Originally Posted by
Carb0n
I knew of a decent car audio place nearby my house and took it there to get it checked out. They took about an hour to look at the car and came to the conclusion that ALL of the speakers were blown, so I had them replace the speakers. To no avail, that didn't work either. (They were also convinced that the car had only 4 speakers in it, the woofers and tweeters.
) They eventually somewhat narrowed it down to my amplifier.
How the HELL can someone conclude that ALL speakers are defective?
Unfortunately, that is typical of a "decent" car audio shop. Like Hell I'd take my car to a "car audio shop", and that includes the ***** at Best Buy, etc. This really discourages me, as car audio systems are NOT that complex. I WILL admit that the factory amp is not my preferred layout. My car is an SE, which means it's a base, which means there are no rear speakers or amp.
My answer is to tear the car apart, install my own rear speakers, and install a new amp. My head unit is a JVC I just installed last summer. With everything new, I will have documentation on it all. The interconnections are easy IF you simply start over and replace everything. (The speaker wiring is not all that hard to re-use, so I'm not saying replace all speaking wiring).
You might consider just starting over. If the car is not a daily driver, pull it into the garage and do it all yourself. There is plenty of help available with the friends you have here!