91 Bose Gold Rear Amp replacement. Difficult?
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91 Bose Gold Rear Amp replacement. Difficult?
The amp on my passenger side rear speaker is dying....I know I can buy a replacement amp card from Ecklers and several other vendors.
Has anyone done this and is it very involved removing the amp/speaker assembly?
I am completely comfortable ripping my computer up or building one from scratch, but when it comes to my Vette I am a quivering school girl.
I know that The General occasionally seems to insert parts that will undoubtedly go bad and need replacement and then build the entire car around it. i.e. those 50 cent garbage plastic door ajar sensors :smash: (I have seen better quality parts on a Yugo.....it took GM 3 trys to send me one that was not broken in the box...then they finally sent me one that fell apart once it was in the door) :mad
Has anyone done this and is it very involved removing the amp/speaker assembly?
I am completely comfortable ripping my computer up or building one from scratch, but when it comes to my Vette I am a quivering school girl.
I know that The General occasionally seems to insert parts that will undoubtedly go bad and need replacement and then build the entire car around it. i.e. those 50 cent garbage plastic door ajar sensors :smash: (I have seen better quality parts on a Yugo.....it took GM 3 trys to send me one that was not broken in the box...then they finally sent me one that fell apart once it was in the door) :mad
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Re: 91 Bose Gold Rear Amp replacement. Difficult? (Bodhi)
https://www.corvetteforum.com/techti...D=58&TopicID=2
Bose sucks. The above link is to fix amps. It is a 2 minute plug the new amp into the space job. I would only replace bose if I was going to show the car off at a show as stock. Otherwise, save the cash and buy an aftermarket setup. $500 and you will trash any C4 Bose system.
Bose sucks. The above link is to fix amps. It is a 2 minute plug the new amp into the space job. I would only replace bose if I was going to show the car off at a show as stock. Otherwise, save the cash and buy an aftermarket setup. $500 and you will trash any C4 Bose system.
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From: Perry Hall MD
Re: 91 Bose Gold Rear Amp replacement. Difficult? (Bodhi)
I am having my amps rebuilt as I type. I found a local electronics repair shop and they are redoing the amps on all 4 speakers for $25 per amp plus parts. The need find 1 transistor that had cracked and another that exploded. It is an easy job to replace. Pull the speakers and take out the amps.
Also the guy working on mine said that you should replace in pairs. Not sure if by side or front to rear. He also has worked on other Corvette's
[Modified by dakotaqc, 2:14 AM 8/28/2002]
Also the guy working on mine said that you should replace in pairs. Not sure if by side or front to rear. He also has worked on other Corvette's
[Modified by dakotaqc, 2:14 AM 8/28/2002]
