I am a rookie at car audio, I have replaced HU and upgraded speakers in previous vehicles but this will be my first time using an amp, sub, deadeding, etc. I do consider myself a home audio/vidoe pro but this is a whole new ball game.
Now to my question, one of many:
When I put in the new HU and set up the amp, sub, etc. what happens to the factory wiring? I will be running the speaker, sub, and power wires from the amp so what about the factory wiring harness? I was just going to tape off the end of the wires at the speakers just in case I sell/trade in my truck down the line and want to put stock back in but then I thought, what about the other end of the wires that go into the harness and the HU????? Am I missing something? I will be running RCA cables from the HU to the amp so I'm confused about the old wires as you can tell.:o

 

sent you a PM, like it said the factory harness will not bo affected.

 

Glad I asked then, I don't want to fry my whole system and truck electronics all in one shot!

So I'll just cap off the ones you said in the PM and I'm good to go? Sweet, I will be a busy boy this weekend. I got my edead today, now just waiting for amp kit. I may just do the deadening this weekend unless I get lucky with shipping.

 

you'll be good to go alright , keep us updated.

 

Do the wiring before the sound deadening! You could use all the room you can get.
-Ben

 

Are you talking about putting the wiring under the deadening? I wasn't considering that but who knows? Hmmmmmmm

 

I popped the panel off my door the other day to see how difficult it would be to run the new speaker wires. Shouldn't be too hard, but than I realized I was also goign to be sealing off all the holes in my door panel than apply damp/overkill on top of it.

Going to seal off the doors with a bit of mdf board + silicone (in case I ever have to go back in there I can just scrape it off) Helps out your midbass!

So it would be a little difficult to run wires when you can't get your hand into the door at all!
-Ben

 

gotcha, thanks for the explanation

 

OK looks like I am finally ready to do this project, I have deadened most of what I am going to deaden and now on to the fun stuff. Back to the thread question, what if I wired up the whole harness would that cause prblems if some of the wires were just taped off at the other end?

 

negatory good buddy