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Best place to tap for a Line Out Converter on a Non-Bose system

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I am looking to ad a sub/amp and have never done an LOC before. Given everything is going to be in the trunk, I would have preferred tapping into rear desk speakers, However the GT line has no rear deck speakers. I am likely to have to tap into the rear door speaker.

My question is, if I am tapping into say the left side rear speaker, is there a way to access the wire from inside of the panels without needing to remove the door panel itself to access it.

ALSO can I just tap into the left rear speaker or do I have to tap into both rear speakers (each rear door) for the LOC to work when I am using a monoblock amplifier for bass.
 
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I couldnt figure out how to DELETE the thread but I figured it out and will just post the solution for anyone searching in the future

For the Line Out Converter, I was able to tap into the Yellow/Black twisted speaker wire from the driver's side rear speaker and the wire comes from the door and down the seatbelt panel that is super easy to access by pulling out 2 tabs. Used a T-clamp style connector and tapped the + into the black and the - into the yellow and that was it. There have been no issues with only tapping into 1 speaker versus each of the rear speakers on each side. I was able to twist the left/right + together off the LOC and tap into the + on the single speaker, and the same with the left/right - on the LOC as well.
 
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