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How do I easily add speakers to my car audio system?

What can I add to existing car stereo system?

  • I recently bought a car that already had a decent sound system in it... Alpine CD Reciever, the front speakers are Pioneer, I'm assuming the rear ones are too. However, theres no subwooffer. Would I be able to add one, what brand, and how would I install it?

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    you can get a sub added fairly easy... You would need the following things. 1 - a sub.. 2 - a amp 3- a amp install kit If you are not sure what your doing it would be best to have it installed for you, the cost would be somewhere between 75-150 for labor alone depending on where it is done. To compliment the power put out by the alpine head unit i would recomend between 100-400 Watts RMS for your sub. 100 Watts being just enough to fill in the low tones, 400 being pretty heavy on the base (for the head unit) If you wnet with more power i would sugest getting a amp for the front speakers, or the base will just drowned them out. any major brand sub will work fine, you just need to b sure it comes in a box, or you have one professionally made to the boxes specifications. otherwise even a good sub would sound bad. yo could get away with anything from a 8" or a 12" sub. a 8" would hardly take any room, and a 12" would give some really deep notes but take up more space. Just match the amplifier RMS power rating at the subs load to the subwoofers RMS rating and it will be a good match. Also you need a amp install kit. you could get away with a quality 8 ga kit for the sub, unless you decide to go with multiple ampliefers and such, then at least a 4 ga is recommended. below is a sample of a system that would work, but look around and take a listen to what YOU like.

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Don't go to auto zone or to bestbuy or anyother place like that. Go to a Mickey Shorr's or Car Tunes, someone that specializes in car audio. And aredxwrestler112 is right, find yourself a good amp like a kicker or mtx or something and a good sub, either alpine, jl audio or kicker and you should be golden.

superdude242424

before getting the subs you need to get an amp to put the sub to its fullest potential. you gotta wire up the amp to the car battery and to you stereo; then wire the subs and rear speakers (depending on how many channel amp you got) to the amp; ground the amp and you should have a kick a** system. sorry if my instructions are a little vague.

lilafroelmo94122

go to auto zone theyll sell u one and install it

elias f

you could add a sub, but if you do that you have to add a amp to supply enough power to it. to hook up the amp you take the white and red RCA outputs from your receiver and run them into the amp. you run a power line from your battery to your amp. you run a blue wire from your CD player to your amp and screw it into the spot where it says remote. then take your amp and some speaker wire and hook it up to your sub. you want the rms of your amp to be greater then the rms of your sub, and the max power of your amp to be less then the max of your sub. if you want a good thump get a ported box. a cross over filter is good to have but not necessary, it filters out the music from the low frequency thumps that your subs are meant to put out, but you don't need one, its just nice to have. alpine have great subs. if u can get a type S or type R, or if you have the money get a type X, X is for competition tho and most people dont need one, R is still really good.

aredxwrestler112

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