Installing Rear Deck Speakers

[1991S13]

'91 coupe

Alright, time for a noob question. I am replacing the stock rear deck speakers (6 3/4") with Pioneers that are the same size. To hook them up, I have to cut the black plug off that went to the old speakers. Now, going into the plug there is a wire that is blue with a silver stripe, and one thats blue with a lime green stripe. Which wire is power and which wire is ground? The speakers came with the wires, one end plugs into the speaker and the other end has to be stripped/spliced with the wires that went into the black plug.

Just wanted to run it by you all first, I wasn't sure if something disastrous would happen if I criss crossed the wires.

Thanks for everything.

[Rex]

Searched a little and found this info

Your cars stock wiring should be as follows.

Constant 12V+ = Red/BlackSwitched 12V+ = BlueGround = ChassisIllumination = Red/BlueDimmer = Red/YellowAntenna Trigger = Black/Red

Front Speakers 4" x 6" DoorsLeft Front (+) = Blue/WhiteLeft Front (-) = Blue/YellowRight Front (+) = BrownRight Front (-) = Brown/White

Rear Speakers 6 1/2" Rear DeckLeft Rear (+) = RedLeft Rear (-) = GreenRight Rear (+) = BlueRight Rear (-) = Pink

Does have what you need?

[1991S13]

In a way it is what I need, but Im still confused...

My wires are blue/white and blue/green. I see blue/white and blue/yellow for the front speakers, but they are the only ones close. If I hooked them up wrong would they even make any sound, or will it damage them?

Thanks though.

[Rex]

I wonder if it's different if you have Active Speakers??

[CaoBoY]

good info, im goign to see if this will hook up my deck properly now

[1991S13]

UPDATE:

The speakers are hooked up, and are working fine. I even spent some extra time cutting larger holes and recarpeting the piece that covers up the rear deck so I could get rid of the grills with "Active Speaker" on them. The Pioneer grills show through now (much more attractive, I'll get pictures as soon as I can.)

Tomorrow I'm going to try bypassing the rear amp. Thanks Rex.

[Rex]

Always glad to help.

If you can add any info that would help the next guy that would be great. maybe copt the info I have posted above and add in what you found to be different??

We're a bunch of guys so, lets see some pics .

[1991S13]

Supplies needed to install new 6 3/4" speakers:4 small wire nuts, phillips head screw driver, wire stripper, and electrical tape.

1. Remove the rear deck cover, and take out the 4 screws that hold the speaker in.2. From the trunk, unplug the black plug going into the side of the speaker.3. Set the new speaker down into the hole, and re-use the 4 screws that came out to hold them down. 4. From the trunk plug the new wires into the ground and power sides of the new speaker. 5. The plug that came out of the right speaker has two wires going into it: blue with silver and blue with green. After cutting the plug off, connect the ground wire that came with the new speakers to the blue wire with the silver stripe. 6. Then, connect the power wire to the blue wire with the green stripe. 7. Do the same on the left to remove the speaker. On the left side, one wire going into the plug is brown and the other is brown with black. I did the same as on the right, the wire with the black stripe being the ground.

Now, to remove the old speaker grills and replace them with the round grills that came with the new speakers.

Supplies needed:Large sheet of black carpet, staple gun, phillips head screwdriver, scissors.

1. On the back of the rear deck cover, there are 4 phillips head screws holding in each grill, remove these and the grill falls off. The old carpet had a rectangular shaped imprint, so I replaced this with new carpet. You also will have to remove the vents in the back, these have wierd fasteners holding them in. I could not figure out how to remove them (trying to pop them up causes them to rip through the cardboard), so I cut the fasteners off. I will explain later how to reinstall them. 2. Peel the old carpet off, and lay the sheet of new carpet over the cover.3. Trace the outline of the cover with a piece of chalk, leaving about an inch extra all the way around to staple to the back, or if you are confident just eyeball it. 4. Cut the carpet so it fits, and lay it down over the cover. Staple one side of the carpet to the back of the cover. While pulling the carpet tight so you have no wrinkles, staple the remaining 3 sides. 5. Poke a hole in the middle of the carpet over the hole in the cover, then cut a plus sign shape in the hole. Fold the 4 flaps behind the cover, and staple them. Do a similar method in the holes where the vents go.6. Since I cut the fasteners off, I had to glue the vents back on. I was kind of scared about doing this, but its been done for a week and it looks fine. I used Testor's plastic model glue (a good amount the whole way around).7. This was tricky, and there may be an easier way to do this...I put chalk on the holes in the new speaker grills, and sat them down onto the cover and pressed down. This left 4 marks where they would be screwed on. I used a punch to mark where to screw in the screws to hold the grill on. Put the cover on, and screw them down.8. Now reinstall the cover, and it looks like it came from the factory that way

Sorry if I forgot anything, if you have any questions ask me on here or AIM: NissS13from91.
Modified by 1991S13 at 6:53 PM 2/20/2005

[Rex]

Well done.

It might be worth adding a few key search terms that you would have used when you were looking for information. Like Wiring, Schematic, Diagram, etc.

Good contribution.

[1991S13]

Sorry I could not figure out how to attach them all to one post, so I will do them individually. Rex, I didn't understand your tutorial either. Im not 100% computer literate, lol. Also, I apologize for the low quality of the pictures.

This goes along with step #3, and shows the speaker installed.

Modified by 1991S13 at 7:17 PM 2/20/2005
Modified by 1991S13 at 7:18 PM 2/20/2005

[Rex]

Here's something I usually keep in my sig. It should help with uploading/posting pics.

New tutorial

[1991S13]

This goes along with steps #4-7, and shows how the blue/silver and blue/green wires are connected to the speaker wire. The white wire (power) plugs into the corresponding side of the speaker, and the white/black (ground) plugs into its side, as you can see toward the back of the speaker. (Ignore the black wire, it goes to my Sirius Antenna)

[1991S13]

This goes with step 2, sorry it is out of order. It is the plug you have to cut off that used to go into the old speaker.

[1991S13]

Finally, here is the deck cover with the new speaker grills.