Replacement speakers stopped working

GeoffSFAs10

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So last weekend, i took the OEM Bose speakers out and replaced them with Infinity Kappa 62.9I. They sound awesome. All was good until yesterday afternoon. Got in the truck to go pick the baby up and everything is normal. Got to the inlaws house, was inside for 15-20 minutes, came back out and the front speakers ( as well as the a-pillar tweaters ) are quiet. Hmm. So I turned the truck off and started it again and still, no fronts. I start driving home and after about 10 minutes of driving, they come bck on. Great. I park the truck, inside my house for 15-20 minutes, go move the truck from the street to the driveway and they are out again, WTF?!? This morning, going to work, they never turned on once in the 20 minutes to work. Im very confused.

I know the Bose BS can be tricky but its weird to me that it was working then just stopped. The only thing that changed yesterday was the weather....we had a big cold front move thru and the temps went from being in the 70s to the 30s ( FTS!!!! ). Im wondering if the way they are connected in the doors if they arent getting a good connection from the wiring shrinking from the temp differences. I cut the plugs off the stock wiring, which at this point the speaker wire were the normal GM colors, grey/tan and lt grn/dk grn, then striped it back, and screwed it into the little crossover deals that the kappas have. Any ideas???
 
It's possible the ohm levels of the Bose amps which I assume are still is not liking the match up from the kappa speakers you put in. I had a set of kappas that where 2 ohm.
 
Well the kappas are 2 ohm, so I should be good there.

I have the issue narrowed down, its a connection problem with my passanger door. If it gets closed just right I guess it's bumping something lose and lossing connection. If i open the door and close it again they come back on. I was going to look at it last weekend but built a deck instead. Seems that its staying warm out has helped it.
 
Not 100%, I've been building a deck on my house and trying to get it finished before my daughter's birthday party, but Im pretty confident its the connection on the pass door.
 
Just a suggestion. If it's not the connection, I have seen the factory amps and head units take a shit more than once. I try to always replace all the door speakers, amp, and head unit at once.