severancej Posted August 22, 2012 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 My friend has a 2003 chevrolet silverado 1500. His stereo quit working yesterday, it powers up but there isn't any output. He wants to put a double din in there. His truck has the factory bose option so does it have a amp somewhere? And can we still use it? Will any stereo plug and play with a wiring adapter? Does anyone have experience with the factory stuff like this and is there anything I should know before trying to hook up the new one? Thanks guys 98' dodge ram 140A alt Big 3 XS D2700 JVC kd-r310 Rockford T500-1BDCP 2 Sundown E12 Ported 4cubes 35hz Rockford P400-4 2 Infinity reference 3way 6x9 2 Polk DB 5 1/4 2x layer dynamat all doors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dangrebel Posted August 22, 2012 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 I hate wiring those with a passion. I run jumpers from the new radio to the out puts of the amp. So it bypasses it. It's located in the center console under the cup holders 1999 GMC Yukon, 6 PSI platform 5 18's, 4th order bandpass by BHE, Taramps, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john253a Posted August 22, 2012 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 you need to be careful all the Bose systems in Australia are 2ohm and not 4, so you may find the new stereo is not 2 ohm stable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baydestrian Posted August 22, 2012 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 Yeah if you still want to use the Bose don't hook up the door speakers they are a lower ohm, I think 1ohm (at least here in America). At least in my Caddy I was still able to use the dash tweets/center 3.5 and the rear 6x9s, just not my door speakers. Have him upgrade to a nice set of components too and call it a day, will be much happier. Also make sure you use the right GMOS adapter, you will have issues if you don't. 2015 Mazda 6 JVF Customz 4.0 Proto 15>Wolfram W4500 @ .5ohm 2 Sundown Neo 6.5 + 2 CT Meso Tweeters (Front) x Kicker KS6.5 (Rear)>JL Audio VX400/4i NSB-AMG35 (front) / 40ah Lithium Headway (Rear) built by Erni Audio & Electrical Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dangrebel Posted August 22, 2012 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 All the trucks I've done we're like 3.4 ohms for front tweeter and mid and like mid 2's on the back. 1999 GMC Yukon, 6 PSI platform 5 18's, 4th order bandpass by BHE, Taramps, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redwolf2 Posted August 24, 2012 Report Share Posted August 24, 2012 Ahh. Good ole blowse. Sitting in the 04 suburban right now and I can honestly tell you that you're better off getting new speakers and taking the Bose right out. My brother had the same problem which turned out to be the amp failing (I forget what he spent on the amp), but it would've been almost half the price in the long run (between the amp and the adapter for the vx709 aswell as the time) Get new speakers and amp. Just remove the curse of Bose from your system! And the amp is in the center console like dangrebel said. Hope that helps James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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