Actually buddy I have installed many stereos before. And you so (obviously) have only installed on one type of vehicle. It depends on manufacturer. VW have solid colors for negative, such as brown). Hondas and most other imports use a random colors with black to mark neg. But i do agree most of the time it will be the wires with a stripe that will be neg. but they will use a similar color (ie. black) to mark it as neg. So my previous comment stands.

 

I've done Honda's, Toyota's, VW's, Dodge's, Mitsubishi's, Buicks, GMC's, Chevy's, you name it... I used to install stereos and speakers for the other students in my school's parking lot during lunch and study halls for some extra cash.

Just FYI.

Anyways, I'm sure this situation is cleared up by now, how's your stereo sound? Did you run the new speaker wires or use the old ones?

 

i wonder y no one said pop the speakers with a aa battery to check there phase....

 

Thats kinda funny actually. I used to do the same thing. In high school i installed headunits and speakers and made custom mounts for speakers in friends cars. Small world.

Anyway i decided to just use the stock wires since they were 16 awg anyways as Icemark had said. And im not going to be running anything crazy. The headunit is hooked up, im hooking up the new rear speakers today and putting the battery in for a quick sound test. I will let you guys know.

 

I would have, but I think it's hard on them (mainly because they're small and won't put up with a whole lot of power).

 

Where did you guys ground your headunits?

I have it all wired up with the new speakers and went to turn it on and there was no power to the headunit itself. So I must have a bad ground.

Preferably were I don't have to sctratch any paint.

Thanks

 

I was wondering the same think. I usually check the phase by using a 9v battery. Can someone confirm that this is bad for a speaker? You only hook it up like maybe 3 seconds.