This afternoon... should have taken a before of the speedometer it was worse. Now it looks new. 

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Thank you...!!figure out a cleaner setup?
Sounds like there was a small short in the ground wire you clipped and it was vibrating at higher volumes to the point where it would cause intermittent cuts in the signal. This happens pretty frequently in guitar amplifiers that are played at extremely high SPL and are giged around heavily. Things eventually rattle themselves loose or the wires begin to fray and tarnish. Even having one or two strands of broken wire in the joint can cause the “static” you hear.The deck has its own ground in the harness, and the speakers share another ground. Removing the shared speaker ground and only grounding one of the speakers fixed it. I don’t know how, but it did.
Interesting. I’ve never looked at the wiring schematic for the OEM sound system. Now I’m curious to know more about the original head unit.I had the same issue, same resolution. Attempting to split ground left and right separately is no bueno, ground only one channel unless replacing factory wire with new speaker wire.
Interesting. I’ve never looked at the wiring schematic for the OEM sound system. Now I’m curious to know more about the original head unit.
So what exactly goes wrong? Is it just a worn ground wire?not much to it! Unified ground for door speakers, 12v switched and a ground. Super easy!
Yep, the factory radio would only produce sound to the right speaker, which is why I went down this road. Both are definitely working. It has aftermarket speakers in it and I haven’t looked into it much since it’s working fine. Who knows how someone wired them or if they changed anything, I’m just happy it works.Sounds like there was a small short in the ground wire you clipped and it was vibrating at higher volumes to the point where it would cause intermittent cuts in the signal. This happens pretty frequently in guitar amplifiers that are played at extremely high SPL and are giged around heavily. Things eventually rattle themselves loose or the wires begin to fray and tarnish. Even having one or two strands of broken wire in the joint can cause the “static” you hear.
Are you sure that speaker is still making sound after you cut it?
What faceplate did you source?Finally got some TUNES!!! Only took a year......priorities.....
Added rear speakers = easy, changed front door speakers = time consuming.
New poly in doors, and head unit with trim kit.
Custom speaker spacers I made out of 3/4" black Starboard
IT SOUNDS AWESOME
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70 series mirrors, OEM max load sticker.
I need that sticker
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I need that sticker