Gents,
Replacing every speaker in my '96 FZJ80. Went with the Whole Hog mounting bracket for a 10" sub and amp in the stock sub location (new Pioneer shallow mount 10" sub and Kicker amp from the last 80 I had). The setup is currently wired thusly:
New header is wired to be used with the stock amp (I think? Just took it out of the last 80 I had, and it worked with the completely stock speaker setup), however, I have RCA cables running to the new Kicker amp as well, which is wired only to the sub. The speakers are new Pioneer 6.5" 2-ways in both front and rear doors, and Pioneer 3.5" that I modded to fit both the rear cargo area mounts as well as dash panel mounts. All the wiring is stock. I have not tested the setup yet, as I am just finishing connecting all the speakers.
Before I fire it up, what should I be aware of? Read somewhere that if any of the speakers are disconnected, the whole thing will not work with the factory amp. Does this mean that having disconnected the factory sub and wired its replacement directly to the new header via Kicker amp will cause the entire system to fail? The last 80 this amp was in was wired direct to this same header, which was wired into the truck the same way as it is in this one. I am thinking, in theory, this setup should be no different than the last and should work perfectly.
Another thing: for the stock 3.25" speakers that come in the cargo area and dash panels, which speaker wires are positive and which are negative? Talking about the blue and white wires soldered to the speaker itself. As a rule of thumb, I would say blue is positive and white is negative, but I suppose you can't be too sure.
Replacing every speaker in my '96 FZJ80. Went with the Whole Hog mounting bracket for a 10" sub and amp in the stock sub location (new Pioneer shallow mount 10" sub and Kicker amp from the last 80 I had). The setup is currently wired thusly:
New header is wired to be used with the stock amp (I think? Just took it out of the last 80 I had, and it worked with the completely stock speaker setup), however, I have RCA cables running to the new Kicker amp as well, which is wired only to the sub. The speakers are new Pioneer 6.5" 2-ways in both front and rear doors, and Pioneer 3.5" that I modded to fit both the rear cargo area mounts as well as dash panel mounts. All the wiring is stock. I have not tested the setup yet, as I am just finishing connecting all the speakers.
Before I fire it up, what should I be aware of? Read somewhere that if any of the speakers are disconnected, the whole thing will not work with the factory amp. Does this mean that having disconnected the factory sub and wired its replacement directly to the new header via Kicker amp will cause the entire system to fail? The last 80 this amp was in was wired direct to this same header, which was wired into the truck the same way as it is in this one. I am thinking, in theory, this setup should be no different than the last and should work perfectly.
Another thing: for the stock 3.25" speakers that come in the cargo area and dash panels, which speaker wires are positive and which are negative? Talking about the blue and white wires soldered to the speaker itself. As a rule of thumb, I would say blue is positive and white is negative, but I suppose you can't be too sure.
