hook up an amp to our stock radio?

[miah]

can i hook up an amp and sub from our stock oem radio? sorry i dont know nothing bout this i just wanna have some bump in the car nothing crazy tho but i wanna keep the oem look

[jones02]

nope. the deck needs pre outs to be able to plug in the rca's and yo need a remote wire from the deck.

[talonXracer]

YES ! you can find speaker level input amp's, but as soon as you do that the speakers will show their severe substandard construction. BUT the addition of just a speaker level input powered sub will greatly help. My sister didnt want new speakers and all that, so I bought her a Bazooka powered sub and added it in behind the rear seats. The stock speaker system works fine for mid's and upper freq's, they are just too lightweight to handle strong low freq's for long.

[introvert]

Option 1: Amp that accepts line (speaker) level inputs.
Option 2: Line Output Converters (a.k.a. an "LOC").

[jones02]

i wouldnt reccomend that since this is what ido for a living lol but you can i guess.. :S

[talonXracer]

Sorry, but for a low cost option, it is the ONLY option!

The TS wants to KEEP the stock components and just add some low end umph.

Hell there is even a RSX typeS factory option for a powered sub that fits in the spare tire that can be easily retrofitted into the EP3.

[powdbyrice]

i wouldnt reccomend that since this is what ido for a living lol but you can i guess.. :S

why not?

i did it. it worked fine for my needs. i soldered the LOC to the rear speaker wires behind the HU and it was fine.

i didn't want to add an aftermarket HU since my car was parked at an airport for days at a time. plain and OEM FTW.

[miah]

why not?

i did it. it worked fine for my needs. i soldered the LOC to the rear speaker wires behind the HU and it was fine.

i didn't want to add an aftermarket HU since my car was parked at an airport for days at a time. plain and OEM FTW.

see same reason that i have im not trying to be cheap its just that i park my car in a lot of unsafe areas i dont wanna give em any reason to break in my car and honestly i really like the look of our stock radio its clean. ill pm you sir if you dont mind showing me the way :)

[miah]

thanks fellas for all the inputs sound system is not my forte at all

[powdbyrice]

sure!

it wasn't fancy, but it got the job done.

[Chad]

Hell there is even a RSX typeS factory option for a powered sub that fits in the spare tire that can be easily retrofitted into the EP3.

the bose stuff is NOT an easy retrofit. It's very different.

[Jukka]

I installed my factory headunit again today. My stupid JVC unit kept messing up and the bluetooth keeps messing up too. I forgot that the OEM headunit actually sounds decent. Im gonna go grab a LOC tomorrow before I go to work.