if you plan on getting the rear active steering you wont be able to lower your car, just a heads up

 

Will have to look into that... never heard about not being able to lower the car if equipt with Active Steering till now. See that would be a problem then...hmmm. Any links to info on this subject by any chance? If I can't lower a G35 with Active Steering well then I'm definetly changing my options.

 

dont much info available for the G but try researching the M35-45

 

Guys...Miami man here,

I want to wire up an LOC to my factory Bose amp (05 Sedan) to run a couple of subs but I'm having trouble locating WHICH wires to tap.

Anyone have the diagram for the '05...

yes I did search and did come across an 06 diagram, but I believe its for the coupe anyways...

Thanks for the help guys, see you all out there on Saturday

 

pm vrsc

he wired up his 05 sedan and its sounds really good

 

Remember, if you splice into the line before the AMP you won't need a LOC. The Head Unit only dishes our 2v so you'll be fine. Highend Radios that aren't Preamped dish out 4v so you're really safe there.

 

yea but that would be an amp that can handle speaker level inputs...like a JL amp

so I think any other would need a LOC where it takes the speaker level type to RCA type

anyways i did pm vrsc and waiting on his reply

 

The signal is not speaker level before it gets to the Bose amp. It is around 2 volts.

I tapped into my HU before the Bose amp on both of my G's and ran it straight to my amps.

 

ok gotcha...so how would i bring those speaker (18 gauge?) down to RCAs??

also the main thing im worried about is which color wires do i need to tap into on the 05 sedan


and sorry I dont mean to Thread Jack...

 

you need to cut a pair of RCA's, split and strip the two wires that are inside (one is + and the other is -) and solder them to the appropriate wires before they enter the Bose amp. I cut the head unit wires about an inch before they entered the Bose amp.

I don't know if the wire colors are the same for the 05 sedan, maybe do a search for the service manual, but these are the wire colors for the 04, which may or may not be the same.

BOSE WIRING COLORS
Factory speaker harness wiring colors

Front Right + Gray/Silver
Front Right - Yellow/Silver

Front Left + Green/Silver
Front Left - Red/Silver

Rear Door Right + Brown/Silver
Rear Door Right - Black/Silver

Rear Door Left + Green/Yellow
Rear Door Left - Black/Yellow

Rear Deck Right + Blue/Red
Rear Deck Right - Blue/White

Rear Deck Left + Blue/Yellow
Rear Deck Left - White/Green



Head unit output colors

The (+) are all on the same side of the connector.

Head Output Front Right + Orange/Blue
Head Output Front Right - White/Blue

Head Output Front Left + White
Head Output Front Left - Orange

Head Output Rear Right + Blue
Head Output Rear Right - Pink

Head Output Rear Left + Teal
Head Output Rear Left - Purple


Remote Wire Light Blue/ Silver

 

Thanks man, hope I have some luck on someone that has an 05 (sedan specifically)

But what about the Sub inputs/outputs?? I see that they arent listed

...but where would I get my hands on an online version of the service manual??

Thanks

 

There are no sub outputs from the head unit. The Bose amp gets 4 channels (front & rear, right & left) and then splits off the signal to the sub. You want to rely on your non-bose amp for the crossover filtering and get the signal before the Bose amp.

If you are only adding a sub for now, run the rear speaker wires from the head unit into your new sub amp and use the head unit's fader to increase and decrease the loudness of the sub.

Better yet is to replace all the door speakers and power your new sub and door speakers with one or two amps. I did this in my sedan and run the front and rear speakers off the 4 channels of a 5 channel amp (reducing the gain for the rear speakers) and using the rear fader from the head unit to control the sub.

 

well the amp im getting has a separate bass **** for bass control, so that wont be an issue. But I will be running the the LOCs just in case (off the rears) so I dont get the polarity wrong goin to the amp so I wont risk shorting the whole system out.

Thanks again guys

 

You can still get the polarity wron if you wire upthe LOCs backward.

what amp are you getting? JL? If so, you won't need an LOC.

Are you amping your entire system or just adding a sub? I thought you were just adding a sub.

 

Im not too sure if Im getting the JL amp just yet...I am going to be borrowing a Kicker amp and Subs.

But what im getting at with the LOC & Polarity, its less of a risk (one positive and one negative) if the diagrams that I have are correct.

Thanks