Well as I was driving along this past week I heard a rattle in my trunk every so often. I looked at the DIY on how to basically take off some panels from the trunk and found the problem.

There were a bunch of wires all messed up and tangled on the right side panel behind the strut bar. Here are some pics:

Now i know that the copper ones with red are for the speakers most likely... but they are not plugged into anything. Well organized them and now it seems like the problem is gone... but im curious what they are for.. especially the blue ones

 

question did u buy the car new r used b/c to my they look like rca's for a amp r something dealing with stereo

 

they look like rca cables ...

 

looks like a previous owner had an amp set up back there.

 

+1

 

i bought the car used.....


so thats for an amp?

 

+1

 

Also.. if those are RCA cables... why are there around 8 plugs? I am a noob about amps and stuff



I know the car has the stock radio and def has stock speakers......

 

because he was probably running mulitple amps and each channel needs two "plugs" positive and negative.

 

2 RCA plugs is actually left channel and right channel, each plug has + and -

 

wow i bought this car from an elderly couple..... lol wtf were they doing with amps in their car


1 owner too......... lol

 

nice, the other end to those should be up behind your radio, or possilby pluged in if 350z radios have preamp outs, no idea.

 

yea thats true... where would it be plugged in? I have the non-Bose radio.....


Im so lost with this.... tomm im def gonna strip my car down and see wtf they did to it =P

 

yep! They r RCA cables.. Atleast now, if u want to put a system in the car, u got the rca cables. U jus saved some money!!

 

Yay =P



But like i asked before.. if anyone can tell me where these go/are connected to I would greatly appreciate it. I am an audio noob.


If nobody can tell me ill just tear my car apart and find out the hard way =\

 

Whoever took the amp out probably took out the head unit too and so those cables probably run up and are sitting behind your oem stero waiting to be used. If you are happy with your stereo now you can take them out if they bug you, they probably run under the center console, or if you want you can use the wires for your own after market setup.

 

i see.... well ill check it out



any way i can test them to see if any power is running throught them?




What i am trying to figure out is what a 50year old couple needed an AMP for....... hmmmm

 

looks like a blind man did the install... horrible

 

If you see and ad that says "old people owned 350Z for sale" it really means we have grand kids.

 

Ya, that install looks terrible....