bypassing the stock amp

[panda24619]

what do i need to do and how hard is it? my stock amp finally took a dump. its not turning on. the local audio shop wanted $150 to do it. i said SCREW THAT! they wanted to rip apart the dash and everything. im just thinking about hooking up my sub and a home speaker to my amps. if its way too much work. haha

 

[GAINMOB]

do you have another amp?

 

[panda24619]

the crunch 2100 and a little dual 2 channel. but im thinking i can just wire every speaker up from the head unit. cant i? use the head unit wires and wire from there. i dont want to do all that work but if its cheaper than having a shop do it ill do it.

 

[GAINMOB]

yeah...just tap the speaker wires...use signal converter to connect the rca's to the amp...then speaker wires from sub to amp and run power/ground...done

 

[panda24619]

ummm... im thinking just wiring the head unit to the speakers. with out using my little amp. would be a lot of work, how much would it cost for a shop to do it? to run all new wires from my head unit to the speakers. and i would just sell my head unit with my truck.

 

[GAINMOB]

do what u do

 

[panda24619]

yeah im going to buy a spool of wire and tackle this head on. with a friend or two. any shop wants around $150-175 to do this. a spool of wire costs... $40 at MOST. how big of a spool do i need? 50ft? 100ft? im thinking 18 gauge or 16 gauge.

 

[panda24619]

okay. got the back speakers wired up. not hard at all. had some old speaker wire laying around. now the front. the drivers side seems really hard with the e-brake in the way. any easy way to do that or just try my best?

 

[GAINMOB]

your best...go through the dash