I have a two year old alpine from my old care and i want to put it in my 98 2.3 cl prem. i think i have six speakers...by putting in the new stereo will it sound better at 4x45 on the alpine or just leave the factory stereo in?

 

the alpine will sound better...end of story

6 speakers = 6 1/2 midrange in doors and tweeters on dash component fronts with stock x-over
and 6x9 coaxials in rear deck

 

i dont want to put in anymore speakers or any new compontents except my stereo

 

you dont have to, just buy a wiring adapter, plug it in and enjoy the better sounds,
i was just stating what your car has stock

 

An adapter is only like $10-$15. Don't cut off your stock harness. Just plug the aftermarket harness into the stock one and match up the wires that coordinate with the functions (i.e. LF speaker RR speaker, auxilary, etc.)

 

i've heard that there might be some problems hooking up an aftermarket HU to the bose speakers cuz something w/ the stock amp or something? what's the deal what that again?

 

Yeah, you have to re-wire the car to bypass the amp and make it go straight to the CD unit. I had to do that with my CL

 

ok. now where is the bose amp? ive look in the trunk( took out the rug. but did not see anything. it will be cool if someone could tell me where it is.. also i was told by the dealer that the amp is built onto the back of the radio.

 

right by your jack, it is a black box that is being held by a metal peice..

 

hey thanks aGUYfromHARLEM. i will check it out when the rain stops.

 

aGUYfromHARLEM i check my trunk like u said but its not there. i even took some pics.

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hey thanks aGUYfromHARLEM. i will check it out when the rain stops.

 

so i assume the 97 2.2 doesnt have the bose, because there was we found nothing when we rewired 'igotclass'

 

yeah the 97 2.2 does not have the amp setup in it. Mine didn't at least.

 

You don't have the Bose unless your CD player says "Acura BOSE" on it. If it just says Acura, you don't have the Bose. Same CD player tho. I got your PM sylthecru, this should answer your question.

 

how do i get the factory stereo out...i have a 98 2.3cl prem....wood everywhere......

 

I ran into the same problem, i think you have to take out the majority of your dash to get to it =\

 

You have to take the center console out first. There are screws all over the console but they are not hard to find. After you got that out of the way, you need to remove your center bezel. Start with taking the plastic trim ring around the shifter out. There will be two screws at the end of the bezel where it meets with the center console. There is one screw behind the ashtray. The rest should be all clips. The radio should have a metal bracket holding it from the bottom with two screws. Hope that helps.

 

damn...its so much easier on the 2.2

 

thanks proaudio22

 

No shit. 20 seconds or less to take out the stereo on a 2.2 98+ is a bitch, gotta take the consol out and shit.

 

Thief


When i got rear end by a ford explorer my head unit popped itself out onto the shifter.

 

yeah i'm looking to re engineer the mounting so that its harder to get out to dter theives but not so hard that it takes me an hour just to get it out.

 

you are better off just leaving it easy....you dont want them getting pissed and start breaking shit left and right...just let them take the HU and be out.

 

that is a good point. i've got an eclipse deck that is registered so if someone takes my deck they aren't going to be using it, and are going to have a hell of a time selling it.