i have an 06 z with the bose system. i want to swap out the entire system. but im hearing that i shouldnt do that? i want the indash navi dvd player. i wanted to go alpine all around. speakers and subs. should i just change the head unit and leave the stock speakers? can i amp them? or should i just swap everything out? my main goal is to get pretty loud and still should very good. any input will be greatly appricated

 

Who said you shouldnt do that?? An aftermarket headunit and speakers will sound much better than the stock bose system but it all depends on your budget....

 

Swap everthing out. It's all or nothing with the Bose system.

 

alpine makes some amazing sounding stuff with little hassle as far as tuning goes. i have a set of type x's in the rear deck on my amp rack and sound great with the jl c5's up front

 

+1!

You might want to look at alternatives to Alpine for speakers. I love their head units, but you can get better bang for the buck from other companies for speakers/amps/subs.

Check out some of the dedicated car audio forums on the Internet for great places to do research:

http://www.caraudio.com/forum

http://www.diymobileaudio.com/forum

 

ok thanks everyone. one more question. is the wireing the same or different on the bose system

 

Bose = very different

 

you will want to rewire it all, bose sucks

its not much to rewire, 2 wires upfront for components, 2 rear if you want the rear speakers, sub, rca's and amp wires

 

wait so there is an entirely different wireing set up that i would have to use with a bose head unit?

 

No… You do not need to run new wiring when replacing the Bose system when replacing with better devices and components. If you replace everything, you can keep the existing wiring (that would be the speaker wiring and power-harnesses).

But there is a reason to consider replacing the wiring: The Bose-upgrade in the Z has super-cheap wiring. When you look at this, you may want to replace it.

--Spike

 

are there any howto's anywhere that anyone knows of on how to wire up a headunit to a bose harness?

 

the bose speakers are ****

as far as hooking up the harness it would just be soldering when you find out which wire is which

 

well how do i find out which wire is which?