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Old 5th June 2013, 06:21 AM
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...... but, the wrong one sadly ......

The Audio loom is a seperate, bespoke bit of loom and was customised for bose / non bose etc, even on early PF. The wiring route around the car is fundamentally different for the two.

Non bose has no amp, the front speakers are all driven off the head unit directly, and the rear parcel shelf speakers have mini amps that amplify a line input they have, and they provide juice for the rear doors too.

There are no wires anywhere in the boot area for speakers, and in particular nothing there for the Bose amp.

The bose wiring is notably thicker too.

Sorry, this aint going to be plug and play, but saved you the confusion of trying to figure out why the heck it aint fitting....

a8parts may well be able to supply you a full bose wiring loom, but its still very much a whole interior out job to fit. Last time I did one, it took 12 hours end to end, with 2 people.

It's doable for sure, but you gotta really want it
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