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Huge Saturday of Re-Wiring (NOW WITH PICS)
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 11:49 am
by Ajay
Hey Guys..
me and my best mate spent 6 hours cleaning up the wiring and re-mount of my Amp/Sub Etc.. and made my DVD Screen nice and snug in the dash
you would not believe how much wiring came out of the NA.. (will post pics
)
I ended up mounting my Amp Behind my passenger seat NOW I CAN ADJUST MY BASS FROM THE FRONT SEAT
and reverse mounted my sub.. we are actually in the process of re-designing my whole boot (inspiration from LowMiata
)
i will post some pics of the finished product when i get home from work..
PICS AS PROMISED..
THE WIRING
THE SUB
THE AMP
THE SCREEN
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 7:33 pm
by Alex
I hate re-wiring, it's just soo frustrating trying to trace back wires
Today I accidentally flipped a switch on the amp for my front speakers to the Low pass filter setting, spent ages trying to figure out what had happened, swapping RCA's and checking all the amp fuses and speaker connections
on another note, I have a different solution to changing sub gain levels from inside the cabin, don't want to Hijack your thread by posting a pic but they are up in
My audio install thread . It's a remote line controller for the amp.
edit: link fixed
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 5:38 pm
by Ajay
hey SM
yeah i had one of those on my sub originally it was inside my centre console (i had a soundstorm controller) but it was damaged and when i got my 4 channel amp the sub control was a dfifferent connection.
but its just like having a sub controller now my amp is behind the seat
Cheers
Andrew
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 9:08 pm
by Ajay
pics added.. (note my cup holder/ash tray holder
)
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 9:16 pm
by marcusus
So what was all that wiring you pulled out? Just speaker related wiring, or did you do a whole bunch of other stuff too while you were at it?
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 9:19 pm
by Ajay
believe it or not all that was behind the headunit..
some is sub wire etc..
my car goes faster now
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 9:55 pm
by marcusus
So what was the wiring then? Just factory bits and pieces that you've now shortened? Or were they all wires you replaced?
I'm just curious to know how the car's running without all that wiring in there...
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 10:13 pm
by Ajay
all 3 factory harnesses, speaker cables from 2nd and 3rd head unit..
(those ****'s from strathfield never removed any of the harnesses just added new wiring from them)..
lets just say that the DVD player sits all the way in now.. without the cusioning of wiring behind it..
Ajay
Re:
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 10:51 pm
by marcusus
mx5_boy wrote:speaker cables from 2nd and 3rd head unit.
Now it makes sense.
Jeez that's a lotta stuff to have back there. Mine's snug enough as it is with only one set of speaker wiring, let alone having 3 sets.
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 1:06 am
by Fuzzlet
You should try fitting a double din HU to an NB....the wiring loom doesnt bend easily, so makes for a tight fit
Re:
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 10:07 pm
by marcusus
Fuzzlet wrote:You should try fitting a double din HU to an NB....the wiring loom doesnt bend easily, so makes for a tight fit
Yeah, the loom is bloody short, and doesn't flex out to give you enough length for connectivity some times. I'm kinda tempted to just cut it open and restrip wires for better connections. Maybe this weekend. I'm thinking of hooking up the aerial finally, although not with any button. I just can't be bothered, so I'm gonna wire it to power and just have it raise/lower whenever the car is on/off.
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 12:11 am
by kula
wow!
most of that looks like aftermarket wiring..
OEM one is quite neat.