Speaker trouble..
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Speaker trouble.. Disclaimer: I am a newb at stereo speaker install. Unless its plug and play I'm pretty much worthless. 
I went to crutchfield and plugged in my car info, they told me that these two speakers would fit my car. I get them today and I cant find that either pair will work in the rear seat location with the connections that they gave me in the box.
My rear seat factory connection has 4 wires that go into a black plug, the black plug does not fit with the adapter that they gave me to go to the infinity or RF's. Its much too small. Do you think they sent the wrong adapter?
Here are the speakers I bought. Got 'em cause they are cheap and I simply want to replace a few blown speakers, no extras amps, HU's etc.
575P163C Rockford Fosgate P163C 6-3/4" 3-way Speakers
1086012SI Infinity Reference 6012si 6-1/2"/6-3/4" Shallow 2-
Any advice?
As I'm searching the crutchfield site is says, "Installation Details for your 2002 Firebird
» Use the factory speaker grilles.
» A wiring harness is not available. Cut off the factory connectors and splice the vehicle's speaker wires to your new speaker wires. "
So I guess the adapters wont work, how the heck do I wire these? Like I said the factory plugs has four wires to it and the new speakers only have two connections.
I went to crutchfield and plugged in my car info, they told me that these two speakers would fit my car. I get them today and I cant find that either pair will work in the rear seat location with the connections that they gave me in the box.
My rear seat factory connection has 4 wires that go into a black plug, the black plug does not fit with the adapter that they gave me to go to the infinity or RF's. Its much too small. Do you think they sent the wrong adapter?
Here are the speakers I bought. Got 'em cause they are cheap and I simply want to replace a few blown speakers, no extras amps, HU's etc.
575P163C Rockford Fosgate P163C 6-3/4" 3-way Speakers
1086012SI Infinity Reference 6012si 6-1/2"/6-3/4" Shallow 2-
Any advice?
As I'm searching the crutchfield site is says, "Installation Details for your 2002 Firebird
» Use the factory speaker grilles.
» A wiring harness is not available. Cut off the factory connectors and splice the vehicle's speaker wires to your new speaker wires. "
So I guess the adapters wont work, how the heck do I wire these? Like I said the factory plugs has four wires to it and the new speakers only have two connections.
Last edited by LastHawk; Oct 5, 2006 at 05:08 PM.
go to best buy and look for the gm adapter cables thats what i got they plug right in and saves you having to cut wires i got a pack of two for 11.99 so its like 20 some bucks for both front and rear.
You really should have read the stickies before buying any of that. You are going to have issues.
Let me see if I can help you out!!
First off the sail panel speakers are bass frequencies only so a 3-way speaker is useless in that location as far as any mids or highs. The 2 sets of wires are for the factory sub in that location. both are 4ohms when bridged to the stock speaker makes it 2ohms. You could splice it into the hatch speakers to get full range sound for that location.
The 6012si is a shallow mount coaxial and you have components in your doors...not coaxials. The difference is that you have a seperate tweeter and seperate woofer. The 6012si is a coaxial which combines the 2 in one speaker. You can do this but your going to have to splice into the wire running up the middle of the magnet to hook to your factory tweeter wires to make this work. I've had the 6012i in my doors before running off my aftermarket radio...they don't sound that great. Bass response is poor and the highs are a bit harsh. But if that's what you have...splice into the wires and go for it.
If it were me I'd get my money back and get the right speakers for the right locations. The adapters they sent you sound like they were wrong as well.
I have seen several things that Crutchfield says work in a specific car and it doesn't. If you want some more help I will try to do what I can...just PM me!!
Let me see if I can help you out!!
First off the sail panel speakers are bass frequencies only so a 3-way speaker is useless in that location as far as any mids or highs. The 2 sets of wires are for the factory sub in that location. both are 4ohms when bridged to the stock speaker makes it 2ohms. You could splice it into the hatch speakers to get full range sound for that location.
The 6012si is a shallow mount coaxial and you have components in your doors...not coaxials. The difference is that you have a seperate tweeter and seperate woofer. The 6012si is a coaxial which combines the 2 in one speaker. You can do this but your going to have to splice into the wire running up the middle of the magnet to hook to your factory tweeter wires to make this work. I've had the 6012i in my doors before running off my aftermarket radio...they don't sound that great. Bass response is poor and the highs are a bit harsh. But if that's what you have...splice into the wires and go for it.
If it were me I'd get my money back and get the right speakers for the right locations. The adapters they sent you sound like they were wrong as well.
I have seen several things that Crutchfield says work in a specific car and it doesn't. If you want some more help I will try to do what I can...just PM me!!
