Finally doing a "System" in the car
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From: Fort Lauderdale, FL
Finally doing a "System" in the car Well after the kenwood hu i installed (used from my brother) finally took a dump i'm looking at putting in a kenwood KIV-BT901 i got for a great deal. My question is it better to just rewire my entire car? I've replaced almost all but the hatch speakers with 4 way kenwoods already. And what am i looking at as far as installing new cable etc.?
Im almost done with mine I have a pioneer 8400 double dine touch screen with 2 hifonics amps 1500.1 D mono and 600.4 both are the ZRX series.... I reran new 12ga speaker wire I just did the front doors and sail panels with rockford fosgate power series and than 3 10 diamond audio subs dual voice 2 ohm 
OK, right off the bat, your car "should" be a monsoon system car, if that is the case then just throwing 4-way speakers into every location is the BIGGEST MISTAKE you could possibly make. those speakers are most likely simple 4-ohm speakers where your car is designed for something COMPLETELY different, the sail panels speaker should be 4 ohm dual voice coil subwoofers or midranges (NOT 4-ways), because for one those locations only recieve a low range frequency to start with, so 4-ways are a TOTAL waste in that location (and if you rewire them to be full range speakers you will HATE yourself, because it will pull the sounstage so it sounds like everything is coming from the sail panel right behind you and will be extremely hard to balance out).
as for rewiring a factory monsoon car, unless you plan to eliminate the factory amp and go to an aftermarket one then it is really a pain in the *** and (unless wires are damaged) is a waste of time, only rewire if bypassing the factory monsoon amp.
as for rewiring a factory monsoon car, unless you plan to eliminate the factory amp and go to an aftermarket one then it is really a pain in the *** and (unless wires are damaged) is a waste of time, only rewire if bypassing the factory monsoon amp.
I Just cut the plug off the amp and wired everything together its only aPITA because theirs very few wiring diagrams for the amp to speakers since their all different color wires lol id be happy to take a picture to show the groupings if anyone need them since im working in the back atm
its only aPITA because theirs very few wiring diagrams for the amp to speakers since their all different color wires lol id be happy to take a picture to show the groupings if anyone need them since im working in the back atm 
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From: Jacksonville, FL (originally from Toronto Canada)
I Just cut the plug off the amp and wired everything together its only aPITA because theirs very few wiring diagrams for the amp to speakers since their all different color wires lol id be happy to take a picture to show the groupings if anyone need them since im working in the back atm
its only aPITA because theirs very few wiring diagrams for the amp to speakers since their all different color wires lol id be happy to take a picture to show the groupings if anyone need them since im working in the back atmTrending Topics
I just installed the kee audio level 2 package in my formula. With those CDT subs in the sails it sounds amazing! I was really not expecting that much bass from them, I can even notice the really low bass you usually never know is there without some big subs. It really makes every song sound completly differant. Now I need to throw in some sound deadener, all that plastic back there is vibrating like crazy now.
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I have the stock hu and replaced every speaker in my car ( the right way ) because they were blown, will a after market double din hu improve sound and quality quit a bit over the stock monsoon hu?
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From: Jacksonville, FL (originally from Toronto Canada)
Definitely. The factory head unit starts feeding significant distortion to the amp at less than half volume. Any decent aftermarket HU will improve sound quality, allow you to use more volume, and help your speakers last longer (distortion kills speakers).