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Offline quattrogal

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Adding rear speaker
« on: 01 May 2007, 09:50 »
I have just recently got myself a mk3 driver 3 dr ,its a 95 , but it hasnt got rear speakers  , i have some old speakers to put in , not great but will do for now, anyway i have looked at the connecter in the car and realisled that the wiring isnt there, so not such a simple job .
THe thing is what i thought was that if i could just get hold of those little pin things that sit in the connecter then i could just wire the speakers to that and then it would just connect to the back of the stereo without me having to cut the wires on the adapter(hope that makes sense)
So can you get them and what is the technical name for them or is easier just to cut the wires
thx
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Offline Len

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Re: Adding rear speaker
« Reply #1 on: 01 May 2007, 11:13 »
Think it depends more on the speaker connections on your headunit.
If it has the rear channel connections then you will need to run wires back to the speakers.

Are you thinking of spade connectors?
Like flat "C" shapes that slip onto the speaker prongs?
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Re: Adding rear speaker
« Reply #2 on: 01 May 2007, 15:14 »
 i think it will be ok , i have been to carlisle and got a speaker thing that fits to the car wiring with 4 speaker wire instaed of 2 ,so can just plug stereo in now just have to see if i can get side panels off and run wires,
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Re: Adding rear speaker
« Reply #3 on: 01 May 2007, 15:17 »
If the driver is the same as gti then there are plastic trim panels just inside the doors that will just need a bit of persuasion to lift off. Best place for cables under there.
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Re: Adding rear speaker
« Reply #4 on: 01 May 2007, 22:13 »
so there was no speakers or wiring to the rear of the car? or any place for speakers? or was the problem that there was only two speaker connections coming out the back of the headunit?
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Re: Adding rear speaker
« Reply #5 on: 01 May 2007, 22:28 »
Now I can see the pics it looks like a Mk 2 driver to me! :laugh:
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Re: Adding rear speaker
« Reply #6 on: 01 May 2007, 22:38 »
that would explain things a bit then!
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Re: Adding rear speaker
« Reply #7 on: 02 May 2007, 10:33 »
there are no wires to the rear of the car , but will be sorting it out today .
the car with the issue is a mk3 , the mk2 in the pic is my old car which i wish i had never sold.the mk 2 was much more fun and had been decatted so felt more lively ,
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Re: Adding rear speaker
« Reply #8 on: 02 May 2007, 23:24 »
that is strange that it had no spks, cars normally do nowadays.
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Re: Adding rear speaker
« Reply #9 on: 03 May 2007, 11:07 »
that is what i thought .but there was nothing .there is now so will be giving it a test run today , little bit of snow patrol and oasis to test the new speakers
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