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Old 10-31-04, 11:09 AM
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Default Can a powerful amp blow factory crossovers?

I am running a Rockford Fosgate 800.4, 2 channels of which will power my front speakers and the other 2 will power the subs.

With a potential of 200 watts RMS going to each corner of the front speakers (stock nakamichi), will I blow the stock factory crossovers?

Also, has anyone here ran aftermarket speaker wire to their speakers? Is it hard to run them? Anyone have a writeup on how to run the speaker wire over to the doors?


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Old 10-31-04, 09:48 PM
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Ummm... homey, you arent going to blow the factory crossovers, your going to blow the stock speakers to shreds.



Here's a good analogy, your dropping in a 40000 hp engine with a stock tranny, what do you think is going to happen to the stock tranny?


Seriously, I think the stock speakers are 40 watts max or something of that nature? Your going to shred the speakers to dust with 200 watts rms each!
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I agree - 200RMS is deff overkill... I just installed a 35x4 amp to replace the factory amp in my 99 GS400 and i have to be carefull with it as I can easily over power the stock NAK speakers. I would re-think the way you have your amp config. Get a 4 channel amp for the interiors and then a class D mono sub amp. You'll end up with a better system overall.. an effecient Sub amp and a nicely matched interior 4 channel setup.
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the factory amp in my 99 GS400
i never look at this amp b4. its line level to the HU right?
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