Visaton replacement 8" sub upgrade

by **mjr07gtbwagon** » Thu Dec 03, 2020 2:24 pm

Hi all,
i did the sub upgrade to the wife's wagon as the old on fell apart and now i cant seem to get it to work? checked all the wires and they are good and the rest of the speakers are working.
its a 07 GTB with the Macintosh system. dose the amp have a fuse or something for the Sub? i will be doing the head unit kit after X Mas so if the amps cactus i dont want to splice all the wires from the amp to the new head unit to find out it has shit its self.

any thoughts...

by **nvmylh** » Thu Dec 03, 2020 2:52 pm

Looking at a wiring diagram, all the speakers run off the 1 amp so shouldn't be a fuse.

by **mjr07gtbwagon** » Fri Dec 04, 2020 7:04 am

Thanks,
Thats what i thought, just thought there might be something strange i missed.

by **Caution** » Fri Dec 04, 2020 12:59 pm

Installed mine a few weeks ago and have the same issue. i haven't had the time to look into it tho.
it's responding... but just barely.

by **mjr07gtbwagon** » Fri Dec 04, 2020 1:56 pm

Ill have a look next week when im back home and see what i can fined out. it might be easier to ditch the amp and do one 4 channel for the doors and a separate one for the sub,considering the rewire you have to do to use the factory amp to new head unit... like its only money right :lol:

will keep you guys posted.

by **Caution** » Mon Dec 07, 2020 9:23 am

Sub in question: https://www.soundlabsgroup.com.au/p/V-9064-W200/W+200+-+4+Ohm
I know SFA about audio stuff... Anyone with more knowledge have any suggestions or see anything that might be an issue?

by **mjr07gtbwagon** » Mon Jan 11, 2021 12:20 pm

Hi All, happy new year.

So I finally had time to look at the sub and found a bad connection. its working fine now, but when I put the multimeter on the sub it only read 3.1 ohms?

Anyway now to install the new pioneer head unit and AVO JDM facia and A.C kit I got for the cook for X mas. ( she shouldn't have said Bluetooth would be nice.

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by **bigBADbenny** » Tue Jan 12, 2021 4:55 am

Member hardwarebob for conversion harness etc.

Plug n play :good:

by **mjr07gtbwagon** » Thu Jan 14, 2021 10:56 am

Thanks Benny, but made my own and shit it works....

by **spike2135** » Fri Jan 15, 2021 10:53 am

mjr07gtbwagon wrote:Hi All, happy new year.

...multimeter on the sub it only read 3.1 ohms?

you're measuring an AC speaker with DC resistance. Never going to be 100%, just a ballpark figure. i find the impedance usually measures a little under stated rating, nothing to worry about though.

:lol: