Well, when I purchased my Ram, I knew it had the right front speaker blown. I figured it would be no problem, and that I'd just swap the stock Infinity 6x9s with a new pair of Pioneers, but it turns out to be a little more complicated.

What I need to know, is what exactly is the thing attached to the sides of the speakers (I'm guessing something similar to a small amp?)? This is the part that is impeding my progress on the speaker install.

I'm not really worried about the Ohm resistance, as I'm swapping both out, I just need to know this small detail.

By the way, Best Buy has all Pioneer speakers half off (got my 6x9s for $40 )

 

Yes, that is a small amp. When I replaced my stock Infinitys with better aftermarket Infinitys, I just cable tied the little suckers onto the sides of the new speakers. As long as you do it right, they won't get in the way of anything.

 

You know when I replaced my speakers I never did ask which wire was the + and which was the -?

Can someone tell me now? I'll have to check it. Wire description with + and then - would be helpful!

 

What I did was play music while I was hooking up the speakers. You can usually hear the difference when you have it hooked up backwards, it doesn't sound as good.

 

The only difference you can "hear" is if the right and left speakers are out of phase with each other!

I believe the Infinity speakers have the amp wires soldered on to the speakers and when you cut them off you can put connectors on them to fit your aftermarket speakers. It's been a long time since I played with them but IIRC the wires will be green and black. Green being the positive (+) and the black being minus (-). If you are unsure and you still have the infinity speakers use a 9V battery and touch it to the speaker contacts. When the polarity is correct the speaker will push out. Look at the + and - on the battery to see which is which. When the polarity is wrong (+ to -) the speaker will suck in. Look at the color of the wires and you can tell what the polarity was on that speaker.

 

I tested one speaker at a time, with the other disconnected. The bass seemed to be better with one then the other mostly, so I assumed thats the correct wiring.

My Infinity's were stock and the amps were not soldered on. They were bolted, and there was no way for me to take the connectors off without cutting wires or breaking the speaker. (Maybe the bolted part was soldered, not sure. They seemed to be part of the speaker as a whole, not a simple job to remove them. Sold the speakers a while ago.)

Your stock Infinity speakers will bring $50 or so on eBay usually.

 

So if you plug it in backwards the music doesnt come out upsidedown??

 

What do you guys mean not simple to remove them? I thought they were just connectors that just slid on the speaker? Are they not? I thought thats how mine were and I thought they were easy to remove but maybe they weren't. It's been a while so maybe I cut the wire but I don't think so. I think I got them off fairly easy.

 

When I do mine I'm cuttin it all off and splicing some connectors so I can swap the speakers out again and again. For me it's no biggie to crimp some male/female connectors. Do these systems generally sound better with that stock amp? I'm running an aftermarket panasonic unit that puts out 220 watts or so, do I don't really need any amplification. Not too many speakers in the general price range push that high anyway.

 

Like it was mentioned earlier you unbolt the amp from the speaker, cut the two wires add quick diconnects and then hook up new speakers.