Electronics behind speaker in door panel?

[bigfish303]

What is that whole assembly behind the speakers in the door panel that is housed in that yellowish plastic. Been using the search button, but coming up dry. It's a S13

[JStrateger]

I'm installing speakers right now and I'm wondering the same thing. Do I remove all this junk or what? Are they factory amps?

I have the active speaker system.

[JStrateger]

Here's a picture of what I'm talking about, I'm testing wires now to see if I can just take all this s*** out.

[scotty-2-forty]

I'm installing speakers right now and I'm wondering the same thing. Do I remove all this junk or what? Are they factory amps?

I have the active speaker system.

Yes, it's the amplifier for the speaker in your active system. You won't need it if you're installing an aftermarket amp to power aftermarket speakers.

[breadbox]

yeah, I just put new speakers in and toby's adapters to I think either a 6" or 6.5" speaker.Much better then the stock size speaker, more selection too.

Run your own wire to the new headunit, its easier.

[numbnuts240]

i've never seen that before. neither of my previous s13's had that.

[scotty-2-forty]

i've never seen that before. neither of my previous s13's had that.

Only the active speaker systems had them. Otherwise, you just had speakers with no electronics in the door.

[JStrateger]

I just finished gutting the amplifier from the drivers side door speaker, the speaker sounded the same with and without the amplifier... I just re-used the existing factory speaker wire, no way I'm running new wire, eff that, sounds like a lot of work for no reason.

I'm working on the passenger side now, going to leave the amp hooked up on this one and see if I can tell the difference.
Modified by JStrateger at 11:24 AM 3/18/2010