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Old Jan 2, 2011 | 11:22 AM
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I picked up a set of 6x9 component polks with the little box that separates the signal between the woofer and tweeter. For the life of me I can't get those 4 factory wires on the right terminals pn the little box. Any suggestions?
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Old Jan 2, 2011 | 11:23 AM
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You may want to PM Nick (NachoSS).

He's pretty much the stereo guru.
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Old Jan 2, 2011 | 11:44 AM
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I'll shoot him a text, forgot he was good for something
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Old Jan 2, 2011 | 12:27 PM
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So basically what I'm trying to figure out is which wires need to go into the polk crossovers from the factory amp.
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Old Jan 2, 2011 | 12:48 PM
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are these replacing the rear or front speakers or are you adding more?
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Old Jan 2, 2011 | 01:31 PM
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Replacing the rear
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Old Jan 2, 2011 | 04:05 PM
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Ok, I've been playing with it and here's what I've got:

There are 4 wires coming out of the amp going to the speaker assembly on each side. 2 power the bass and 2 run mids and highs. I can hook up either set of wires and it runs fine but if I put both sets on there it gets extremely distorted and pops and cracks. Any idea how I can make these two signals mix properly?
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Old Jan 2, 2011 | 08:43 PM
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when i replaced my stock speakers, all i did was pick one set of the wires, and place those as the in for the component box ... but it was really lacking bass and volume ... so i did the headunit and they woke right back up ...

which reminds me, i could probably take the fuse for the stock bose amp out ...
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