[Ladenblowfish]

Do the lower door speakers and rear deck speaker wires meet up anywhere towards the trunk? I was thinking of trying to splice into the speaker wires before they go into the amps an run them to the headunit from there but I cannot pinpoint which wires are which. Both amps have two 8 wire plugs going into each and 2 3 wire plugs. I was thinking the black plugs were power wires and the gray plugs were the speaker wires but that must not be the case.

[OFM]

I don't recall since i did this almost 2yrs ago. But lift the carpet up and check. I do remember it being taped with the others wires on the driver side.

[Ladenblowfish]

I'm trying to figure out how the speaker wires are run to the rear amps. I assume the wires are somewhat bundled together before they go to the amps then are ran to the headunit.

[Ladenblowfish]

Does anyone know what colors are the lower door speaker wires coming out of the door? I've gotten the rear speakers wired to my headunit and the only ones left are the lower doors.

[Ladenblowfish]

Finally go all the speakers wired to the headunit. I ended up pulling the door panels dropping the amp rack while running new wires to the speakers. I have to say, even w/ the factory speakers, it sounds great! Thanks for everyone's help.

[OFM]

told you the door panel was the way to go

[Ladenblowfish]

Yeah you were right. I tried to avoid it but there was no way to tell where the wires went after they entered through the kick panel. Next on the list when money permits is new speakers. Thanks OFM!

[OFM]

No problem if you get speaker your going to need some real strong ones to tell the difference I put some that where supposed to kick some real sound out and it ended close to the same as the stock. I would spend the money on a Amp and Bass Speaker to give it that kick.

[Ladenblowfish]

Thanks for the heads up. I'll hold off on the speakers then.

[Ladenblowfish]

YouTube - 97 Mustang Gt Offroad X Pipe + Flowmaster 40's

YouTube - 97 Mustang Gt Offroad X Pipe + Flowmaster 40's

Can't tell much in this video but the alternator makes a horrible whining sound. The sound is there at idle and gets louder under throttle. I've narrowed it down to the alternator since I've replaced the idler pulley, belt tension pulley and unhooked my headunit thinking it may have a bad ground somewhere. Its done it since I've bought the car. So I decided to replace the bearings in the alternator instead of replacing it all together but the sound is still there. I've also removed the belt the sound goes away completely. I know for sure it's not the power steering pump. Any ideas besides just replacing the alternator?

[tattoo junkiee]

yeh i do have to giove ford credit on the soundsystem in my 96 it has to be hands down the loudest clearest stock stero i have herd in any car i have two 12 inch kickers i am gonna install once i get a diffrent box for them i dont think i need anything else since the stero already rocks !!!! way to go ford...

[omegadoom76]

Let me resolve this for you. I have a 2002 gt vert. I recently went to Crutchfield and purchased a Clarion head unit harness and Single Din adapter for my car and ran a amp kit to the trunk and fit 2 12" subs in my trunk. That's full by the way nothing else fits. Those are powered by a 1000 Watt rms amp and it bumps excellent. The systems sounds BAD ASS although I want to replace the front and rear speakers now. The door and rear speakers are only for bass. The amps are designed for bass only. Crutchfield recommended Full range 5x7 front and 6.5" rear. The Tweeters will stay. No need to do anything else. Crutchfield: LCD TV, Car Stereo, Home Theater, Speakers, Digital Cameras

[wheelsjz]

Originally Posted by tattoo junkiee yeh i do have to giove ford credit on the soundsystem in my 96 it has to be hands down the loudest clearest stock stero i have herd in any car i have two 12 inch kickers i am gonna install once i get a diffrent box for them i dont think i need anything else since the stero already rocks !!!! way to go ford...

i got two 12in kickers too! they bump to say the least

[97_Sleeper_Gt]

you can spend days months weeks, my recommendation is to just find the wires that offer your ground power and constant and speakers and rewire the doors to the tweeters with an aftermarket and add a subwoofer. thats what i did, previous owner cut the harness and had only the tweeters working it was hell trying to figure it out so i just used the stock wires and re wired around the speakers so all 8 speakers work now. i thought i had pictures but i guess i deleted them. my bad

[tfofkyle]

this thead is old. but to add in my 2 cents: yes the 460 was damn good for its day. its still better than my pioneer coaxials and head unit (bass wise and volume wise) but it cant hold a candle to my dad's 06 mariner with the premium sound (midbass drivers, tweeters, trunk mounted woofer) or my gf's dad's 08 expedition (similar to the mariner)

if i could find a sound setup like that for my car id be in heaven. im not one for a woofer box in the trunk and hard bass, but those setups have some awesome tone and are all factory.

[NatesGT]

It sounds like most of you hate the 460. Maybe Im gettin old but I put a Sony Xplod head unit with crutchfield adapter. It sounded great! I mean a difference of niht and day from the factory headunit. Then I ran an RCA splitter off the back set of RCA's on the headunit and hooked up a single channel amp with a 10" sub. To me it sounds better than any other system I have ever had. And Im still utilizing all of the mach system. Just my opinion.

[tfofkyle]

nate - be careful if you like your music loud. I ran that same setup with a pioneer deck for just over 6 months before the woofer amps burned out on me. something about the odd ohm rating of the stock stuff vs aftermarket. but i did listen to my stuff loud, so that'll play in as well.