97 02 Camaro Monsoon system front door speaker hack

How to properly wire aftermarket door speakers into a Camaro with the Monsoon system. From the years 1997 to 2002. SKAR AUDIO
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[@themaintenanceman1]

I’m definitely getting some scar speakers for my truck!! Thanks for sharing brotherman!! That ratchets really been putting in some work for you!!

[@chemicalspore]

That ratchet is a time saver. These speakers are great for the price.

[@thedudychacrew]

I did this exact same thing Thanks to you. I soldered them and everything. I feel so accomplished. lol. Thanks for helping me and my 99 Camaro. You are a true legend. I am subscribed and will be for life now. Keep up the good work my boy.

[@chemicalspore]

This is one of the best compliments I have recieved yet. Thank you for the praise and let me know if you need more knowledge.

[@peterrandall7979]

i did this same install. works great. incredible how my local radio shops could not follow the problem and solution!

[@chemicalspore]

plus you save money by not paying someone. You also get the satisfaction that you completed the task yourself.

[@marim4478]

I bought those 6.5s today. Im very excited about. Thanks alot for the video.

[@chemicalspore]

They sound better if you have an aftermarket head unit.

[@michaelgrant2084]

Your video was a big help! I bought the same replacement speakers (SKAR). Wired like you showed in video. Thank you!

[@chemicalspore]

You are welcome, rock out!

[@dnegel9546]

So those skar door speakers are the replacement speakers of same quality as monsoon?

[@michaelgrant2084]

@@dnegel9546 pretty close ..I'm happy with them.

[@dnegel9546]

@@michaelgrant2084 actually today I pulled out my original speakers I took out 10yrs ago cuz I thought they were broken/dead and did some tests.. turns out they work. Just the connections needed to be cleaned and re soldered. Haha I feel so stupid.

[@Justme-jt1ef]

Just because you committed on that glass crushing video you’ve gotten a new subscriber.

[@chemicalspore]

I appreciate you

[@meagaindave2049]

Freaking nice speakers, CS! Nice work and nice Milwaukee tools! 😁👍 Cool video. Thanks and God bless! 😎✌

[@chemicalspore]

Where have you been mister Dave

[@meagaindave2049]

@@chemicalspore work work work. Oh, and learning guitar. 😎🎸

[@TheDaninator]

Watch your toes when that beat drops, bro!

[@chemicalspore]

are they gonna curl?

[@thisguysgarage]

good stuff buddy. North Carolina is beautiful this time of year from the one time I have been there.

[@chemicalspore]

This place is awesome

[@reggjarrett8200]

Helped me out

[@chemicalspore]

Awesome

[@luischavez6391]

What size speakers did you use for the back hatch?

[@chemicalspore]

4 inch. www.skaraudio.com/products/rpx4-4-inch-coaxial-car-speakers?device=c&campaignid=8143186047&adgroupid=82404979577&gclid=Cj0KCQjw1PSDBhDbARIsAPeTqreN6XXB_wceHv0GX1K0gqfrW2-hyU5hSYFhMv9SbxIBDJ4D9j6CUUoaAirWEALw_wcB

[@darrenthompson427]

FYI: not sure if this would have applied to Chemical Spore but if your subwoofers seem to be blown they may not be. One of mine had a cold solder connection where the voice coil wires solder onto the connector. Removing old solder, cleaning, and re-soldering brought the speaker back to life. Camaros and cold solder joints...ugh...amiright?

[@chemicalspore]

You are very right, I had to resolder my EBCM. never ends. Now that you told me that, I wish i kept the stock subs. they sounded so good.

[@darrenthompson427]

Turns out it's not so easy. My repair failed in short order. Seems once the solder connection fails it's hard to get back. I have tried again this time using some sanding to try to get back to some copper but these wires are fragile. If it fails again I will take an even more aggressive approach with a dremel and sanding wheel. If that fails I'll get some Kee Audio subs which should out perform the stock subs.

[@dan_nicastro3266]

I I got the same speakers and put them in my car and they sound way better than stock but they don’t seem as loud. I was thinking this had to do with maybe bypassing the tweeter because there was only 2 wires on the OEM connector but lmk if you have any insight

[@chemicalspore]

Might be the ohm rating from after market head unit from stock.

[@bobdaduck7160]

I'm currently replacing speakers in my camero, but the speakers I ordered (I don't know anything about this stuff) don't have a high tones/low tones connector, I think they are just speakers without built-in tweeters. Would it be ok to just wire the lows of the factory harness to the new speakers and leave the highs dangling? Or do I absolutely need tweeters or a speaker with connectors for the high tones?

[@chemicalspore]

are you on instagram?

[@bobdaduck7160]

@@chemicalspore technically lol instagram.com/bobdaduck.129/

[@ModernMashups]

@@bobdaduck7160 what did he tell you? I have the same question

[@bobdaduck7160]

@@ModernMashups So to "do it right" I ended up just buying a 4 ohm amp and amp kit and bought a best buy membership ($200) which lets me have them do all the installation labor free. I read that with coaxial speakers if you identify the tweeter wires you could technically cut them and wire them to the highs and the main speaker to the lows other solution is to do an amp bypass where as I understand it you just grab the input and output wires to the amp, clip them, and sodder/clamp them together so that the highs and lows stay combined through only two sets of wires The ideal I guess would be to find 2 ohm component type speakers, which will be very straightforward wiring (but maybe less straightforward mounting) I don't remember ever quite figuring out if I could wire the stock highs and low +/- wires to the single coaxial +/- wires, but I am pretty sure it wouldn't work at this point because the signals are pre-split so they would join into the coaxial with overlapping signals rather than a joined/whole signal (I am making this up but it sounds right to me)

[@gx7829]

Hello, hopefully you see this but I have a question. I followed everything you said in this video except when I went to connect my new speaker with the harness to the wires in the door, 2/4 of them were corroded. Advice to repair them?

[@chemicalspore]

if you are good with wire splicing, you might go down to walmarts audio sections and get some new connections and connect them into the prexisting wire in the doors. Or check out local junk yards for Camaros with those harnesses in the door.

[@gx7829]

👍

[@nickolauswolf4465]

is it important to wire the high frequency and low frequency wires separately to corresponding wires on speakers or can you combine each pos and neg and solder together to their terminals?

[@chemicalspore]

Think of the high and low frequency speakers as separate channels. You could cause damage to your stereo and speakers if you cross them all together.

[@melvinbarrios36]

I tried exactly what you said; doesn’t work as you expect. The bass tones try to play through the tweeter in the middle of the aftermarket speaker. Not good. Did exactly as this guy said and you use factory connector and it works perfectly.

[@bioklastic7464]

I am finally getting around to replace the blown door speakers in my camaro, thanks for this video!! I'm assuming that the speakers still fit under the stock speaker grilles in the door panels?

[@chemicalspore]

Yes they do. No clearance issues. Get it.

[@bioklastic7464]

@@chemicalspore Awesome!! Thanks for the quick reply!!!!

[@chemicalspore]

@@bioklastic7464 you are welcome

[@SamAceRothstein]

I don't know much about speakers and electronics so correct me if I'm wrong, but since the original speakers are 2 ohm and these are 4 ohm, isn't power output cut in half?

[@chemicalspore]

Perhaps

[@251suzuki]

Do you happen to know if the skar TX speakers would fit the doors? About to replace mine as well. Thanks

[@chemicalspore]

I don't. As long as they are 6.5 inch. Should be okay. Good luck

[@251suzuki]

They do fit, thank you sir

[@chemicalspore]

@@251suzuki that is awesome. Thank you.

[@isaiahflores5320]

Hey man great video! I bought the same speakers and wired them the same way But the hatch OEM speakers are much-much louder. Any idea why this could be? The way your speakers sound is like two to three times as loud as mine are

[@chemicalspore]

I believe its the ohms that make a difference. these monsoon systems are weird

[@dan_nicastro3266]

@@chemicalspore why was yours loud tho? Do you not have the monsoon system? My trans am has a tweeter there so there was only 1 set of wires to the speaker and another 2 wires connected to the tweeter. Do you think it would be louder if I hooked up the set of tweeter connections to the red and black wires coming out of the aftermarket speaker?

[@michaelnordman3771]

How many speakers and subwoofers are there in total and what are the sizes?

[@chemicalspore]

6 speakers total. 2 subs 6and a half inch, 2 door speakers 26 and a half inch and 4 inch speakers in the hatch. Not all 4th gen camaros have this layout

[@deshaunmorgan9566]

Will the Skar Tx65 fit inside the bracket instead of the RPX65????

[@chemicalspore]

It should

[@deshaunmorgan9566]

Okay, thanks for the quick reply!!

[@chemicalspore]

@DeShaun Morgan you got it bud. Hit that subscribe.

[@deshaunmorgan9566]

@@chemicalspore I did!

[@manthis22]

What if I've replaced the aftermarket head unit? Will this speaker method still work? Also, what setup did you use? Same blueprint as mids up front, bass in the sail panels, and tweeters in the back/ hatch?

[@chemicalspore]

If you go to an aftermarket head unit the monsoon system will be inactive. You could do this for an aftermarket head unit for these sound to still activate through a speaker if you keep the stock harness. The sale panel and hatch speakers are regular two connection harness.

[@manthis22]

@@chemicalspore so for the sail panel and hatch speakers, it'll be plug and play? No need to make modern speakers fit the old harness? I understood that right, that just saved me hundreds of dollars

[@chemicalspore]

@@manthis22 you might want to get some aftermarket harness for the wires, they cost couple bucks. www.amazon.com/Metra-72-4568-Speaker-Selected-Vehicles/dp/B0002BEUZ8/ref=asc_df_B0002BEUZ8/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=311990496852&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=7431891153071349962&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9009982&hvtargid=pla-436606720516&psc=1

[@Arden2886]

I’ve ordered all new replacement speakers, thanks for the tutorial. Did you ever figure out that auxiliary or Bluetooth capability?

[@chemicalspore]

ive read everywhere that the bluetooth adapter does not work that well

[@luismontemayor5713]

What size speakers since my doesn't have any

[@Arden2886]

@@luismontemayor5713 they are 6.5”

[@luismontemayor5713]

@@Arden2886 thank you

[@Arden2886]

@@luismontemayor5713 no problem.

[@Arden2886]

Great video. Can you send a link of those speakers?? Been looking for a video like this for a while

[@chemicalspore]

www.skaraudio.com/collections/rpx-coaxial-series/products/rpx65-6-5-inch-coaxial-car-speakers there you go. Please subscribe for more content

[@Arden2886]

@@chemicalspore done ✅

[@Arden2886]

Is the link you referenced only for the door speakers?

[@chemicalspore]

the rear are bass speakers. i will get you the link

[@Arden2886]

@@chemicalspore thank you because I don’t know what size the door speakers are, the ones in the backseat, and the ones in the very rear hatch

[@SiriusC1024]

There's a guy on ebay who sells modified factory head units that have a bluetooth module. He adds a blue button between the volume and tuner knob for activation.

[@chemicalspore]

Yeah but I have not seen any with the monsoon option

[@copperstatestudiosPhxAZ]

Dang I thought the trunk speakers were 6x9

[@dovahboy4015]

you'd think so considering the space, not to mention the 2nd hole thats plugged off

[@dovahboy4015]

after looking at more 4th gens it looks like the trans ams have a tweeter in that spot i mentioned

[@davidgold5961]

7:26 The (4) GM speaker screws are 1/4 inch, not 7mm. Otherwise good video.

[@chemicalspore]

worked, right? Thanks

[@CamaroTime]

Very nice informative video.....nothing worse than a poor sounding system

[@chemicalspore]

Stock speakere have had it

[@cdbennett2332]

The monsoon system is 2 ohm. Your speakers are 4 ohm. You cut the power output in half.

[@chemicalspore]

Yeah, only the door speakers I replaced dont fit the ohm rating. They are loud enough. Believe me. I am good, thanks for your insight!

[@allbaugh04]

Not true. The speakers he replaced are higher sensitivity and likely higher db output regardless of the ohms.

[@cdbennett2332]

@@allbaugh04 how do you know what sensitivity his speakers are? the sensitivity wont change how much power the amp makes.

[@moisyboy1809]

Video was very unhelpful skipped over the one part that I needed to see how to do.

[@chemicalspore]

Which part?