Thread: swapped in Bose speakers... now only 1 works

Earlier this week, I scored a couple bose speakers from an 00 GTP in the junkyard, the two front ones. First the front right one didn't work, maybe I didn't connect it all the way, OK, but then this morning the other front one(left) went silent as well as the rear left one? ? Great! Now I only have 1 speaker working. Rear speakers are stock as well as the cd player. Before I go tearing everything apart again, is it just a fuse somewhere? I'm no audio expert but swapping a speaker or two never hurt my other cars...

u sure it won't work? as long as ur replacing a 4 ohm w/ another 4 ohm, should be fine. I had an old 1990 Olds Eighty-Eight that had super small "AM-radio quality" front speakers, replaced them w/ 2 from a 1990 GP, worked great! Is there something different electronically about bose speakers? All I wanted was to replace the blown stock ones.

As far as i remember Bose speakers are 2ohm which is over driving the amp and is killing it.

You cant replace 4ohm with 2 ohm unless the device powering it is rated for a lower ohm. But you can place larger ohm speakers in its place but your not getting all the power you would if you used the correct ohm.

i suppose a 2-ohm resistor on each one would fix that. By the way I got these speakers for basically nothing and they're better than stock. I traced the problem to broken corroded wiring. That happens when wire is made on a Friday before a long weekend at the wire factory.. corrodes itself inside the insulator. I know if I wanted a boomin sound system, I would get the whole setup amps and all however in my opinion...here goes... subwoofers are a bit too "donk" for me.

you could get a litte 8 or 10 inch sub and stick it in the truck n push a few undred watts for nice sound without being donk

imma bout to do this soon to save my door speakers since the front ones are crackeling

I had a friend who put something like 2 14" w/ 600W twin amps in his old windowless chevy van. It was funny the looks we got in the "more urban part of the neighborhood". Personally I would love a full-range 5.1 system in my car. Maybe when I have a couple extra $1000 laying around...

For $300....you could probably find a used amp and some nice speakers. But that's just for mids and tweets up front. I'm a fan of a/d/s/ Hell I even have 320is and 325is I'd let go for $75. Audio doesn't have to be expensive. People just presume it is.

I have scored pretty good at the local pawn shop in the past. When u see wires cut instead of disconn properly, it probably was "borrowed and sold w/o permission". But I guess thats how they can sellu a nice deck for $40. I'm gonna go back to that junkyard tho and pick up the rear bose speakers just so its all balanced, the front ones still sound much better even tho its not a full "bose" system

a/d/s/ 6.5", PX concept.2 T ads 346is 4ohm orion BEST! - eBay (item 380269570767 end time Oct-15-10 10:33:29 PDT)

When first released...~$1200 or so. They eventually settled around a retail price of about ~$800 I believe.

Either way, those are new. Not the same cross over, but really...active is much better in a car. Most guys I know just cut the wire. Too much work desoldering. Are they worth $250? That's arguable. It all comes down to paying for that piece of cake you enjoy. To some, price isn't an issue when indulging.