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So here is the plug from my fader. Don't see any twisted pairs. Are they behind the gauge cluster? This is a 88 vert. I have:
blue/red
solid blue
Blue /black
Brown black that has four connected together
yellow/red
Solid yellow
yellow/black
Gray/red that has four connected together
See pictures of wires
What do I do nowThe Lineup in order of appearance:
91 535i
91 318is 5 Lug/E46M3 Brakes
91 325is w/ S52
88 Vert Plastic Bumper Swap
88 M3 ;D
91 325ix 5 speed
89 Vert Royalblau Metallic
73 2002
1986 325es --> is swap Rallycross Car!!
1995 Chevy G30 Tow Rig... *I SOLD A CAR!!*
1993 525i Granitsilber Metallic Touring
Need a 91 M5 bad but wife would shoot me...twice
*UPDATE: got a 93 M5 and still alive
1972 Jeep Wagoneer
1975 2002 five speed
Check out:
Elhartspeedshop.com
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It is kinda kickin my ass. Guess I just gotta jump in and start cutting wires
Ill let you know how I do todayThe Lineup in order of appearance:
91 535i
91 318is 5 Lug/E46M3 Brakes
91 325is w/ S52
88 Vert Plastic Bumper Swap
88 M3 ;D
91 325ix 5 speed
89 Vert Royalblau Metallic
73 2002
1986 325es --> is swap Rallycross Car!!
1995 Chevy G30 Tow Rig... *I SOLD A CAR!!*
1993 525i Granitsilber Metallic Touring
Need a 91 M5 bad but wife would shoot me...twice
*UPDATE: got a 93 M5 and still alive
1972 Jeep Wagoneer
1975 2002 five speed
Check out:
Elhartspeedshop.com
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Originally posted by elcoy View PostIt is kinda kickin my ass. Guess I just gotta jump in and start cutting wires
Ill let you know how I do today
Luke
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Well surprise! I got it to work. Repurposed the wires for rear speakers ran new to fronts. Cant seem to get the tweeters in the doors to work. Hav gray/green wire that runs from front speaker up to tweeter and a gray yellow one that I can find in wire harness but not sure where it goes. Can I just cut the gray yellow one and connect to it for I assume the negative side?The Lineup in order of appearance:
91 535i
91 318is 5 Lug/E46M3 Brakes
91 325is w/ S52
88 Vert Plastic Bumper Swap
88 M3 ;D
91 325ix 5 speed
89 Vert Royalblau Metallic
73 2002
1986 325es --> is swap Rallycross Car!!
1995 Chevy G30 Tow Rig... *I SOLD A CAR!!*
1993 525i Granitsilber Metallic Touring
Need a 91 M5 bad but wife would shoot me...twice
*UPDATE: got a 93 M5 and still alive
1972 Jeep Wagoneer
1975 2002 five speed
Check out:
Elhartspeedshop.com
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Originally posted by elcoy View PostWell surprise! I got it to work. Repurposed the wires for rear speakers ran new to fronts. Cant seem to get the tweeters in the doors to work. Hav gray/green wire that runs from front speaker up to tweeter and a gray yellow one that I can find in wire harness but not sure where it goes. Can I just cut the gray yellow one and connect to it for I assume the negative side?
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Tweeter
Ok the end to this is near. trying to get the tweeters working. On the attached photo of rf speaker I have the gray white (+?) and the gray brown(-?) that I direct connected to my headunit to get the RF speaker to work which it does. as you can see in the photo the gray white side has some type of resister and a gray green wire that runs up to the tweeter. Out of the tweeter comes the Gray Grn and a Gray yellow(which disappears in the wire harness). When I connect the gray yellow direct to the gray brown tweeter still does not work. Also I have no continuity across the red thingy from Gray white to gray green. Am I an idiot? or is my tweeter shot. this scenario is the same on the left
The Lineup in order of appearance:
91 535i
91 318is 5 Lug/E46M3 Brakes
91 325is w/ S52
88 Vert Plastic Bumper Swap
88 M3 ;D
91 325ix 5 speed
89 Vert Royalblau Metallic
73 2002
1986 325es --> is swap Rallycross Car!!
1995 Chevy G30 Tow Rig... *I SOLD A CAR!!*
1993 525i Granitsilber Metallic Touring
Need a 91 M5 bad but wife would shoot me...twice
*UPDATE: got a 93 M5 and still alive
1972 Jeep Wagoneer
1975 2002 five speed
Check out:
Elhartspeedshop.com
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Hey, steroinstaller.
I have a 1989 325ix and I'm having trouble with getting any sound out of my speakers. My goal is to just replace the head unit for right now. My car seems to have the 4 pairs of wires and I believe I have everything connected correctly. The head unit that I have turns on, lights up, sees my phone, and can select all of its functions, but no sound at all. Attached are some photos. If you can help me solve this I'll throw you a "tip" at your paypal.
Kindest Regards,
c10seth
No idea what these brown twisted with blue and brown twisted with yellow are for
And the blue twists are just TEMPORARY LOL
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What deck?
Post it's wiring harness diagramOriginally posted by codyep3I hope to Christ you have looks going for you, because you sure as fuck don't have any intelligence.
1988 Blk/Blk e30 factory wide body kit car SOLD
1992 DS/BLK 325 m-tech II apperance pack cabby SOLD!
2002 325xit Sil/blk. SOLD
2012 328i xdrive touring. Wht/blk. SOLD
2009 135 cabby. monacoblue/blk leather SOLD
2007 Z4m coupe. Silver grey/black/ aluminum. 1of50
2010 F650gs twin
2016 M235i cabby. Mineral grey/Red leather
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Originally posted by c10seth View PostHey, steroinstaller.
I have a 1989 325ix and I'm having trouble with getting any sound out of my speakers. My goal is to just replace the head unit for right now. My car seems to have the 4 pairs of wires and I believe I have everything connected correctly. The head unit that I have turns on, lights up, sees my phone, and can select all of its functions, but no sound at all. Attached are some photos. If you can help me solve this I'll throw you a "tip" at your paypal.
Kindest Regards,
c10seth
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OK, so, since all you are aiming for here is sound, lets get that up and running first.
You have not turned your stock amp on. I am sure you have noticed that there are two white wires. One is separate, but ran with the antenna cable, obviously enough that is the power antenna (solid blue on "deck side" if available) and the other is actually wrapped in the harness, that is how I can tell from here that your car has Premium Sound, your harness has 2 white wires.
That is why no sound, you didn't connect that white wire to the blue/white. No amp turn on, no sound. Powering up that wire is no guarantee of sound either, as stock amps are often dead, killed by water leaks most commonly.
Originally posted by c10seth View Post
If you have unwrapped the harness properly they will just fall out anyway, no worries. Nice hunks of wire to save in the junk drawer!
Now, here is the next question: do you plan to bypass your stock amp and use deck power on your speakers, or do you want to take the easy-but-shitty way out and use the stock amp? If you want to use the stock amp, you need to connect the speakers a bit differently than you have there. Ask anyone who has done the amp bypass following this thread, it makes a world of difference and in your case it is super easy to do, just follow the thread.
LukeLast edited by StereoInstaller1; 12-21-2013, 11:49 AM.
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Oh BTW, as far as a paypal donation, no thanks. We just hope you buy stuff from us someday, sooner or sooner. Maybe throw a "like" at our facebook page, GAS I would love to see us hit 1000 by the end of the month. It doesn't pay our bills, but sure doesn't hurt, either.
Thanks for making an old man feel useful!
Luke
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