Stereo went tits up

[billross77]

Ok, so I replaced all my speakers, added an amp in the trunk...about 6 months ago or so. I did this by cutting the harnesses in the drivers kick panel and soldering in wire to RCA adapters, using the wiring diagram that was posted on this forum. Everything worked great until yesterday. I started getting tons of static for every audio source. The sub kept popping, and it sounded like all of the speakers were about to jump out of their holes. I am thinking something came loose in the kick panel, as when I unplugged the RCA's from the amp, the noise went away. Obviously, now I have no sound at all.

I know this is not a true tech help forum, but I just wondered if anyone can confirm by basic troubleshooting before I take the car apart.

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[Fenix]

Well maybe not a whole lot of technical help but I would start by seeing if you can isolate where the issue is located. Is it with the aftermarket amp itself, some or all of the amp outputs, loose amp ground or power, or is it from the solder connection in the kick panel

If they are all static sounding by bet would be the solder connection is the issue.

There are some threads that detail the molex connectors needed to make a harness which would avoid the cutting/soldering of the main harness, if that turns out to be the issue.

 

[billross77]

I pluged my phone into the amp with a 3.5 to RCA and everything sounded fine. So, I guess that means its somewhere pre-amp.

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