How do you wire up speakers to the parcel shelf of a car?

I have a renault clio 1996 and bought some 6x9s from ebay.





I've already cut out holes in the shelf and installed the speakers, but now i need to wire them up. My car didn't come with speakers in the back.





I need to know how to wire them up to the front.





Can I do it directly to the front speakers and just solder them to the other connections with wire going under the carpet to the back? Or will this be unsafe?





Thanks :)



I wouldn't try wiring them off the same channel as the front, if your front speakers are still powered off the head unit (radio up front).





If your car has an amplifier, the amp would be able to handle two speakers wired together, but it doesnt sound like you have that.





The quickest way for you would probably be just buying an aftermarket head unit (get a new CD player). Any aftermarket head unit is going to have outputs for 4 speakers (2 front, 2 rear), and that will drive all four of your speakers easily. That's assuming the radio in your car is still the original one from the factory? If its already been replaced by an aftermarket unit, check that unit for the outputs, it may already have 4 speaker outputs.





As far as the wire itself is concerned, running it under the carpet is fine, that's what most installations do anyhow. If you open the door, there should be a plastic or metal strip along the edge of the carpet. Remove that, and slip the wire under the edge of the carpet. Then you'll have to get the rear seat up somehow, they usually have clips on the bottom. Push the front edge of the seat bottom really hard towards the back, and push up at the same time. It takes quite a bit of force, but that's usually how they're held in place. Fortunately, they snap back in to place a little easier.