Anyone installed a stereo in R34?

[N/A®]

Ive installed mine on the 34 but for some reason, the Bass noise from the rear speakers are not hooked up. The standard rears have pretty good bass but when i installed it, there is noise but no bass. Then I somehow wired up 1 extra wire and it came on but only up to a certain level then it would cut out!??

Can anyone help? :headspin:

[SWC945]

what components have u installed? like h/u, amps, speakers, subs etc?

and where did u find this "1 extra wire" from?

and i've love to see some pics if possible - cos i just bought an R34 aswell, and will be planning to install my full sound system in very soon [hopefully]

[N/A®]

I left the Speakers all original as its pretty good for what I want. I installed a Head Unit Only. However the rear speakers run a kinda sub woofer unit. Cant seem to hook them up properly.

[Abo Bob]

Any chance you've switched one speakers wires? That would cause phase cancellation which is most noticeable in the bass.

[SWC945]

yeah make sure all the wires are connected properly [positive-positive; negative-negative].

but i wouldnt think that phase cancellation would cause ALL the bass to 'disasppear'. but i cant think of any other reason why it mite be doing that...

[N/A®]

no... all the wires were right... normal 4 wires for the rear speakers.. Then noticed there was absolutely no bass from the rears. Connected another wire to one of the positive or negative wire and bass came on!! But when its too loud, it cuts out??? So i have to keep it at a medium level.. Still cant work it out.

ANY IDEAS?

[SWC945]

my only suggestion is the post that problem in the CAA forums []www.caraudioaustralia.com]. they are all stereo/audio guru's.

they will be the best ppl to ask cos there are some professional installers on that forum too.

goodluck

[paulr33]

it sounds like youve got a wire being earthed or it's cutting out,. i had this problem once when me and a friend installed a head unit in my old vl. one of the wires was touching on another and the sound was shit and lacked heaps of bass it would also cut out going past a volume of like 10 out of 40. we found out one of the speaker wires and touching another bare wire and causing it do wierd stuff.

also the speakers will share a common wire, check you've hooked this up properly too

[gaki]

How do you take the center console of the R34 for a headunit install? I only managed to get the surround off around the gear stick.

[BADHAB|T]

You dont need to remove the centre consol.

From the begining for those that dont know...... remove the ashtray, there is a screw behind the ashtray. Now you can remove the shifter surround. It just lifts up. Now at the bottom of the stereo facia are two screws, remove them. The next part, if you use a screwdriver you can damage the dash. Use a paint scraper, put it down the crack between the dash and heater controls and wedge out the heater controls. There are two screws behind them holding the facia on. Remove the facia, unplugging anything that has to unplugged. Now unscrew the 4 screws holding the stereo brackets in. Unscrew the stereo and your new one will line up perfectly with the factory holes in the brackets. You do not need the cage so dont cut the facia and try and use it. Like every other nissan, you will be left with a small gap around the stereo. Your local audio shop may sell a trim for this. We sell them at work for $10. Or wrap a piece of velcro arouund the stereo ( just the fluffy side)

As it says in the sticky about redrilling the brackets to make that trim fit.... ignore it. A very rough and incorrect way of doing it, also very time consuming! If ya have any questions, feel free to pm me!

[gaki]

BADHAB|T, Thanks for that info!

let me get this straight. Allyou need to remove are:

1. The gear stick surround, and

2. The stereo surround which is attached to together with the heater surround.

(Just wedge it out between the heather console and the dash surround).

Right?

[NJR 34GTT]

gaki, an excellent guide with photos at http://www.r34gtt.net/r34howtoradio.html

[BADHAB|T]

NJR 34GTT : bang on man! Excellent step by step guide!

gaki : no worries dude! The vents are seperate NOT the heater controls, the heater controls are attatched to the stereo etc. (sorry for the mixup, been a while since I worked on an R34) The vents wedge out which exposes 2 screws holding the stereo facia in. Check out the link NJR posted, its easier to see it sometimes.

Oh, once you have mastered your car you will be able to do most Nissans! They all come apart in a very similar way.

Also, to wedge the vents out, ont use a small screwdriver as shown. You can dent and damage the dash. Use a paint scraper or something similar.

[gaki]

Excellent work guys!

NJR 34GTT, nice easy to follow step by step guide.

[Bass Junky]

I'm about to install speakers into my car.

Do you have to remove the rear parcel shelf to do the rear speakers??

I want to fill the under side of the shelf with dacron at the same time, I'm wondering if this is going to be any good??

cheers

BASS OUT

[BADHAB|T]

Yes, but like every Nissan you have to remove the rear seat to be able to remove the tray (Except Nissans where the back seat folds down).

No, use proper sound deadening sheets, that fluffy stuff doesnt do nothing.

The idea is to make the tray as solid as poss to eliminate rattles but also making it more solid means less energy is wasted in vibrations, therefore making the music sound better.

[Bass Junky]

Thanks Badhabit.

I have previously had the black deadening stuff in the front doors of a VS Calais and it made quite a difference.

I guess it's not a hard job to put the deadening black stuff on the back steel shelf, but how do you put it on the parcel tray itself??

Cheers

BASS OUT

[BADHAB|T]

Yeah its good stuff, but not very cheap....

Do you mean on the thin wooden part of the tray? You want to coat that in deadener?

Not too sure what exactly ya mean....

[Bass Junky]

Yep.

Do I need to coat the wooden part in deadener?

The underside that is.

I didn't last time.....

BASS OUT

[BADHAB|T]

Nah, ya dont need to, should be sweet without it