Installing a sound bar in a TJ SE.

Question

I just bought a soundbar for my jeep second hand. I am lost as how to install it... It is a 99 TJ SE, so there aren't any pre wireings that I am aware of. Please answer...esepcially the gentleman who works at the Toledo Jeep company... thanks!

Answer 1

   Toledo is correct ,   i have a 98 sport wrangler with the sound bar ... I also installed a sound bar in my wife's 89 YJ wrangler and ran all the wiring myself under the padding down the sides to the floor , then under the passenger door and back up under the dash to the back of the radio area...  Wiring is always put under the roll bar padding if it was installed at all ... I think most of the wiring for speakers was run under the drivers side in my TJ though.....   You will have to pull the radio/cd player to find the right wires and where to hook up the wires....

    Somewhere on the radio will be a schematic on the wires themselves ....  I would start there because wires might already be run to the roll bar for the rear speakers....   It is not hard to do .....  Unzip your roll bar padding to see if wires are there and match them to whats attached to the radio....If not you'll will simply have to run new wires back to the radio....   If you lived in my area i would help you with it .... next time you see a lifted jeep go by wave the owner down and ask for some advice on doing it ......  Good Luck  

Answer 2

Just a slight correction to the above posts...

The factory wiring that you are looking for is not within the roll bar padding. It is behind the plastic cover at the lower part of the roll bar that is at the rear of the drivers seat.

Answer 3

You will have to remove hard top or put the soft top down,then you will have to remove some of the roll bar padding and there will be mounting holes for the soundbar.I'm not sure but I believe there maybe some wiring under the padding for the soundbar,if not you will have to wire it yourself.I could be wrong on the wiring but 99 was so long ago I can't remember for sure,I know on later year Wrangler's we ran the wiring to the soundbar even if it didn't have one.If this doesn't answer your question feel free to e-mail me.GOOD LUCK