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[NickA]

Just been reading the thread on removal of the Bose system and the speakers being 2ohm. I retrofitted Bose into my 02 mega adding the amp and the rear parcel shelf speakers but I didn't change the door speakers. It sounds OK to me, much much better that the standard setup but the post got me thinking should I have changed the door speakers as well?

Are none Bose cars fitted with different door speakers to Bose cars? I haven't got access to a parts list to I can't check that. This is for a 2002 facelift car.

[MutantCav]

Cant speak for the facelift cars but the earlier ones (which I would imagine would be the same) have Bose speakers in the front and back doors which are indeed different to the standard ones (2 Ohm speakers for a start and look different)...if you have done the rest then well worth fitting the speakers too...if they are the same then I have a full set (front and back doors) of Bose speakers here if your interested

[NickA]

Thanks, but I though pre and post facelift speakers were different as well?

[MutantCav]

Really dont know as I havent stripped a facelift car yet...but I cant see why the Bose speakers would be different...someone with more knowledge of this area will come along soon to confirm either way though I'm sure

[TheBoy]

Thanks, but I though pre and post facelift speakers were different as well?

not afaik

[Dave DND]

You can run Non BOSE speakers on a BOSE system - you just won`t drive the amplifier to its full potential, but no harm will come of it.


You cannot, however do it the other way around and put BOSE speakers on a NON-BOSE system.

 

[MutantCav]

Thanks TheBoy and DaveDND...well there you go...up to you...if you want them then they are here waiting for you Will get them packaged up and in the post soon as they are paid for (already out of the car) Cheers, Chris.

[zirk]

As per DND and MutantCav above, no probs running your Bose Amp into 4ohm speakers, just means your running the amp at half its output power, not that your going to notice much difference in volume, assume youv run each speaker directly to the amp without the crossover?.

Worst case you may blow the standard Bass speaker (not the subs youv fitted) the ones on the front door, but running half power your prob get away with it, may distort at very high volume but should sound ok as the even the standard fit speakers on a facelift arnt half bad.

sound should give an improvement over the standard FL sound.

[NickA]

Thank's for the offer of the speakers, but I think I'll pass given what Dave DND has said that I'm not harming anything and it certainly sounds loud enought for me.

The speakers are wired as per the factory as I stripped the entire Bose loom out of the donor.  It's two wires to the amp per speaker then two wires from the amp per speaker, is that none crossed over?

and yes it does sound better that the standard FL sound  

Nick

[zirk]

Thank's for the offer of the speakers, but I think I'll pass given what Dave DND has said that I'm not harming anything and it certainly sounds loud enought for me.

The speakers are wired as per the factory as I stripped the entire Bose loom out of the donor.  It's two wires to the amp per speaker then two wires from the amp per speaker, is that none crossed over?

and yes it does sound better that the standard FL sound  

Nick

Yes, if youv wired it that way, sweet. thinking about it again if you wired it that way then you actually wont blow your door bass speakers coz there now being used purely for mid and low (no sub base).

Sorted, glad to hear its an improvement