So now I have an 00 explorer, and I've just gotten some subs for christmas.
Me and my b rother are trying to hook everything up, we have everything in, although it isn't working, the other speakers work although its just the subs. So we think we spliced the wrong wire behind the factory head unit, can anyone tell me the right wire to use?thanks

 

Dont use a factory head unit lol. The subs need to be run from an aftermarket head unit.

 

if you are trying to use the factory amp to drive your sub it will not work. You need an amp to push the subs.

 

Go out and buy you a nice kenwood or pioneer head unit for say 120 bucks.. real cheap but it works. Get you a 400 watt power acoustic start kit amp for 100 bucks. amp kit for 30. Wire it yourself and you're good to go. If you got the cash, get you an Alpine head unit with a flipout screen, and a nice rockford fosgate punch series amp.

 

I have the JL 500/5 watt amp
Two JL 12' W3s
I was just trying to make it work with the factory one, but being in the christmas spirit, my dad popped up with a Kenwood out of nowhere, so I'm going to put that in tomorrow morning. All we were missing was the RCA things I believe