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Join Date: Jan 2021
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 48
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Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 48
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05 W/ JBL speaker upgrade with existing wiring
So I made a big mistake and ended up ordering my new headunit from best buy instead of Crutchfield... My main goal was to get a touchscreen display with apple car play so I can have navigation/ easy access to all of my music- the JBL system was adequate for me as far as sound goes.
Long story short, the PAC interface they gave me does NOT have an adaptor for the factory JBL amp, and I ended up losing power to the amp and destroying the sound quality. I no longer have sound coming from my stock subwoofer or front center speaker, and the rest of the speakers start clipping at about 1/3 volume (even after fiddling with the gain on te interface quite a bit). Im pissed at best buy because I asked a dozen times if it would work with the factory amp but of course, it did not.
Basically I have a few options-
1. buy the correct harness from crutchfield. This may be my best bet because I'll get back the sub and front center speaker, but im not sure if I'll still get better results by replacing door speakers with aftermarket components.
2. Replace the front and rear door speakers and keep the rest as is. Has anyone replaced the front and read door speakers without replacing the stock speaker wiring? I really dont want to pull all of my trim in order to run new wires, so this is likely the decision maker for me. If I go this route, I imagine the aftermarket 6"x9" in the front doors will give me a solid upgrade in the bass department, but may or may not be as good as if the stock 8" in the back was still working.
3. Somehow activate the factory amp without the harness? Is anyone aware of a way to hotwire the amp harness to get it to turn on? I saw on a forum somewhere that the factory harness contains a few data and a remote wire. Can i connect the remote wire somewhere to get the factory amp to turn on and solve my horrible sound issues?
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Last edited by yourfriendcasey; 02-09-2021 at 08:57 PM.
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