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Old Jun 5, 2012 | 08:49 AM
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Can anybody tell me which is + and - on the stock speaker? Also, what's the OEM connector part number? I can't seem to find it on realoem.com.

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Old Jun 5, 2012 | 07:11 PM
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You got me. lol. I do have the schematics home. But usually the dark color (brown on it) is the negative in these cars from my experience so just look at the plug.
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Old Jun 5, 2012 | 08:51 PM
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i used to take a small battery(AA or 9v) and tap the speakers breifly to see which way the cone moved. if it moves out, positive of battery = positive of speaker.
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Old Jun 5, 2012 | 10:54 PM
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Why not take a multimeter and test each side while the speaker is on?
If you're wondering which of the 2 slots the plug goes in, I do believe it doesn't matter since the connections are in parallel.
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Old Jun 5, 2012 | 11:13 PM
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Originally Posted by stocktree
i used to take a small battery(AA or 9v) and tap the speakers breifly to see which way the cone moved. if it moves out, positive of battery = positive of speaker.
Ha ha! I totally forgot about this method. It worked like a charm. The left side is negative.

Thanks for the suggestions guys!
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Old Jun 19, 2012 | 09:19 AM
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But which of the two (two on each side per connector) is negative? They only go in one way, correct. I think Achtung stated solid brown is negative? We all have different colors so I am going to hope solid color is negative. I had to start from scratch and splice correct connectors back in.
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