I was just doing a radio install last week, perfect timing list!! Where do the rear speaker wires run? Is it along the drip rail? I want to upgrade to 4 wires going to the rear on my 84. TIA Rennie VolksDragon@earthlink.net Los Angeles 61 crew cab (911 conversion) 65 convertible 84 vanagon 93 fox Kent Tunks wrote: > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: common speaker wire to rear Vanagon speakers > Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 09:25:58 -0700 > From: Kent Tunks <ktunks@earthlink.net> > To: jlsnyder1@juno.com > > Quite a few car radios(most in fact) will not tolerate a "common" wire > for both speakers. > Usually,the final power amp transisters will burn out in the radio. > > The solution is to run an another wire to the rear speakers,so each > speaker has two > wires.Also,I would make sure that none of the speaker wires are > connected to the > Vanagon's chassis.In other words,make sure that none of the speaker > wires is grounded. > > I have been through this myself.Why VW choose to wire Vanagons this way > is anybody' > guess. > > good luck, > > Kent Tunks |
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