Pauly99to17
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I am just adding a little more information to this DIY how to hook up an amp and sub by @S. Kusen
Check it out here.
http://9thcivic.com/forum/threads/2...ll-high-level-inputs-from-rear-speakers.8820/
Another handy DIY for removing rear panel in a Coupe. http://9thcivic.com/forum/threads/2012-civic-rear-speaker-replacement.3859/
I changed all my speakers and added two amps. 1 amp (Alpine m-300) powers the speakers and the other (Alpine m-500) powers the subwoofer.
One thing that I had to do some research about was the positive and negative wire colours because the non premium wires are not the same colours as the premium systems. So here is the what you need to know to get the signal back to your amplifier.
< Front Left
Red +
purple -
Front Right >
Gray +
Brown -
< Rear Left
Yellow +
Brown -
Rear Right >
Blue +
Orange -
This was my first time installing a stereo and it took me a while to understand that the sound signal did not need to come from behind the Head Unit (HU). I have drawn a diagram that be of help for any inexperienced installers like myself.
The reason the front signal wires and new output speaker wires should be run on the right hand side of the car is because you do not want to take the chance of these wires picking up static if they are run along side the power wire.
Rear speaker replacement
Side panel removal. Open door. Move weather stripping out of the way. Look carefully at the picture below where the two green clips are located so you know where to pull. Panel simply pops off. (Do not need to worry about airbag deploying. Haha). There is a white clip that will need to be put back when you remove this cover. This clip holds the cover so if the airbag does go off one day the cover will not going flying. You can pop up the side seat section and move them to the outside to give you more room to get at the panel. This seat section comes off too if you want. It is held on by one bolt at the bottom. I didn't need to do that though. Check the other DIY if you want to remove this section.
Not a great picture of the clip, but you can see the clip location here.
Close up of black clip and white tab.
It should say BLACK clip in this photo.
Black clip thing reinserted.
This is what that clip looks like before the panel came off.
There is one clip to detach that is for the brake light wires before you pull the large panel straight back. Pull the exterior seat parts up and then off to the side a little so the large panel can slide back.
Speakers are attached by one Philips screw. The screw hole did not line up well and my replacement speakers did not sit flat. I ended up just hot gluing them in there.
Stock speakers. One screw - bolt. Detached brake light plug.
Check it out here.
http://9thcivic.com/forum/threads/2...ll-high-level-inputs-from-rear-speakers.8820/
Another handy DIY for removing rear panel in a Coupe. http://9thcivic.com/forum/threads/2012-civic-rear-speaker-replacement.3859/
I changed all my speakers and added two amps. 1 amp (Alpine m-300) powers the speakers and the other (Alpine m-500) powers the subwoofer.
One thing that I had to do some research about was the positive and negative wire colours because the non premium wires are not the same colours as the premium systems. So here is the what you need to know to get the signal back to your amplifier.
< Front Left
Red +
purple -
Front Right >
Gray +
Brown -
< Rear Left
Yellow +
Brown -
Rear Right >
Blue +
Orange -
This was my first time installing a stereo and it took me a while to understand that the sound signal did not need to come from behind the Head Unit (HU). I have drawn a diagram that be of help for any inexperienced installers like myself.
The reason the front signal wires and new output speaker wires should be run on the right hand side of the car is because you do not want to take the chance of these wires picking up static if they are run along side the power wire.
Rear speaker replacement
Side panel removal. Open door. Move weather stripping out of the way. Look carefully at the picture below where the two green clips are located so you know where to pull. Panel simply pops off. (Do not need to worry about airbag deploying. Haha). There is a white clip that will need to be put back when you remove this cover. This clip holds the cover so if the airbag does go off one day the cover will not going flying. You can pop up the side seat section and move them to the outside to give you more room to get at the panel. This seat section comes off too if you want. It is held on by one bolt at the bottom. I didn't need to do that though. Check the other DIY if you want to remove this section.
Not a great picture of the clip, but you can see the clip location here.
Close up of black clip and white tab.
It should say BLACK clip in this photo.
Black clip thing reinserted.
This is what that clip looks like before the panel came off.
There is one clip to detach that is for the brake light wires before you pull the large panel straight back. Pull the exterior seat parts up and then off to the side a little so the large panel can slide back.
Speakers are attached by one Philips screw. The screw hole did not line up well and my replacement speakers did not sit flat. I ended up just hot gluing them in there.
Stock speakers. One screw - bolt. Detached brake light plug.
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