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Old Jan 15, 2014 | 03:19 PM
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Im electronic ignorant so please bare with me here. Most aftermarket speakers i have seen have two connections for wires. When i took the speakers out of my 01 WS6 it had an odd connector with four inputs. Can I find aftermarket speakers with this hook up or do i have to cut and splice them together?? Another question.. Where do you guys get the illuminated Trans Am radio bezel??? Any good sites that have speakers specifically for our cars?
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Old Jan 15, 2014 | 04:08 PM
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The stickies here are your friend - particularly in this case. You'll want to read up on those before going any further.

That sail panel speaker is a little uncommon. It has dual coils inside, so the connector services two sets of connections to the speaker. This thread and post #24 will tell you more than you ever wanted to know about that connector: https://ls1tech.com/forums/stereo-el...ll-w-pics.html

You will soon gather that you have limited options for a plug-n-play replacement, which is true. If you want to keep the connector, the path of least resistance is to de-solder it from your old speakers and attach it to the new. (You don't really need it - they are just there for ease of assembling the car in the factory.)

Our site sponsors offer a number of options to replace the speakers and I trust that you will find that they are, by far, your best option here. (Those speakers are a common Achilles heel of the system and the stock speakers blow faster than <insert your favorite hooker analogy here>.)
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humount makes the trans am bezel. and to hook up my speakers i just used female connecters from autozone.
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Old Jan 16, 2014 | 05:39 AM
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Awesome!! Thanks for the info guys
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