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Old Aug 17, 2012 | 06:04 PM
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Guy my cousin works with tuned his amp to turn his bass a lot louder. How.do you do it? He has no idea what the guy did thanks
 
Old Aug 17, 2012 | 08:27 PM
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Our cars dont have subs only speakers, 350z, g35, xjr basically usually high performance cars have subs as well as speakers.
 
Old Aug 17, 2012 | 11:54 PM
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I added a 10 in sub to my stock system, deffiniatly a improvement, the amp I have had a spot for a high pass hook up, just tapped into the stock rear speaker wiring for a input,


I do belive that make Rca adapter to do that aswell, you won't get as much umph out of it as a aftermarket deck and running rca's but imho deffiniatly worth it
 
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You could amp them, but they're probably blow quickly.

You could get an aftermarket headunit and then bypass the factory amp. That would set you ahead a bit.

If you want good sound, look into a full system, sub, speakers, amps etc.
 
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Originally Posted by trewyn15
You could amp them, but they're probably blow quickly.

You could get an aftermarket headunit and then bypass the factory amp. That would set you ahead a bit.

If you want good sound, look into a full system, sub, speakers, amps etc.
got an aftermarket headunit. how do i bypass the amp?
 
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Originally Posted by Murray137
got an aftermarket headunit. how do i bypass the amp?
you need a harness like this:

METRA 70-2054 GM MULTI 1998-2008 AMP BYPASS HARNESS FOR AFTERMARKET INSTALLATION | eBay

or you can wire the wires directly across (this requires splicing and soldering or crimping and is just what the harness does)
 
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Running new wires to the speakers is pretty easy and it would be cheaper for you too.
 
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almost makes more since to spend a little more cash and get a few 12" or something would they hook up to my factory amp?
 
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Originally Posted by crazyzach722
Running new wires to the speakers is pretty easy and it would be cheaper for you too.
except he would need an amp for that, unless you want to tap into the harness but then you're probably going to run into issues.

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almost makes more since to spend a little more cash and get a few 12" or something would they hook up to my factory amp?
Yeah, you would be good with a single 10" or 12" sub. You would need an aftermarket amp though and then you would also have to run power wires, RCAs, remote wire and such.
 
Old Sep 23, 2012 | 08:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Murray137
Guy my cousin works with tuned his amp to turn his bass a lot louder. How.do you do it? He has no idea what the guy did thanks
This is a very general, vague question that could be answered a few different ways depending on your cousins setup. Care to share that info with us so we can help you better?

Originally Posted by Habbibie
Our cars dont have subs only speakers, 350z, g35, xjr basically usually high performance cars have subs as well as speakers.
High performance cars aren't the only one's that have subs in the factory systems.
 



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