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if it is a uk spec then as stock there is an amp hidden under the trim on the right of the boot nearish to the speaker, the stock speaker is a round (4inch?) the stock uk fronts didn't have an amp sometimes when these are changed to 6x4s the amp is still left in line as the person changing the speakers dosn't realise some jap spec cars came with plastic speaker units with amp and speaker built in and some i belive didnt, mine has these in the front (no back speakers as convertable) the bose amp / speaker system works on a much lower impedance than standard speakers and therefore you ideally want to bypass the bose amp if you are changing the speakers. if you bypass the amp you definatly want to change the speakers

asuming stock speakers, have a look at the loom / connector for the back speakers they may be 5 wires on the car loom and only 4 on the adapter, the extra wire would be power to the built in amp(s) connect it to the switched output of the headunit that makes the electric ariel go up / down

some looms don't have a ground wire in them the zed as standard has a seperate ground wire attached to the car behind the stereo on a spade crimp, the other end gets bolted to the back of the stereo (using short bolts!)

in the instructions with your kits it says to uprate your headlight fuse (to 15A iirc)

me me me someone's seen me at last :)

i was told all uk models have it, but i don't seem to on mine (H) perhaps it was only on the latter ones

connect the spare wire on the car loom (amp power)to the switched remote out of the headunit. some headunits just have one switched out to do remote amps and electric ariel, some have seperate ones for amps and ariel

having been let down again i'm looking for someone to do my manual conversion. I have the full conversion kit ready but don't have the ability / motivation to do it myself the car does drive but only in 1st and second so i could take it somewhere nearby or it could be done on my drive/garage or failing that looking for someone to take it away on a trailer and bring it back working

i've got 2, tt for daily drive, na for special ocasions

i've decided that the 303 is a little far south and dosent apear to have an easy way to turn round so i might wait for you at junction 5 or go straight to the pub depending on whether i'm running late or not

i'm going but southbound on M3, if there was a meet at somewher like fleet services southbound it would be more use to me, but failing that i'll come and join yours

me too

hopefully i will make it, depends what work spring on me between now and then

I really like the sound of the bose when they are working properly, they just don't go loud enough so they will be going at some point, havn't worked out how to fit a loud enough system in a convertable... yet . off course if you fancy the challenge...... I might take you up on the offer of coming over for you to look if i don't have any inspiration in the neantime, however it won't be till after the gear box is replaced as it's a bit far to go with only 2 gears :)

yes the ariel goes up, also i would of thought i would get nothing rather than just no bass if that was the problem

I've just wired in my in dash satnav and it's gone a bit wrong, I've been stupid somewhere but i just can't see where, hoping for some inspiration :) it all worked fine, aftermarket stereo wired in, both front speakers origonal bose ones with built in amps working fine (no rear speakers) power to amps taken from headunit electric ariel switched output so i add the in dash sat nav, Y-split the permanent live, switched live and headlight feeds; attach ground to stereo ground point; short handbrake and reverse sensors to ground, feed speed sensor from speed sensor connection in passenger footwell. now the sat nav works correctly, but the stereo dosn't - the headunit powers up, plays CDs, ariel goes up etc. however: with sat nav screen open only get left speaker and only high frequencies, no bass with sat nav screen closed i get no sound at all please, what could i possibly have done wrong ?

i used them. absolutely abismal service sent 2 parcels to different adresses, they stuck the wrong labels on them so they went to wrong places, denied it, had to arange another company to redeliver both parcels there system for reporting failed pick up is pathetic and it once took them 2 weeks to actually pick up my parcel another time they delivered my parcel back to me (well actually the company 2 doors down) about a week after i sent it of about 20 parcels they probably did what it said on the tin less than half

well thats a relief, i thought it was a middle age crisis car

i voted twice

ok , sure i'll have a look

the centre speaker was standard on some models if you post lwb / swb and jap / uk and age of car it could help as well as is the head unit / other speakers still stock ones. maybe a photo of your wiring? a lot of the bose speakers had built in amps in or near the speakers which take power from the headunit. from memory i think the power for all of them came from one connector on the headunit. i'm a bit confused from your discription which bits are / are not working from your description

hmmmm, can you fit 24" wheels on a zed? so just need a spare 15,000 dollers

i am

got mine, its shiny, got lots of pictures, arived in time and has a hook to hang it up with :bow: personally i would have prefered a little more callender and a little less picture, just enough to write things to do on the callender part

i went to the one in february and there were 8 or 9 zeds there but i only saw one zed owner they were all spread out throughout the carpark whereas all the other car clubs had managed to park in blocks