My '88 GTA has factory subwoofers, rear speakers and front speakers. The previous owner had installed his own system with an amp (which he removed) and left the speaker wiring in a real mess. He had tied the subs into the rear speakers (just pig-tailed the speaker leads together) and led this to his amp. I'm installing a radio/CD player (Alpine)just to have some music, but I can't find the stock speaker leads where he cut them. If I duplicate what he did, can I hurt something i.e. subs and speakers in parallel?

thanks!

 

yeah, assuming the subs are 4 ohms each and the same deal for the speakers... running them in parallel gives you a 2 ohm load, and no head unit can handle that, not even your alpine. i'd say take a 1/2 a day and run new wires, its better than having to send out your head unit.

 

whoops, forgot one thing... if you're talking about hooking up the FACTORY sub and speakers, I don't know what kind of load they present. sorry if this only 1/2 answers your Q then

 

Thanks - I do mean the factory subs. Does anyone know what load they offer? Can I just measure with a VOM and figure out what to do from there?

 

I always use my DVOM to tell me what Ohm load a speaker presents. Most likely they are 4 Ohms.

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Yeah, I dug around under the carpets and found the stock wiring. Reconnected these and left the subs unused for now. I'll worry about them later - too cold outside now, can't wait for spring and start driving this car again.