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Old Apr 5, 2012 | 12:32 PM
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Im trying to wire in a new set of Kicker speakers in my 2002 HD Crew Cab-

I downloaded what I thought was a correct wiring diagram- it stated that the Left Rear speaker wires are Yellow and Brown. It states Yellow is ground, and Brown is positive.

I started with the Left Rear, and as fate would have it, the wires were Yellow and Brown. I wired it up accordingly to the new speaker, and it worked fine. I proceeded to the next door (Right Rear) and what did I find?

The wires are Yellow and Brown. What what? The guide I had said they would be orange and green. This is far from that.

I stopped at that point and haven't been able to find a correct wiring diagram. I don't want to hook positive to negative on the speakers....

So on the crew cab trucks (I have 6 3/4 speakers all around with factory installed tweeters in the front doors) how does the wiring lay out? I need to know what colors correspond to polarity...

EDIT: I am looking to find out what colors correspond to polarity with regards to the trucks factory wiring.

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Old Apr 5, 2012 | 12:41 PM
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you can use a 9v battery to test it with.. watch your polarity and the speaker will move outward with the correct polarity.

Ive never worried about gettin the polarity backwards on cheap speakers, never know the difference either way
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Old Apr 5, 2012 | 08:18 PM
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No I know which wire is positive and negative on the terminals of the speaker.

Im asking which wires are positive and negative from the TRUCK. Like, what colors equal negative and what colors are positive on the factory speaker wires. I don't want to hook one up backwards and have it out of phase.

What I will do now is dig one of the factory speakers out of the trash and find out (via your testing method) which one is positive on each speaker and go from there.
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Old Apr 5, 2012 | 08:43 PM
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Originally Posted by SamuelsonMotorsports
No I know which wire is positive and negative on the terminals of the speaker.

Im asking which wires are positive and negative from the TRUCK. Like, what colors equal negative and what colors are positive on the factory speaker wires. I don't want to hook one up backwards and have it out of phase.

What I will do now is dig one of the factory speakers out of the trash and find out (via your testing method) which one is positive on each speaker and go from there.
Trucks don't come from the factory with some speakers out of phase. If the orientation is correct on the speaker, it's correct on the truck.
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Old Apr 6, 2012 | 09:17 PM
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I must be stating things incorrectly because people are misinterpriting what I am asking and saying.

I know none of the factory speakers are out of phase. I do not want to wire up the speakers backwards so that they are out of phase. I am asking for a wiring diagram.

Thanks anyway for the replies, I went and printed a wiring diagram from ALLDATA and I have completed the install (and dynamat install).

All I wanted was a wiring diagram or a method of figuring out which wire was positive. Guess car audio isn't a strongpoint around here.
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Old Apr 8, 2012 | 11:06 AM
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Originally Posted by SamuelsonMotorsports
I must be stating things incorrectly because people are misinterpriting what I am asking and saying.

I know none of the factory speakers are out of phase. I do not want to wire up the speakers backwards so that they are out of phase. I am asking for a wiring diagram.

Thanks anyway for the replies, I went and printed a wiring diagram from ALLDATA and I have completed the install (and dynamat install).

All I wanted was a wiring diagram or a method of figuring out which wire was positive. Guess car audio isn't a strongpoint around here.
Apparently the ability to form discernible questions isn't your strong point. If I can give you a method to find proper phase, why do you need a diagram? It's one of those "give a man to fish feed him for a day, teach a man to fish feed him for a lifetime" situations. I guess I made the mistake of assuming you had a little thing called common sense...I wont make that mistake with you again.
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Old Apr 8, 2012 | 11:08 AM
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Originally Posted by SamuelsonMotorsports
No I know which wire is positive and negative on the terminals of the speaker.

Im asking which wires are positive and negative from the TRUCK. Like, what colors equal negative and what colors are positive on the factory speaker wires. I don't want to hook one up backwards and have it out of phase.

What I will do now is dig one of the factory speakers out of the trash and find out (via your testing method) which one is positive on each speaker and go from there.
They're actually one in the same. If it's positive on the speaker, it's positive in the truck. and I didn't even need an Alldata wiring diagram to tell me this.
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Old Apr 8, 2012 | 07:31 PM
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Not taking sides but I think the op was saying on his new door speakers they are labeled + & -. The bose/factory speakers are not labeled so he was trying to figure out the color code to which wire is + or -. Hope this clears things up. I just changed my door speakers out and the rr speaker colors wasnt as described in diagram. I just touched the wires and you can listen an tell when its backwards.
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Old Apr 9, 2012 | 06:22 AM
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Originally Posted by 06SilverBirch
Not taking sides but I think the op was saying on his new door speakers they are labeled + & -. The bose/factory speakers are not labeled so he was trying to figure out the color code to which wire is + or -. Hope this clears things up. I just changed my door speakers out and the rr speaker colors wasnt as described in diagram. I just touched the wires and you can listen an tell when its backwards.
I told him how to determine which wire was positive and which wire was negative, thus rendering a diagram unnecessary. If you can figure out which wire is positive and which is negative on the factory speaker, you can wire up your aftermarket speakers up the same way, and not have an issue.
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