stock amp replacement

[steveo50 3]

ok i want to throw a after market amp in my truck. i found this on a forum for my car seems like a good idea and a time saver...im trying to amp the speakers in my front doors.

edit:link wont show up but this is what i found so it is a quote and i have the bose stock amp . "well it depends on what kind of stock system you have..

if you have bose, the bose am is located in the rear quater panel pass side..

if your end goal is to use an after market amp, you can just cut the wires from the amp ( leave some room just incase you wanna use the factory amp again) and run wire from the amp to the wires you have just cut.. on my bose amp the side that leads to the speakers is the side closest to the rear lights ( right side of the amp if you are looking at it).

if it is a standard factory radio not sure if the amp is built into the radio but if it is you can just do almost the same thing.. cut the wires behind the radio and run new speaker wire with ur RCAs back to the new amp.

either way this will keep your factory wiring that runs to the speakers making it easier for you to hook them up to a new amp."

Edited June 1, 2011 by steveo50

[Dangrebel 89]

Yea that's how I did it, just used my stock wiring and ran speaker wires and rcas to the amp

[MKader17 332]

A few questions...

Are you doing an aftermarket amp and leaving the HU stock?

Are you amping the stock speakers or aftermarket?

This should work as long as the power wire running to the original amp is large enough to power the new one. You could use this system design assistant to make sure. The original amp may have used hi level inputs (basically using the speaker wire as inputs) in which case you would need a line out converter to change it to RCA inputs.

[steveo50 3]

i will be using a after market hu and door speakers. pretty much if the power wire is to small ill just run another power wide and that whole deal. i just don't want to run wires to my door id rather just use the stock wires.

Edited June 2, 2011 by steveo50

[davidg121 0]

I can almost guarantee the power wire will be too small... The one in my factory bose system in my altima are TINY. Speakers should be fine i would assume unless someone says otherwise... Would just have to cut off the plugs that may be connected to the stock speakers.