1986 vanagon westfalia rear speakers

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Topic: 1986 vanagon westfalia rear speakers

Posted By: soreyes
Subject: 1986 vanagon westfalia rear speakers
Date Posted: June 22, 2005 at 1:59 PM

I installed a new deck over the weekend and have the static issue when I have any fade to the rear.

There were 4 wires at the deck. I hooked them up 'one to one' with the deck. Pos and Neg. In the Rear there were three wires on one speaker and two for the other. The right speaker with three wires had two of them grouped together as Neg. I hooked all those up one to one in 'plug and play' fashion using the existing plugs from the old speakers. It seemed very straightforward, small to small and large to large.

Can I undo the popping noise without running new wires from front to back?

Where in the line does that third wire jump into the mix? I don't see anthing about this mentioned in the vehicle info database. Any help would be much appreciated. It is not very apparent to the eye how the wires get to the back through the cab.

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Posted By: soreyes
Date Posted: June 22, 2005 at 2:00 PM

Let me also add that I installed new rear speakers as well. Somehow I forgot to type that.

Posted By: Ween
Date Posted: June 22, 2005 at 8:07 PM

hi,

the rear speakers are common ground (share the same negative). the head unit you installed requires separate leads to each speaker. on the left rear speaker, remove the wire on the negative/small terminal and tape it up. now run a new lead from that terminal to the front of the vehicle and connect it to the left rear negative at the head unit. make sure to disconnect any existing wires from that lead. should fix your problem...just a pain to run the wire. hope this helps.

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