I am planning my install of my Double-din Navi unti. I love the sound as it is now. Nak Headunit- Pioneer cd changer and Kicker free air sub. Can I keep the exact same set up and have the factory amp with my Navi unit or will I have to add am aftermarket amp to acheive the same audio quality as before with the factory audio? I have searched for a few hours but have not received a definitive answer. I know someone here has that final yes or no. Thanks for the help in advance.

 

if it is an Eclipse Nav unit, i am pretty sure that everything will plug up fine. Since toyota owns like 40% of Eclipse they make all Eclipse head units plug and play for toyotas/lexus.

 

Did you just swap out the stock for the kicker sub? How much better does it sound? And which kicker f/a do you have?

Thanks...

 

to add to this question ......kicker sub powered by stock amp?

 

Not sure about the model number of Kicker but yes it is powered by stock amp. The unit is a jensen so for the plug and play I believe it is a no go. My question was will the sound be better or worse after I change the headunit without the stock amp. If better then cool but if worse is there some way to get the amp to work with the new headunit?

 

I have an eclipse unit there was no harness available to make the install plug and play for the gs.
if u have come across any please share the info.

 

OLDDOG does your sub work and does it sound the same or better as your stock system did before?

 

When I initially installed my AVIC-D1 we tried to power up the stock amp.
It has two turn on switches and we could not get the amp to stay powered up- apparently the turn-on leads flip-flop somehow.

We abandoned the factory amp. The OE Nak speakers sounded okay, but I had no sub. I could not find any harnesses that were plug-and-play with the Nak head unit.

 

Socal did you try to hard wire the sub to the radio directly? I am dreading this situation because the sub is what I need the most.

 

unfortunately, i have not wired the sub. am waiting on a mon amp to wire it. i have a pair of 10" bazookas in a box(the box will not fit in that extra space in the trunk ), think i might reduce the size of the box. but don't know if i want to use them.

i don't think the unit can carry the speakers and still supply the sub with the neccessary power.get another amp and just add that to the sub.