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Welp, looks like I found the culprit. It was a bad speaker. I ran the unit straight off the battery, and it still sounded crappy. Then I wired up the other speaker, and it sounded fine. I also wired it up inside the car, and all was well. I should have tried that before, as someone suggested...

Yuup. It sounded all tinny and distorted at all levels of volume. It did this when I wired the head straight to a speaker as well as when I wired it into the PO's amp setup. No, unfortunately i dont have another head unit to swap it out with. I dont know if this matters, but the head unit...

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Hey, guys. I had a chance to take some pics. The first is of the speaker and power plugs. Here I have all the speaker wires cut and prepped to reconnect with shrink tube butt connectors I forgot I had. They're all cut from when I tested ohms. When I had tested the wire-straight-to-speaker...

i was just trying to plug and play with the factory harness like the PO had done. I know its all wired correctly, and all of the speakers sound like crap, so I'm thinking maybe I got a bad head unit? The previous head unit played fine with that aftermarket amp. I guess because the speakers were...

Yeah, I am 99% sure the factory wiring is intact. The speakers I pulled out were original--only the head unit im replacing was aftermarket. All the door speaker colors match, but I'll take a look for rewiring once I get in there. Thanks!

Thanks for the info! Its under the passenger seat. The original was behind the head unit but was removed by PO. They just tapped into the original wiring harness. The harness is (was) still intact. I'm going to solder and seal the wires I cut. Yes, it was wired correctly. No, I only tested...

I posted this in Shine and Sound yesterday but no takers. Can anyone help? Hey guys, I have a 1990 LX with premium sound. I just bought a new head unit and speakers and tried to "plug and play" with the wiring setup that went with the PO's aftermarket head unit, which crapped out a while back...

Hey guys, I have a 1990 LX with premium sound. I just bought a new head unit and speakers and tried to "plug and play" with the wiring setup that went with the PO's aftermarket head unit, which crapped out a while back, but the sound is terrible. I read it's a good idea to bypass the amp and...

Hey, I really appreciate that. Very helpful!:nice:

Hey gang, Not a big audio-phile, but looking to replace my speakers in my Fox Body. Not looking for anything fancy. I was eyeballin some Sony speakers at Walmart, and now I'm looking at Amazon and I see I can get some other brands ive never heard of for about half the price as the Sonys. They...

Thanks, guys. I ended up not messing with it after all, and there were no issues.

Haha. I did just pick up a sweet pair of old school Nike Cortez, so I'd be runnin pretty baller if only I was motivated to go out and get all sweaty and winded after about 1/4 mile.

Thanks, y'all. It has been some time since I ran the codes, so I'll do that. I have since done a full tune-up, i.e., plugs, wires, cap, set timing, fuel filter, air filter, PCV valve/screen, checked hoses, and replaced O2s. So if it pops codes, I'll follow jrichker's run-down.

I suspect my car is running rich. It's not getting great mpg, and there's always been a faint fuel odor when I stomp it. Also, I feel it's not getting the acceleration it should. How does one determine if a car IS running rich? Is the fuel odor a dead giveaway? Is there a certain MPG threahold...

Howdy, Gang. The PO "modded" my car with a fly-a$$ coathanger-as-midpipe hanger, but it's not really my style. I plan to eventually get the OEM-style one from LMR, but I have a roadtrip coming up this weekend and would like to address it now so i wont have to worry about it working itself loose...

Thanks for the tip, David. I'll see if i can get a good pic that way. Will def take care of the brake line hardware. Ima go on rockauto right now to see if i can order that + the new shocks.:nice:

Wow--all great info! Can't thank y'all enough. Yeah come to mention it, i think i remember noticing that (what i now know is) the tq box was f'd up last year when i was under for first time to intall tailpipes... no clue why PO didn't have tailpipes, but i digress. Glad to know that it's not...

Thanks for the replies, guys!:nice: Yes, the ebrake cable keeper has been jacked up since i got the car, so i have had it ziptied through a manufactured hole in the part in question. I think it *might* be the lower torque box, as a91 and John suggested. Just googled that and looks to be the...

Okay--thanks for the feedback. I'll go outside and try to snap some better ones after i help wife clean up some broken glass.:nice: