WHAT THE @&C%!!! Wiring LOC nightmare!

RonRizz

Out of Bose amp, Into LOC L and R (hi level). easy peasy.

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twyrick

Yeah ... I wound up buying a 2 channel LOC earlier tonight, because that's what I figured would wind up being the best solution for me.

There are a couple reasons it bugs me though....

1. The Kicker Hideaway sub box I'm putting in doesn't have RCA jacks on it. It does have both speaker and line level input support, but both just assume you have bare wires going in. That means to use the line level, I have to cut one end off of an RCA cable and strip the wires, so the LOC can actually hook up to the thing. Doable ... but annoying.

2. If I was able to find out for sure if there's a secondary Bose subwoofer amp hidden in the hatch area someplace in my '16 Nismo, I could tap off of that harness and have my remote turn-on, 12v power and even a usable ground wire. Since nobody seems to know for sure -- now I have to buy the amp install kit and run the positive wire from the battery all the way back to it, etc.

bigaudiofanat

For your kicker you can grab the 2 wires going into that plastic sauces where your spare tires is in that harness. Send that directly through the speaker level input of the kicker.

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RonRizz

agreed. To come off the LOC and cut the rca end, you will have WAY too low voltage to feed that sub. Those are line level inputs.

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RonRizz

I stand corrected... I just looked at kickers manual for this sub.....This may be one of the most asinine things ever. The same wires are used for high level AND low level inputs... But they will sell you an RCA adapter to use rca inputs without splicing wires
Simple solution... Pick up a set of female rca ends, and solder them onto the kickers wiring harness.
Probably cost you about $5.00, or use 2 of these... http://www.parts-express.com/parts-e...ector--090-104
Same as the kickers, but probably a TON cheaper

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bigaudiofanat

Lol you know JL and RF do the same thing with their mini amps right?

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