did toyota wire this wrong? 96 tacoma

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Topic: did toyota wire this wrong? 96 tacoma

Posted By: infinkc
Subject: did toyota wire this wrong? 96 tacoma
Date Posted: January 15, 2010 at 11:38 AM

I just put some front speakers in a 96 Tacoma. The + for the right side says lt green, the factory wiring has this going to the - of the factory speaker. Did they mess up? The driverside polarity was correct

1997-98 Toyota Tacoma Stereo Wiring
Constant 12V+     Blue / YELLOW
Switched 12V+     Gray
Ground     Brown
Illumination     Green
Dimmer     n/a
Antenna     Right Front
Front Speakers     6 1/2" Doors
Left Front (+)     Pink
Left Front (-)     Purple
Right Front (+)     Light Green
Right Front (-)     Blue
Rear Speakers     6 1/2" Rear Corners
Left Rear (+)     Black
Left Rear (-)     Yellow
Right Rear (+)     Red
Right Rear (-)     White

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Posted By: haemphyst
Date Posted: January 15, 2010 at 11:45 AM

Even if they did, it's not going to break anything. Listen to it, if they SOUND out of phase, reverse the wires on the passenger side speaker. Issue averted! :)

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Posted By: KPierson
Date Posted: January 15, 2010 at 2:56 PM

It is common for wiring guides to be wrong, that is why we stress that everything be verified before hooking it up.

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Kevin Pierson

Posted By: t&t tech
Date Posted: January 15, 2010 at 3:44 PM

LOL! Funny how he blamed toyota and not the guide!

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Posted By: infinkc
Date Posted: January 15, 2010 at 4:22 PM

t&t tech wrote:

LOL! Funny how he blamed toyota and not the guide!

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well i looked at 3 different guides from 3 different sources and they all are the same, so im blaming toyota. After the speaker upgrade the car sounds alot better. Guess they screwed up.

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There are 10 types of people in the world, ones that understand binary and ones that dont.

Posted By: t&t tech
Date Posted: January 15, 2010 at 5:20 PM

LOL! What can i say? Everyone's entitled to their opinion! posted_image

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COMMIT YOUR WAY TO JEHOVAH AND HE WILL ACT IN YOUR BEHALF. PSALMS 37:5