I just bought 6 X 9 's for the back, 6 1/2 for the front and a kenwood headunit for my 98 2.3CL. I installed the headunit and the rear speakers. I havent put in the new front speakers. When i turn the radio on, music plays from the rears and the tweeters but not from the front (door panel) speakers. Can anyone explain?

 

did you connect the power to the front speakers? Check your installation again... you might have missed some thing...

 

Are both your door speakers blown? Were they working prior to you installing the stereo?

 

yes they were working prior to the install and yes i hooked up the radio correctly, maybe some of you dont know but the tweeters get their power from the front speakers so if my tweeters are working i do not understand why my fronts are not (weird)....i took the radio out with the wiring harness and hooked it up to my acura integra and it worked fine so i know its not the radio......ive installed plenty of headunits/sound systems before and i just wanted to know if anyone had this problem before and told me what was wrong before i take the troubleshooting further....ive also checked the connections on the factory harness and it looks fine.....i dont wanna remove the front speakers and that will be my last resort as i really dont wanna remove the door panels until it gets a little warmer.

 

Did you trigger your stock amp? Are you still powering all your spearkers from the stock amp?

 

i thought only the bose sound system had an amp.....the standard audio package has an amp? the speakers are being powered by the radio (or at least i thought so)....i didnt even think about my car having an amp because i didnt have the bose system.....are you positive that my car has a factory amp?

 

Just the blose, I thought you had the blose amp, did you check that the wires aren't backwards? Otherwise, the wiring may be jacked up, also, are the wires hooked up in the door panels to the spekaers?

 

yes they are.....i guess ill have to pull them out

 

If both of the speakers aren't working I would think it wasn't a mechanical malfunction, but a wire is not connected correctly, tight, or possibly shorting on something.

 

i'll have to pull the speakers out and see....what i dont understand is all 6 speakers were working 2 minutes before installed the new radio.....when i install the new radio all of a sudden they dont work.....i'll put the stock radio back in and pull the speakrers some other day.....thanks to everyone for their help.

 

Was the battery disconnected when you installed the radio? I wonder if somehow someway you sent an electrical current to them and blew both of them. I dunno... You said you bought new door speakers so install them and see if your problem goes away...

No you don't have a stock amp.