after market system 97 Avalon

[doug1676]

I know this topic has been brought up before and I have dont many research thriugh the searh engine on here but im still having problem hooking up a complete audio system on my 97 Avalon. I have the xls model but my car does not have a sub I want to install a sub box with 2x12" speakers, and replace the doors speakers with the 5 1/2 I have 2 amps to go with this set up one for bass and the other for voice along with the Alpine IDA-x200 for a head unit. After we got the stock radio out we ran into problems from my understanding is that once we located the speakers wires if you take one wire and touch it with one if the speakers wires all the speaksr sound it does not matter if its the right or left speakers im clueless and one place is charging me almost $400 to run the wires. I dont know why we cant find each speaker wire and make them sound individually so we can find out which speakers are wich. any help would be helpful.


Thanks

[iarejohn]

not an expert and this is only a guess. but did you bypass the factory amp? and 400 is ridiculous. i went to cartoys for 200$... to me 200 was already high but i didnt know how to bypass the amp and didnt want to mess with anything.

[doug1676]

Originally Posted by iarejohn

not an expert and this is only a guess. but did you bypass the factory amp? and 400 is ridiculous. i went to cartoys for 200$... to me 200 was already high but i didnt know how to bypass the amp and didnt want to mess with anything.

That is what im saying $4bills is to much money plus what I have invested in the system already. I dont know how to by pass the amp it was my brother in law who was doing it do you know hwo too?

[iarejohn]

no, all i know if that the factory amp is behing the glove box. im sure if you call around you could find a cheaper place.

[Kyle_Mains]

I have the same setup you desire, except i have one 12" with a 2.0 cubic feet box and components in my doors.

I ran all the wires from the kick panels into the carpet, took me like 10 or so hours to do all the work from speaker install to wires to securing amps and box. It's a bitch but its so worth it.

First things first, do you have a speaker harness???

[doug1676]

Originally Posted by Kyle_Mains

I have the same setup you desire, except i have one 12" with a 2.0 cubic feet box and components in my doors.

I ran all the wires from the kick panels into the carpet, took me like 10 or so hours to do all the work from speaker install to wires to securing amps and box. It's a bitch but its so worth it.

First things first, do you have a speaker harness???

Nope I dont even know what that is I am just going by what I found on here the guy who did his set up with the seal tape and the 5 1/4 speaker on door I figure I try the same thing.

[Chunkywolf]

There is a nice wiring diagram here: http://www.tundrasolutions.com/forum...-diagram-help/

it includes pinouts at the stereo and the amp.

[Kyle_Mains]

i did a write up of it to, make sure to read mine as well!!!!

Put 5.25 componets in my 98 XLS (PICS!!!!)

the seal tape one - simple

mine - complex

take notes from both