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Orion amplifier power/speaker terminals

Reply #15
I shoved mine through the grommet by the steering column. Works fine for me, its all coming out though.
"Real cars dont power the front wheels, they lift them"
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1984 Mercury Cougar GS 5.0:cougarsmily: BBK Equal Length Shorties, BBK O/R X-Pipe, Magnaflow Magnapacks, Mustang GT Stainless Tailpipes, 18" Magnaflow Rolled Edge Tips. Turbo Coupe Hood, Mach 1 Chin Spoiler. 17"x9" Cobra R's, Falken Ziex 255/50s, and 245/45s.
1984 Ford Thunderbird 3.8L "Drag Queen"
2009 Dodge Ram 1500 Lone Star Edition 5.7L Hemi 400hp, lex DOD14M Magnaflow retro-fit ler kit

Orion amplifier power/speaker terminals

Reply #16
On the tbird I ran mine under the fender and in through the front door jamb on the passenger side. On the sprint there was a grommet above the steering column that was empty so everythig went through there.
1980 birds X 3, 1982 bird, 1984 XR7, 1988 TC

Orion amplifier power/speaker terminals

Reply #17
Through the clutch cable grommet in the fire wall. All the cars have this even if a manule wasn't offered. My XR7 had it so guess what thats were it went.

Orion amplifier power/speaker terminals

Reply #18
Yeah, I already got the majority of the wiring done last night. Just running the front speaker wires to the center console since I already ran new wires from the console to the speakers. Just add connectors and I'm good to go. Well, once the amp plugs arrive.

Ran the power wire along the drivers side and the 4 speaker wires, 2 sets of RCA's, and remote along the passenger, all ziptied up/organized. Car's back together now.

Would have been a lot easier had it not been raining.
1988 Thunderbird Sport

Orion amplifier power/speaker terminals

Reply #19
Quote from: slamedcat
Through the clutch cable grommet in the fire wall. All the cars have this even if a manule wasn't offered. My XR7 had it so guess what thats were it went.

This is what I did with my car,  untill recently!  Now i'm searching for another hole.
One 88

Orion amplifier power/speaker terminals

Reply #20
run the wiring all the way to the other side of the bay, and there's an unused grommet

Since I have the power to spare with this amp, whats a good bass blocker to use for the 3.5's in the dash? What frequencies should it avoid, while still having a somewhat "full" sound coming from the speaker? And whats with the ratings on some of these things? 1,200 Hz, 2,800 Hz, and 5,600 Hz...under 'bass blockers'. So confusing.
1988 Thunderbird Sport

Orion amplifier power/speaker terminals

Reply #21
I ran it through the passenger side where the main harness goes through.  It's a bit of a hassle, but well worth it once you've gotten it fed through.
1987 Thunderbird 3.8. Sold :(

1982 Thunderbird - Goodbye 255, Hello 302!

Orion amplifier power/speaker terminals

Reply #22
Well, that was short lived. My $99 deck was stolen sometime last night and now I have 2 nice holes in the passenger side door and the trunk lid.

All for a $150 system

...and I didn't have ESN active over the weekend when wiring =/
1988 Thunderbird Sport

Orion amplifier power/speaker terminals

Reply #23
Can't get the factory system working again...put everything back where it should be, all wires, correct, but the EQ isn't turning on. There isn't any power on the power wire going to the EQ so I ran it from the stereo's power input, but still no power from the EQ.

Tried running the lineouts from the stereo directly to the factory amp, still no sound. Don't know whats wrong
1988 Thunderbird Sport