2012 Mazdaspeed 3 w/bose Aftermarket Sub and Amp Install

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I do have the bose system but this adapter will still work.
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[@tehsalt]

Do not use outputs coming from the back of the stereo for use with a LOC. Your afternarket subwoofer will not play anything below 40 or 50hz.. so almost midbass sound regardless if you use 1000 watts rms, a 12 inch or a 15 inch subwoofer. The right cables to use are under the driver's seat on the harness going to the bose amplifier, these wires are input wires that haven't passed through the crossover section which limits the frequencies going to the tiny factory 5 inch subwoofer.

[@ItsHonoredMvr]

Super helpful man I could not find where to come into the engine bay you a real one🙏

[@Tmoneygarage]

Awesome! I’m glad that’s helpful! Hit me with sub if you wanna lol it would be clutch

[@herimartinez5308]

Great video man I finally was able to add the subwoofer. The product works great.

[@Tmoneygarage]

Awesome man! Thank you. Sorry I couldn't get to reply in time. Glad it's working

[@sendsenpai6471]

How is your wire holding up behind the heat shield? Any discoloration or melting? Saw another vid explaining that their power wire was shorting because it had melted behind the firewall.

[@Tmoneygarage]

Mine has been fine ever since the install. I check it often havent noticed any change

[@Phormula]

Where did you say you ran the blue and white signal wire from the adapter? it wasn’t attached to anything in the video so i wasnt quite sure. I was also curious as to what those T-splice clamp on the gray wire were for

[@Tmoneygarage]

Hey, it's been awhile so my memory is kind of hazy but I believe that white and blue wire is a signal wire. That goes to your amp to turn it on. I think i spliced my amp to another wire that would turn on with the car for some reason. Let me know if you need more help.

[@arnoldnxtlvlupsablan9405]

Where is the bue wire loacated at is it the big treminal at the back or the second small terminal? And what is the pin hole nuber?? Pls thanks

[@jacksonb4624]

do u know if its possible to install some sort of bass knob to control the 2nd amp independently?

[@Tmoneygarage]

Mine came with a bass knob and it works fine with this setup

[@erron2]

Do u know where the factory amplifier is located? I bought a subwoofer with built in amplifier and it keeps chipping in and out. I got signal directly from subwoofer at back

[@Tmoneygarage]

It should be under the passenger seat iirc

[@EpicVidStudio]

Do you keep the wheel controls and led display doing this? I have a loc right now, but with that one i lost wheel controls and info display

[@Tmoneygarage]

I didnt lose any functionality with the one I installed

[@EpicVidStudio]

@@Tmoneygarage okay, maybe i should give this one a try. Thanks

[@Tmoneygarage]

@@EpicVidStudio let me know how it goes for you!

[@oliviergamache4220]

Do you still use the oem amp or the one that come with your sub

[@Tmoneygarage]

I still have the old amp in and working. However I'm using the second amp just for the sub

[@mirosantoss]

👍

[@kristiangirotto9125]

have you had any luck with the sound? I have a 2013 GS 6 M/T and got the exact same kit with you, and was worried since there isn't a dedicated sub-output wether this would affect sound or not

[@Tmoneygarage]

Everything is working fine for me

[@kristiangirotto9125]

Did u have any issues with the blue remote line coming from the LOC?? I followed you exactly and have tried 2 different LOC (exact same as yours) and neither of them are receiving power to the remote line

[@Tmoneygarage]

What did you splice the signal wire to?

[@meeks726]

@@kristiangirotto9125 try splicing it to the cigarette lighter

[@kristiangirotto9125]

Do you guys know which wires are what? Or know where I can find access to a blueprint of the colors for a 2013 3 hatchback GS non-bose? I haven't been able to splice it since I'm not sure which wire actually is what. I read on some forums that it would be smart to splice it to the ACC wire which might be red?

[@beaty9098]

What color was the wire you connected the blue and white wire to?

[@Tmoneygarage]

Sorry I forgot to reply to your comment earlier. To be honest I don’t remember but I either didn’t use it or it was spliced to a power wire like the 12v cigarette lighter. It’s a signal wire so you just need to tap it to something that turns on when you turn the car on.

[@AlanBarratt802Vt]

Works gd just hooked it up in my ms3 using the remote wire from the wire harness no cutting or splicing behind the factory head unit

[@beaty9098]

you have bose system?

[@AlanBarratt802Vt]

@@beaty9098 yea

[@beaty9098]

What did u wire the remote wire to

[@AlanBarratt802Vt]

@@beaty9098 didn't bought a adapter that had RCA and remote that clipped in-between head unit and wire harness but only said it work for Mazda 3 but there a yt vid of hooking up a speed3 on eBay or Amazon

[@AlanBarratt802Vt]

@@beaty9098 PAC AOEM-MAZ2 Interface That Allows Replacement or Addition of an Amplifier in Select Mazda Vehicles Without a Factory Bose Sound System

[@matthewmoore9901]

So that blue wire goes to the amp?

[@Tmoneygarage]

Sorry for the late response. The signal wire goes to the amp.

[@tjrysanek9019]

How come you took out the factory sub, is that necessary? Or could u just run two

[@Tmoneygarage]

I didnt take out the factory sub.

[@tjrysanek9019]

@@Tmoneygarage oops my bad i must be dumb

[@Tmoneygarage]

Lol no worries

[@inee107]

is the power constantly on on the amp? does it drain the battery?

[@Tmoneygarage]

No that's what your signal wire is for. You tap that into something that would only turn on when the car is on

[@inee107]

@@Tmoneygarage i see, so in your case where did you tap the signal wire into?

[@Tmoneygarage]

I honestly done remember.. i think I used the antenna wire

[@adrianhernandezgarcia849]

DUDE YOU HAVE THE STEREO CONNECTOR DIAGRAM TROSE CABLES AND I NEED TO CONNECT IT AGAIN, THANKS.

[@Tmoneygarage]

What do you need?

[@venom10550]

so i tried this and im not getting any sound through my speakers at all idk whats going on with it and check everything but i did it right

[@Tmoneygarage]

Where did you out the ground?

[@venom10550]

@@Tmoneygarage same spot on the video but i did try different areas to make sure the amp was turning on and getting a signal

[@Tmoneygarage]

@@venom10550 I had something similar when installing mine. I had power going to the amp but no audio. I just tightened my ground even more and the audio came right on.

[@meeks726]

Um so my sub is getting power but no output? There's no bass coming from my sub at all. There's more bass coming from my door speakers than my actually sub

[@Tmoneygarage]

Make sure you rca cables are right and matching. Like swap one end from right to left

[@meeks726]

@@Tmoneygarage i did. They use to work but now idk what happens. When I play music, my car's normal speakers sounds like they're bass boosted but no bass coming from actual sub

[@meeks726]

@@Tmoneygarage I have a 10" kicker all in one sub. The one with built in amp

[@jacobaggson3689]

Make sure you're ground didn't come loose

[@alexandermartin6404]

don't ground your amp to the screws that hold your tail lights on... bad ground

[@Tmoneygarage]

It’s been good for me for almost two years now. Good advice though.

[@bigbank7350]

No fuse?

[@Tmoneygarage]

There's a fuse from amp to battery