couple of questions

[geezerstiva]

ok first, my friend said that he had two 8 inch bass only speakers. if i just took the wires off of the rear speakers and put them on these two speakers, would this work? or would it overload the system? stock alternator, but got a sony head unit.
second, if i got a 250 watt amp, would i need a new alternator, or would the stock alternator push it? what is the max amp size you could use with the stock alternator?
thanks

[Guest]

That little amp should be fine with the stock alt.

[Damkid]

if you were to hook up the speaker wires to the subwoofers (bass only speakers) then the subs would act like a normal speaker, you'll need an amp to make the subs put out bass

[htchbck]

alternator shouldn't be a problem. I used to be running 15' worth of blue neons and two audiobahn 12s with a 1200 watt amp off the stock alternator. If I had the headlights and neons on and the bass cranked up at night, the lights would dim a little when the base hit, but other than that I had no problems

[geezerstiva]

thanks for the info guys.

[Damkid]

alternator shouldn't be a problem. I used to be running 15' worth of blue neons and two audiobahn 12s with a 1200 watt amp off the stock alternator. If I had the headlights and neons on and the bass cranked up at night, the lights would dim a little when the base hit, but other than that I had no problems

ha, i can turn everything off, only the headlights on, then crank the stereo and my headlights dim REALLY bad!!!

[Guest]

Can you say "CLIP"? Those amps have to be clipping. Lack of power is an subs worst enemy.. That's a pretty fast way to kill equipment. Most of todays amps will drop out if they start to clip, but it's never good for a sub.

[Damkid]

^^ my amp doesn't cut out, when i watch the capaciter, the lowest the volts ever go is maybe around 11 volts, but for that i need practically a bass tester to drop the volts that low

[Guest]

^^well a good cap can definitely help, but 11v will kill. I've seen it done plenty of times.