Well ive been thinking lately of putting the subs i have into my explorer (97 explorer sport, 2dr, 4.0) but i dont want to go buy a shitty looking head unit to do it, i think the stocker looks pretty damn good imo, so what i was wondering was.. how can i hook these subs up to a stock head unit..
anyway to hook my amp for my subs up to the stock head unit, and then run my subs like normally?
Any help would be appreciated!! Thanks guys!
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Yes there is a way to do it. Go to your local audio store or even Circuit City or Best Buy and get an line to audio converter. It wires into the factory harness and will let you hook up an amp to power your subs.
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see if you have rca hookups behind your factory radio. if you do then you can.
power to 12v
ground to body
blue wire for remote to amp
rca's from radio to amp
subs to amp.
does it have speaker level inputs? there's a way to wire your stockers in parallel? series? fifth order? i forget, lol that's probably what that harness does
well i cant find out if the amp has speaker level inputs because the amp is supposedly behind the right rear luggage compartment, and to get to it, you need to take the WHOLE right side panel in the rear off, and in my sport its all one piece and would be an absolute bitch to take out or put back in... so thats definetly out.
And as far as it having rca im not sure, i havent looked yet, but from what i see on the internet it doesnt..
can anybody confirm this?
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1. wild animal : a carnivorous animal of the dog family that has a sturdy square body, large cubic inches, a wide RPM range , and comes in many colors. Foxes are found throughout most of the world and hunt alone, mainly at night, relying on cunning and an acute sense of power and acceleration. They feed on mostly small rodents like rats(BBC) , mice (SBC) and snakes(Cobras).
rip out huh? ah, i thought you had another amp for the additional subs...
Yes i do have another amp, i have a 600w kenwood that powers the 2 10" rockfords in my mustang, but im going to take them out and put into the explorer if i can figure out how.. sorry for any confusion.
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1. wild animal : a carnivorous animal of the dog family that has a sturdy square body, large cubic inches, a wide RPM range , and comes in many colors. Foxes are found throughout most of the world and hunt alone, mainly at night, relying on cunning and an acute sense of power and acceleration. They feed on mostly small rodents like rats(BBC) , mice (SBC) and snakes(Cobras).
the 600w amp would be the one youd need to look at for the high level inputs.
But as stated earlier, a Low Level converter Is perfect for the job, also known as a "Step Down"
PAC sells one part # Sni-35, the module connects directly to your speaker wires either behind the headunit, or at a speaker location, the module has 2 rca outputs, and an adjuster to help you fine tune the audio level prior to the amp.
I sell those here for 19.99 so im sure thats the same most anywhere you go. There are literally hundreds of the "LOC" or Low Output Converters out there.
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sounds pretty straight forward.. by doing this, do i lose any of my speakers? or will they all still function properly?
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All of your speakers will function properly. You are just using a signal to power the converter which changes your signal to RCA. One thing to keep in mind with doing this is whichever speakers you have it hooked up to will also work with your stock fader and balance. If you keep those at 0 you will be fine and it will not affect your bump at all. It's pretty easy to do.
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I dont want to sound like an @$$ but you will be happier if you do it right the first time and just buy a good head unit. It will have a cleaner sub out signal and make your amp and subs much happier.
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well its not that i dont want a head unit, its just i really like the stocker, and i hate the black backing plate needed with a head unit to make it look right, i still think it looks like garbage because of that..
but im thinking i might as well just get a head unit and be done with it...
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1. wild animal : a carnivorous animal of the dog family that has a sturdy square body, large cubic inches, a wide RPM range , and comes in many colors. Foxes are found throughout most of the world and hunt alone, mainly at night, relying on cunning and an acute sense of power and acceleration. They feed on mostly small rodents like rats(BBC) , mice (SBC) and snakes(Cobras).
I know what you mean. Some of those mounting kits look like hell but you can allways try to cut your own out of something and flush mount it.
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go to a car audio place and see if they still make radios to fit in the stock openings. pioneer used to make them. that way you have youre rca and remote power wire for your amp and you still have a clean factory look.
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