a few quick questions
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a few quick questions
i have a 95 f-50 extended cab and i am starting to build the stereo system in it. i already have new door speakers but i am not sure what size the rear speakers are. can anyone tell me? also, is there an easy way to tell positive and negative wires apart or do i just need to keep track of what is what when i unplug them?
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got to crutchfield.com they can tell you the rear speaker size. They may even have the wiring diagram to tell you the color of the positive and neg. wires. Did you get the wiring harness for the radio? I would get the harness for both the radio and speaker it makes it so easy to install.
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I can tell you going off the head unit harness, the speaker wires are as follows:
front left speaker positive - white
front left speaker negative - white/black
front right speaker positive - grey
front right speaker negative - grey/black
back left speaker positive - green
back left speaker negative - green/black
back right speaker positive - purple
back right speaker negative - purple/black
Figuring out polarity for the factory wiring colors is almost impossible to do, so generally i don't worry about it. I can tell no difference whatsoever in front and rear speakers if the polarity is backwards, and you probably won't either.
However, if it sounds like some speakers sound better than others, swap the polarity on the speaker accordingly. Many people will argue that they can hear a differerence in sound, but i sure can't. It's very noticeable on subwoofers, but not on front and rear speakers.
front left speaker positive - white
front left speaker negative - white/black
front right speaker positive - grey
front right speaker negative - grey/black
back left speaker positive - green
back left speaker negative - green/black
back right speaker positive - purple
back right speaker negative - purple/black
Figuring out polarity for the factory wiring colors is almost impossible to do, so generally i don't worry about it. I can tell no difference whatsoever in front and rear speakers if the polarity is backwards, and you probably won't either.
However, if it sounds like some speakers sound better than others, swap the polarity on the speaker accordingly. Many people will argue that they can hear a differerence in sound, but i sure can't. It's very noticeable on subwoofers, but not on front and rear speakers.
