted by CorvetteUSCG
before i order anything, is it alright if i get infinty kappa's 2 way in the front and another 2 way component in the rear?
I am correct with buying 3 1/2" and 6 1/2" right?
I am correct with buying 3 1/2" and 6 1/2" right?