Help with installing door speakers
09-08-2014, 06:45 PM
#1
Help with installing door speakers
I know there might be somewhere with the information but wasn't able to find it. I need help identifing which wire is positive and negative on our door speakers, and help would be greatly appreciated thanks
The picture shows the wires in the back door, the front one had two white wires with one of them having a black line.
The picture shows the wires in the back door, the front one had two white wires with one of them having a black line.
Last edited by Chino86; 09-08-2014 at 06:49 PM.
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09-09-2014, 07:56 PM
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I actually tested mine with a 1.5V battery. Hold one test wire on the + and one test wire on the - of the battery. Touch the 2 wires to the speaker terminals. If the speaker cone jumps out away from the magnet on the speaker then the wire coming from the + of the battery is connected to the + of the speaker terminal. If it jumps in toward the speaker magnet the + on the battery is going to the - of the speaker.
I have heard those premade aftermarket speaker connectors are not always wired correctly sometimes having the polarity reversed. Your speakers will sound like crap if this happens. The battery test never fails.
P.S. I don't know how you would test tweeters if there is no real cone movement.
I have heard those premade aftermarket speaker connectors are not always wired correctly sometimes having the polarity reversed. Your speakers will sound like crap if this happens. The battery test never fails.
P.S. I don't know how you would test tweeters if there is no real cone movement.
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09-10-2014, 02:29 PM
#6
Thanks for the input guys, gonna have to try it again when I get back home from work because the speakers don't sound as good as I thought they would. I wasn't expecting a dramatic change but was expecting for it to sound better over stock. And I'm pretty sure the stock speakers had a little more thump than the ones I put in. But I guess that's what I get for doing things in a hurry 
09-10-2014, 02:36 PM
#7
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I experienced this with my last truck (04 Ford F150 Lariat). It absolutely does matter which wires get connected to the cooresponding wire. Some will argue it doesn't matter, but it does. If the polarity isn't right you won't get good sound. That being said, you shouldn't expect to big a difference in sound quality if your stock speakers are working properly and you just changed them out because.... If you're using the same head unit, it's still pumping out the same quality, just to a new set of speakers. Will there be ANY difference? Sure, but not like night and day. Not if you're using the same components minus new speakers.