i finally by-passed the stupid blown-up phillips amp today, quite easy really!!! i bought the whole roll of speaker wire from the hardware shop and ( sorry ) butchered the amp loom, i joined the wires for the bass speakers to the wires for the rear door speakers and ran all the new speaker wires into the car, here the fun began! out came the rear seat side bolster, the kick strips and lower b-post trim, the under dash panel, glovebox and arbag cover, side vents and end-of-dash panel, after a few go's at removing the wooden centre console switch and heater panel i gave up before breaking something, even the misses, Chelsea had a go but in the end it was a good old coat hanger that found a way through and with the ends of the new speaker wires firmly taped on through it came, so after putting everything back and wiring up a cd player, you dont half take iso connectors for granted dont you!! it sounds really good, all the speakers are on, none of em rattle or vibrate and the rear bass ones are loud enough to hear! i've got wiring colours all written down and any many pics of it all and i'll be happy to help anyone else do the same!
