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How To Bypass Factory Amp On Ford Explorer
Charlie Larrabee
Read and understand all directions before attempting. Always take all safety precautions.
There are many people out there wanting to bypass their factory amp for many reasons. Whether your factory amp blew, or you are installing an aftermarket receiver with a built in amp, the amp must be bypassed. The factory amp is located on the passenger side, in the wheel well area.
They make amp bypass plugs, where you simply just remove the plugs from the factory amp and connect them together with the bypass plug. But, this requires that you can get to the factory amp, and requires ripping the car apart, plus you have to purchase the plug. This tutorial is for those who do not have the skill to do that, or are simply unwilling to spend the time and effort. This tutorial can be done by virtually anybody.
First off, what you need:
Wire cutters
Wire strippers
Electrical Tape, shrink tubing, solder, ect. to connect wires
A little patience (this can be done fairly quickly if you are experienced and confident with stripping wires, ect.)
Theory behind this tutorial: Bypass factory amp in the same manner as using a bypass plug, but not having to disconnect the amp or removing it, or even getting to it.
Procedure:
First, for safety reasons, you should disconnect your battery. (It shouldn’t be a problem if you don’t but safety is the number one goal)
Second, go to the rear passenger speaker. Remove this speaker. You will be accessing the wires through the hole of the speaker. The speaker can be removed by taking the grill off and removing the 4 screws.
Third, find your wire looms. In the hole where your beautiful Ford speaker was, take a flashlight and look up. You will see two wire looms (wire packs, ect) attached to the top of there. These are attached by plastic pins. These come out with a slight pull. Remove as many of these plastic plugs, so you can have as much wire to work with as possible. Now, remove the electrical tape/loom coatings on these, so you are down to the bare insulated wires. Be sure to keep these looms separate, though, because you only need to use one of them. However, you need to look at the wires in each to tell what one you need to use.
Four: Inside the looms, in one pack, you will see 7 wires. A Brown, Green, Org/Blu, Blk/Pink, and 3 black wires. DO NOT CUT THESE WIRES. These are for your rear taillights. Re-secure these wires up above. Inside the other loom, there will be 2 more sets loomed together. These are the wires you want. Once you have these 2 separate looms separated so you can see the wires, you should see 20 wires:
Grn/Org
Brn
Wht/Red
Wht/Grn
Gry/Blu
Yel
Blu/Blk
Tan/Yel
Lt Blu
Org/Red
Brn/Pink
Pur/Wht
Wht/Org
Blu/Lt Blu
Grn
Orn/Grn
A larger Grn/Pur
A larger Blk/Grn
Solid Blue
One will be un-insulated and bare
Five: Brace yourself and cut all of the wires in this loom EXCEPT the bare un-insulated one, the larger Grn/Pur, larger Blk/Grn and the solid blue wire. (those larger ones are for the amp power, negative, and remote signal)
Six: Strip the ends of the cut wires, on the side of the loom that heads toward the front of the car. The end that heads toward the rear of the car is unneeded.
Seven: Find these wire pairs and connect them together. You may wish to not secure them permanently until you have everything hooked up, and test all of the balances. Just twist them together with electrical tape/wire nut until you can verify everything is correct.
Pairs to secure together:
Grn/Org to Brn
Wht/Red to Wht/Grn
Gry/Blu to Yel
Blu/Blk to Tan/Yel
Lt Blu toOrg/Red
Brn/Pink to Pur/Wht
Wht/Org to Blu/Lt Blu
Grn to Orn/Grn
Eight: Now that you have these wires connected, (should be 8 pairs total) test your stereo and make sure everything is coming through fine. Test all the balances and make sure all of the connections are connected properly. Then, once you are satisfied everything is correct, connect the wires together permanently, via soldering, ect.
Nine: Enjoy your stereo with the bypassed amp!
If you have any quesitons, please let me know or email me at Webmastercharlie@gmail.com
Charlie Larrabee
Read and understand all directions before attempting. Always take all safety precautions.
There are many people out there wanting to bypass their factory amp for many reasons. Whether your factory amp blew, or you are installing an aftermarket receiver with a built in amp, the amp must be bypassed. The factory amp is located on the passenger side, in the wheel well area.
They make amp bypass plugs, where you simply just remove the plugs from the factory amp and connect them together with the bypass plug. But, this requires that you can get to the factory amp, and requires ripping the car apart, plus you have to purchase the plug. This tutorial is for those who do not have the skill to do that, or are simply unwilling to spend the time and effort. This tutorial can be done by virtually anybody.
First off, what you need:
Wire cutters
Wire strippers
Electrical Tape, shrink tubing, solder, ect. to connect wires
A little patience (this can be done fairly quickly if you are experienced and confident with stripping wires, ect.)
Theory behind this tutorial: Bypass factory amp in the same manner as using a bypass plug, but not having to disconnect the amp or removing it, or even getting to it.
Procedure:
First, for safety reasons, you should disconnect your battery. (It shouldn’t be a problem if you don’t but safety is the number one goal)
Second, go to the rear passenger speaker. Remove this speaker. You will be accessing the wires through the hole of the speaker. The speaker can be removed by taking the grill off and removing the 4 screws.
Third, find your wire looms. In the hole where your beautiful Ford speaker was, take a flashlight and look up. You will see two wire looms (wire packs, ect) attached to the top of there. These are attached by plastic pins. These come out with a slight pull. Remove as many of these plastic plugs, so you can have as much wire to work with as possible. Now, remove the electrical tape/loom coatings on these, so you are down to the bare insulated wires. Be sure to keep these looms separate, though, because you only need to use one of them. However, you need to look at the wires in each to tell what one you need to use.
Four: Inside the looms, in one pack, you will see 7 wires. A Brown, Green, Org/Blu, Blk/Pink, and 3 black wires. DO NOT CUT THESE WIRES. These are for your rear taillights. Re-secure these wires up above. Inside the other loom, there will be 2 more sets loomed together. These are the wires you want. Once you have these 2 separate looms separated so you can see the wires, you should see 20 wires:
Grn/Org
Brn
Wht/Red
Wht/Grn
Gry/Blu
Yel
Blu/Blk
Tan/Yel
Lt Blu
Org/Red
Brn/Pink
Pur/Wht
Wht/Org
Blu/Lt Blu
Grn
Orn/Grn
A larger Grn/Pur
A larger Blk/Grn
Solid Blue
One will be un-insulated and bare
Five: Brace yourself and cut all of the wires in this loom EXCEPT the bare un-insulated one, the larger Grn/Pur, larger Blk/Grn and the solid blue wire. (those larger ones are for the amp power, negative, and remote signal)
Six: Strip the ends of the cut wires, on the side of the loom that heads toward the front of the car. The end that heads toward the rear of the car is unneeded.
Seven: Find these wire pairs and connect them together. You may wish to not secure them permanently until you have everything hooked up, and test all of the balances. Just twist them together with electrical tape/wire nut until you can verify everything is correct.
Pairs to secure together:
Grn/Org to Brn
Wht/Red to Wht/Grn
Gry/Blu to Yel
Blu/Blk to Tan/Yel
Lt Blu toOrg/Red
Brn/Pink to Pur/Wht
Wht/Org to Blu/Lt Blu
Grn to Orn/Grn
Eight: Now that you have these wires connected, (should be 8 pairs total) test your stereo and make sure everything is coming through fine. Test all the balances and make sure all of the connections are connected properly. Then, once you are satisfied everything is correct, connect the wires together permanently, via soldering, ect.
Nine: Enjoy your stereo with the bypassed amp!
If you have any quesitons, please let me know or email me at Webmastercharlie@gmail.com