I just cut off the RCA plugs and took a single speaker wire from the car and plugged it into the amp. The amp is 2 channel, but since the sub is mono I just used one "channel" for input which splits into two. Not sure if this is correct or anything but seems to give me good results and it was...
Pink is the power cable, for ground I just loosened a bolt attached to the chassis and attached a wire. For the audio I took from two of the four wires going into the stock sub. So basically power and ground then two speaker wires go into the amp, from the amp there are four speaker wires for...
Taking out the tub cover was pretty easy, just pop up the plastic screw things holding it down.
On the left side there is a group of connectors; I tapped into the far left pink wire.
I'm not entirely sure this is correct, but it turns on/off with the car and provides ~13V.
I'm in the Raleigh area and wondering what kinds of places I can do some off-roading? I've never off-roaded before so it would need to be pretty easy. Any groups in the area that are beginner friendly?
I upgraded to sub only with the NXV sub posted earlier. It's an upgrade to my ears BUT since I already have the trim out I think I'll likely install an amp too. My biggest issue is that turning up the bass tends to create distortion in the other speakers. If I can boost the bass using the bass...
How are you guys getting the really big u-clips removed? All the small ones just pop out but the larger one aren't moving. Not sure if I'm doing something wrong or just not using enough force.
I know it's been asked but I want to clarify one point... Has anyone tried to replace JUST the OEM sub with a 4-ohm dual voice sub and keep the original OEM amplifier?
OP said he tried to use the 3rd party amp with the oem sub but I'm not sure if he tried it the other way around too. Even if...