I'm in the middle of gutting my car, and when I pulled the rear passenger side plastic out, there's what looks like a small PCM. Its right under the rear speaker. What the heck is it? Also, can I remove the sound deadening around it, or does that "insulate" it from vibrations?

 

Hmm, I didn't see one in my car.

 

Yeah, I don't have one.. Maybe it's part of your alarm system, or an old one?

 

Weird. My boyfriend had no clue what it was either. I'm worried about chopping it out and ******* something up. It looks stock. I'll get back outside and take a picture in a couple minutes.

 

Amplifier for the stereo system? That's where the amp is on my 98 Firebird.

 

Well LS1tech seems to hate me today, and won't let me upload anymore pictures for some reason. It says "Delco Electronics" across the back of it, if that helps?

 

Model # 16206822
Serial # 3034647

 

Delco would be a stock stereo amplifier.

 

Oh, damn, guess I cant remove it then.

 

May we assume you have the Delco BOSE sound system? I think each speaker in these radio setups have their own amp... not on the Monsoon, just on the BOSE setups. The factory radio has the Bose logo on the faceplate.

 

I pulled this out of my car over the summer when I installed a CD player from an '02 trans am in my car.

for whatever reason, none of the speakers would work with that box plugged in. the second I un plugged it, they all started working again.

I dont think it's actually an amplifier because it doesn't have the correct wiring to actually "amplify" anything. I think it's more or less a noise filter of some sort.

 

That should be the amp that drives the subs in the sail panels (next to each rear seat). GM designed in our cars 95 and below (without the monsoon or bose) with the 10 speaker premium system to use these as subs for bass - LOL. The computer you refer to is simply the amp to drive these 2 speakers. If you have an aftermarket amp or hu they can drive them and you don't need this.

 

x2 ^ .................

 

and where do i meet girls that like to work on cars as much as i do mines always bitching at me " all your care about is your damn car and beer" ......i always invite her to help me no such luck

 

That is the main reason I am single

 

im soon to be. Its getting so bad i go to do ****(which im in the middle of a biiggg winter build/turning my car in to a strip car basically) and i cant even get anything done my phone starts blowing up blah blah blah getting old.

 

anyways ladydriven just rip that thing out its all usless

 

The car had NO stereo in it what so ever when I bought it. I put an aftermarket headunit in, and speakers. If it's not going to kill anything, I'll just chop the little bugger out!

Haha yeah, my boyfriend always jokes around and says he loves having a car chick for a girlfriend, because its like dating a guy with ****. I'm not sure if that's a compliment or not! lol

And hey! What's wrong with beer?! I love beer! Invite me next time! haha

 

lol your only 1000 plus miles away from Kansas city

 

Aww shucks