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gr3yEX1 · 07-27-2008, 03:03 PM

It's a whole different story when you have a premium sound system like bose, jbl, honda premium system, etc. If you don't do this properly it will result in noise because it's like having 2 amplifiers on every speaker. That causes too much resistance if you know a little electrical terminology.

Your idea is a possibility, but I personally would obtain that factory amp bypass from crutchfield ($30) and wire the speakers that way. You won't have to splice into anything if you go that route.

There is a few things you "might" loose and that would be the tweeter and stock subwoofer (EX coupe only) if you try to wire bypassing the factory amp.

I wouldn't call myself an expert at car audio installations, but I can provide you with the best of my knowledge with this whole issue =).

I had to go inside my dash numerous times and it took me almost a week to finally get things right with my system in my car. Now that I have an idea of how to work with amps and running wires around the car I feel more confident in the future to do this to my future car whenever that will be.

Let me know when you attempt to do this install or whatever progress has been made.

07-27-2008, 03:03 PM	#98 (permalink)
gr3yEX1 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: lake forest, ca Age: 28 Posts: 166 chris	It's a whole different story when you have a premium sound system like bose, jbl, honda premium system, etc. If you don't do this properly it will result in noise because it's like having 2 amplifiers on every speaker. That causes too much resistance if you know a little electrical terminology. Your idea is a possibility, but I personally would obtain that factory amp bypass from crutchfield ($30) and wire the speakers that way. You won't have to splice into anything if you go that route. There is a few things you "might" loose and that would be the tweeter and stock subwoofer (EX coupe only) if you try to wire bypassing the factory amp. I wouldn't call myself an expert at car audio installations, but I can provide you with the best of my knowledge with this whole issue =). I had to go inside my dash numerous times and it took me almost a week to finally get things right with my system in my car. Now that I have an idea of how to work with amps and running wires around the car I feel more confident in the future to do this to my future car whenever that will be. Let me know when you attempt to do this install or whatever progress has been made.