Clarion Amp addition

[activeGT]

I had posted this in what I did to the car today and keep being asked about it so I am adding some pictures and info in a separate post.

Simply, I was tired of the lack of power the rear deck speakers had with my 12 speaker shaker system so I did a quick fix for about a hundred bucks. It totally woke up the system and I usually don't crank it up past about half to three quarters now and the entire car sound great.

I tapped into the harness at the right rear speaker and pulled the brown with white stripe, brown with blue strip (right speaker), white with green stripe and brown with yellow stripe (left speaker) out of the harness, tapping into them and adding some spade connectors so that I could add a few feet of wire to the amp. Hooking into the amp with the speakers is a no-brainer. 4 wires in and 4 wires out. Took the ground and nailed it to the bulkhead and did a quick lock into a hot wire that is keyed behind the center rear body trim. The only thing that had to come apart was removing that trim with the 4 screw knobs (30 seconds).

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[slythetove]

So you spliced in an amp for the rear deck but didn't replace the speakers? Seems like you already did the "hard" part why leave the stockers? Also, do you know if they are rated to handle whatever you are now putting into them?

 

[TheColorRed]

So you spliced in an amp for the rear deck but didn't replace the speakers? Seems like you already did the "hard" part why leave the stockers? Also, do you know if they are rated to handle whatever you are now putting into them?

I too question the ability of the stock speakers to handle more power

 

[activeGT]

I did it a while ago. It's a very small 50 watts/ channel amp. I had done the same thing in my 2012 Super Duty only using the Alpine version and that has been 2 years, no problem.

Ford says it's a component set up. The speakers now are 'alive'.

 

[activeGT]

The hard part is the speakers. This amp took maybe an hour start to finish.

So you spliced in an amp for the rear deck but didn't replace the speakers? Seems like you already did the "hard" part why leave the stockers? Also, do you know if they are rated to handle whatever you are now putting into them?

 

[slythetove]

The hard part is the speakers. This amp took maybe an hour start to finish.

I don't have mine yet but I'm guessing they must not just drop out from the bottom then. What I really wonder is could I replace the sub and amp easily reusing the enclosure and would it be worth doing. Your thread got me pondering...

 

[activeGT]

I don't have mine yet but I'm guessing they must not just drop out from the bottom then. What I really wonder is could I replace the sub and amp easily reusing the enclosure and would it be worth doing. Your thread got me pondering...

Uh-uh. You have to take the entire inside back of the car apart. There is a thread here showing it.

I should mention I have the Shaker upgraded system with 12 speakers.

Try adding the cheap-azz amp I bought and I believe you will be pretty happy with just the extra power to the deck.

 

[ThirtyThreePointThree]

Like the wiring job btw. Looks pretty clean.

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