radio help

[Bav///Motorworks]

ok, put my headunit in and its time to put the speakers in, i have mbquarts components in the front and mbquart coaxle in the rear
i put in 1 mbquart speaker and it sounded scratchy, i guess i need to rewire the whole car? i have a rockfrod fosgate 4 channel amp i would like to install as well

[MrK]

more likely that not, your car's speakers were wired with a 'common ground'. This usually means that you need to run new wiring for aftermarket speakers for them to sound good. So, yes, rewire the whole car.

[StereoInstaller1]

Yup...rewire city for you. Install your amp now. Run all 4 speaker wires to your amp, install all of it now or you will hate yourself later.

Any questions, post 'em here.

Luke

[Jordan]

Can we put a sticky at the top of the forum that reads:

"YOU MUST RUN NEW WIRES WITH A AFTERMARKET HU YOU DUMB SHITS"

If I had a dime for every time this topic has been beaten to dead.. well I wouldn't be driving a e30 I tell ya...

[Jand3rson]

If I had a dime for every time this topic has been beaten to dead.. well I wouldn't be driving a e30 I tell ya...

Oh, you would too. It would just be more of a modded out one.

[The Fast One!]

I never rewired my car when I installed my HU, but then again I installed a 9 year old HU that barely works and the sounds sucks if you want to crank it really loud,

but it's good enough for me.... for now

[StereoInstaller1]

Mike, I bet your sound would improve 100% if you rewired.
No kidding. Damn near free, and your 9 year old deck will appreciate it.

Luke

[The Fast One!]

^ Luke,
I will replace all the wire soon enough, but it probably won't be until summer time though, since I'm really busy right now.

plus I don't mind the crappy sounds right now, however it is starting to get on my nerves, but I'm going to try and live with it for awhile longer. :)