I've tried searching and haven't found much on speaker wire adapters. I'm replacing the stock speakers in my 2001 Z24 cavalier with aftermarket sets, 4x6's up front and 6x9 in the rear. I went on to the metra online website, typed in my year, make, and model and found two different speaker wire adapters and i'm not sure which ones I need.
Metra part numbers:
72-4570 -
http://www.metraonline.com/part/72-4570
72-4568 -
http://www.metraonline.com/part/GM_wire+harness_72-4568
Is one set for the front and the other for the rear?
Thanks in advance, Dan
All you do is buy a set of the male/female connector prongs and cut the end of your wires and attach them. Alot easier and cheaper than buying adapters. 2 min job.
Thanks, I really appreciate the advice but i'm not cutting my factory speaker connectors off. I'd much rather spend the extra $10-$20 to buy the adapters and do it right.
Dan wrote:Thanks, I really appreciate the advice but i'm not cutting my factory speaker connectors off. I'd much rather spend the extra $10-$20 to buy the adapters and do it right.
lol do it right. in your terms doing it right is adding more connectors in the chain of things increasing the chance or more problems and decreasing sound quality. the best way is to cut those crap stock connectors off. solder on some good aftermarket connectors and be done with it. you thougt the stock speakers were crap so you replaced them right? why would you think sticking with the stock crappy conectors would be best?
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sndsgood wrote:Dan wrote:Thanks, I really appreciate the advice but i'm not cutting my factory speaker connectors off. I'd much rather spend the extra $10-$20 to buy the adapters and do it right.
lol do it right. in your terms doing it right is adding more connectors in the chain of things increasing the chance or more problems and decreasing sound quality. the best way is to cut those crap stock connectors off. solder on some good aftermarket connectors and be done with it. you thougt the stock speakers were crap so you replaced them right? why would you think sticking with the stock crappy conectors would be best?
Correct. If unfortunately used these connectors a lot at my work, and I've done some testing. One average, these plug-in adapter connections have a resistance of about 2ohms across the connection. Think of the efficiency you are losing in heat.
