vaso works, not in the sense of conductive like metal, i meant that it helps prevent rust but lets current still flow unlike grease.
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vaso works, not in the sense of conductive like metal, i meant that it helps prevent rust but lets current still flow unlike grease.
Thought I might as well post my solution if anyone else installs their own amp...
I ended up connecting the Amp's Remote-In wire to the back of the 12v Accessory plug in the center console.
1. Lift out the rubber base in the center console
2. Unscrew the screw holding in the Accessory plug assembly.
3. Lift out the Accessory plug and detach the black electrical plug
4. Solder one end of the Remote-In wire to a small O-ring connector and put some heatshrink around the exposed metal (because the plugs' positive connector is pretty close to the negative connector).
5. Unscrew the two screws holding the large rear cover of the center console (where the ash tray goes into), gently pull off the rear cover.
6. Unscrew the small screw on the Accessory plug's positive terminal and put the Remote-In O-ring connector over the screw hole, screw the screw back in. Then roughly route the Remote-In wire under the Console and re-attach the black accessory connector and screw the accessory module back in the center console
7. Route the Remote-In wire under the center console and through the rear (you can squeeze your hand under the console through the rear to grab the Remote-In wire), then cable-tie the Remote-In wire to that existing black wire already under there, so it doesnt interfere with the handbrake mechanizm.
8. With the Remote-In wire coming out of the rear of the console, route it under the carpet (this is tricky!) and through under the rear seats and into the boot. You may want to electrical-tape down the wire.
9. Re-assemble the center console.
Sit back and admire your professional work :p
you have to be pretty careful with that setting
do you know if your amp can receive high voltage currents from the stock head units? if it cant, you might risking blowing ur amp.
another thing is, you might risking damaging ur stock speaker.
Na its all good. Ive been running the amp for a week now with no probs and i'm sure the Italian Audison amp takes any 12v Remote-In source - i just takes what power it needs.
Yeah the stock Euro rear 6x9 speakers are not the best, but supprisingly they actually sound 'ok' running off the Amp and provide decent volume without distortion (not very good sound clarity though). Im using the Amp's high pass filter so they are only getting mid+high frequencies. They have terrible bass, but thats where my Sub comes in ;) eventually gonna get some decent 6x9's anyway.
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If you already have a nice setup, why dont u change the front speaker as well? it will sound awesome :)
for those who changes the front speaker, do you still put the tweeters at the stock location or do you guys change it? I put the tweeters at the stock location, so the staging is not really that good. any inputs?
Eurodude, sorry to hijack ur thread a bit with my question :)
Are the tweeters ontop of the dash in the corners? Or are they next to the front door speakers?
I'm not fussed about the fronts and always fade to the rear. i prefer the sound coming from further away so I can hear the traffic better.
i put the tweeters in that small place at the corners of the dash, where stock tweeters are located. Sound wise, they are beautiful, but staging wise, its not that good.