x_newfie_x

Ok, I am new at this and have a couple of questions. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Car is a 2002 Z06.

1. Can I just tap into the cigerette lighter for power and ground?

2. Fuse 22. i have read this to be an option. If I were to go here, how do I tie in to the empty fuse bay? What do I use to fasten the acc wire to the fuse bay? I tried connector ends, however they seem to lose.

3. Would there be any problems if I run the acc wire straight to the battery post?


I tied into the beige wire on the HVAC unit for the illum feed.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

0Double D Mods

what are you using for harness?
a gm harness
or keeping factory speakers and using a harness sucj as an roem-vet1(recommended) or the metra xsv1-2004?

here is some more info for you to see how things are wired
http://www.doubledmods.com/Installation.php

x_newfie_x

I am not using any harness's. Alpine HU, pdx 5 amp, 6.5 type r componets, and 5.25 in the rears.

I picked up a fuse majigger from canadian tire (10 amp). Plugges it in to fuse 22 spot, and using that for the power to the deck. I tapped into a ground from one of the harness's from the stock hu. I also used splitters for the rca's and a single set running from the sub rca spot.

Going to hook up the amp after super and test it with the speakers. If all goes well, i can start putting everything back together and mount the amp.

One question though. The illum wire from the head unit. I hooked it up to the beige wire from the HVAC unit. It seemed to work opposite for me. When I dimmed the dash lights the function buttons on the hu got brighter, so i just disconnted the illum wire. Where are you supposet o hook the illum wire up too? Not a big deal I guess, I dont use the dimmer anyway.

stymie222

Would like to only replace the 4 speakers, in my 2005 C6.
About how many watts does the original factory radio, put out ?
Looking at 4 Focal 165's which have 90db sensitivity @ 1Watt. Could that unit work, until I save the money for a new head unit, amplifier and sub ?

Thanks

TorchRedFred

It's not going to work if you plan on keeping the factory amp. The factory amp has crossovers built in that are specific to the stock system. Your only options, if you want to change speakers and keep the factory amp, is you could replace the rear 5.25" speakers and the door 3.5" speakers with some aftermarket 4ohm speakers. If you want to put some 6.5" component speakers in the doors, you are going to need to replace the amp with an aftermarket amp and also most likely need to add a subwoofer if you want it to sound good.