Miata Mailing List: January 1993, Message #112
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   From: (none)
Subject: Re: Kenwood Speakers
   Date: (none)


>>Ew.  They don't just plug into the existing harness under the seat?

> No existing harness. On my other Mazda's, they always had extra wires
>and plugs. Not for the headrest speakers on the '92 Miata. I guess that
>anybody could buy any speaker to stuff in, but they would still need
>the specific plug to connect them in to the stock radio. Probably could
>get the plug either from Mazda or Crutchfield.

I went to the dealer to see if I could get that connector for the back of
the radio, and they could only sell the entire harness plus speakers ($199).
No thank you.  They checked to see who made the radio, (Panasonic), and
called them to see if the connector was available.  I could not even get it
from them.

That's when I simply back to the radio shop, and bought a bunch
of the smallest spade plugs they had, (I needed 4), and just connected them
to the back of the radio.  They did not fit prefectly, and I was afraid that
they may either short, or fall off.  After a year and a half, they have done
neither.

As I recall, the total cost for 4 speakers, about 25 feet of wire, and the
spade plugs was about $75.  And about 1 evenings work.

Tom Tkacik
tkacik@hobbes.cs.gmr.com
GM Research