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Any way i can use my subs with the stock HU?

Old Jul 20, 2007 | 02:41 AM
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Any way i can use my subs with the stock HU?

I searched and did not find anything 100%


i have 2 12" Arc Audio 1200wat subs with a audiofonics 1000w amp. This was left over from my Grand Prix.



Is there anyway i can make this work with the stock HU? Or will it sound too shitty?


thanks in advance fellas

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Old Jul 20, 2007 | 05:40 AM
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Sure is...I'm running 2 Rockford Fosgate 10's pushed by a 1,000.1 Massive D-Class amp, on the stock head-unit and factory Pioneers. Un-hooked the factory sub, and tapped into the factory wires I believe, other then the remote wire which had to be completely run. Sounds GREAT!! Turned the gain up a bit on the amp so I could use the factory speakers for highs and mids, and only have to turn the bass up one or two notches on the head unit for some nice thump.
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Old Jul 21, 2007 | 01:58 AM
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not familiar with this particular HU... where do i tap the remote into? or will i see it in the back of the HU
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Old Jul 21, 2007 | 01:33 PM
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you cant most stock units dont have any type of remote wire... from what ive herd tapping the sunroof fuse is your best bet
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Old Jul 21, 2007 | 03:01 PM
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Yea you can do it for sure...only thing is if you do you will need to upgrade your highs or your bass will drown out the rest of the music cause the stock speakers just arent loud enough. I mean you can turn the amp down and it will be alright but if you plan on having them beat as hard as they can then you will def need to upgrade the factory speakers.

Havent done this in a balt yet but ive had two cavaliers and a blazer with subs and the stock head unit and speakers and i always had to go soon after getting them and replace the highs to make up for the bass of the woofers.
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Old Jul 23, 2007 | 03:06 AM
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I have a power acoustik amp, and it only has the rca inputs. And i was wondering if i can use this with my factory hu? and if i can what do i need?
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Old Jul 23, 2007 | 03:16 AM
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all you need is an line-output converter . go to any wal-mart / best buy or whatever and buy that its self explainitory
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Old Jul 23, 2007 | 03:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Brucesblack
all you need is an line-output converter . go to any wal-mart / best buy or whatever and buy that its self explainitory
x2 I set my car up with this but my car rattled way to damn much
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Old Jul 23, 2007 | 03:23 AM
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is there a how to? like which wire i take off the stock sub? and wire pattern? with the converter be cobalt specific? do you happen to have a pic or a site that sells em?
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Old Jul 23, 2007 | 03:29 AM
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I need info on this as well, i'll be getting a free amp and sub in the near future and want to do this just to see what it sounds like.
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Old Jul 23, 2007 | 03:32 AM
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well ints not hard to hook up . you just tap into your rear deck lid speakers and hook the wires to spec and plug the rca's into the amp and boom !!
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Old Jul 23, 2007 | 03:35 AM
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A line out converter is not car specific. And if your adding subs, the best place to tap in would be at your rear speakers.
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Old Jul 23, 2007 | 03:42 AM
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how do i know the wire color code?
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Old Jul 23, 2007 | 08:47 AM
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Originally Posted by InfinityzeN
A line out converter is not car specific. And if your adding subs, the best place to tap in would be at your rear speakers.
Even if you already have the factory sub?
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Old Jul 23, 2007 | 09:06 AM
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That depends on if you don't want the factory sub to get power or not. You could always disconnect the factory sub and use those wires to connect to the line converter to hook up your amp and new sub.
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