Adding an amp...need wiring help

pl8er · Aug 30, 2009, 08:49 AM

I have a Tru 4.65 and a RF 360.2. I also have the premium sound package. Here is the plan. Unplug the wire from the OEM amp and run it to the 360 for each front right/left, leave the sub and rear speakers running on the internal amp.

Problem. The wire on the speakers are both the same color. Anyone have the colors that match to the amp? I need input and out.

Thanks!

yitzac1990 · Aug 30, 2009, 10:18 AM

ugh, this is why you shouldnt bother with the RF system....it will sound much better if you just change out everything....

to test the wires yourself, turn the car to the on position, but turn the radio off. take a 9v battery and plug in a 9v battery adapter, the thing that connects to it that has wires coming out. take the 9v wires and touch them to the speaker connections at the amp and listen for what speaker it is. once you find out what speaker goes to what wires, you have to find out what wire is positive and negative. do the 9v battery test again but this time look at the speaker when it "pops." if it pops out, then you have the positive and negative hooked up right at the battery. if it pops in, reverse them.

pl8er · Sep 7, 2009, 10:30 AM

I appreciate the information. What I did was take the line level on the 3sixty and run it from each speakers inputs back. After which I had rca connections via the 3sixty. So 3sixty to the amp and from the amp back to the speakers.

Are there adapters for replacing the amp altogether without getting into a wiring mess? I don't mind this method but would prefer rca's rather than all of these line level crap.

here is the pic of the install currently.

p.s. 3sixty oem integration with the RF amp sucks. The sound is very bland and incorrect.

hrm...not the pic i was looking for...the wires are all hidden now and the 360 is on the left

yitzac1990 · Sep 7, 2009, 01:15 PM

haha see?? once you start trying to use things that integrate into OEM, things just get crazy. it would be a much cleaner and better sounding install if you took a weekend to take out the stock wiring and amplifier, and run all new wires from the aftermarket headunit. or if youre still using stock HU, use a 6 channel line output converter from right behind the radio and run your RCAs from there like normal. but i highly suggest getting an aftermarket HU