I have a alpin ehead unit with factory speakers all around. My car hits way too hard for factory without an amp and i know that some monte carlos came with a factory amp, but i have no idea where it is to check??? my monte carlo is a 2000 SS any help would be appreciated.

 

My factory amp in my 2000 SS is right under the rear package tray, in between the 2 6x9's in the trunk. Its silver and you can't miss it.


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same as on my 03 SS/.

there is a debate on what they are seems G.M. had to play some games on this issue.
some oare jensen 200watt amps and others are a diffrent version. but all seem to be 200 watts.

 

Unless your h/u has an amp that can be turned on/off, your speakers are running off the head unit. My deck, Pioneer DEH-P880PRS, has the ability for the amp to be turned off and on.

 

yeah 04 mine is the same way ihave the avic n3 from pioneer also. but i can toggel it on or off and also have a sub channel in it for those to be turned on or off to

 

Sorry to hijack this thread or anything, but does that stock amp power both the front 5.25", and the rear 6x9's?
I have a pioneer amp laying around, and I'm going to buy a set ofPolk 5.25 components, and I am wondering if I can unhook the factory amp from the door speakers and still have it power the rear 6x9's...


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yes tecnically u could but you woul dbe better off to just unhook the factory amp and put a new 4 channel in its place ou would notice so much of an improvment it crazy

 

yeah you can do this i had jsut the front speakers on the amp at oen time but the sound was not there and then i hooked those back up and put a hi lo box in for the subs and it didnt sound to bad now i have that amp still workign the front and rear speakers and the rear subs have thier own on them and sound even better but would liek to ge tthat fixed agian . but i had a bad amp and it fryed the amp so i had to take it out and go back to this config. but there is alot of sound loss in teh factory set up in our cars .