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    Amp Choices

    If money is not an option find an old Orion amp. Any gx, sx, xtr, or for the best overall amps ever made the hcca series amps. Pure power, very low distortion and if wired properly a single amp can power an entire system. Just not any of their new stuff, they are junk. There are several on ebay...
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    Mach 460 expirement

    If the factory speakers are 8ohm(dvc) and your sub is 4ohm(svc) then you will be ruining the sub not to mention the amp because by doing this you will be taking your amp down to a 2ohm load and unless your sub and the factory amp are capable of handling a 2ohm load (they are not) they'll be...
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    Mach 460 expirement

    You will find it will be easier and wiser in the long run to wait till you get another amp for your sub. The reason being you can and probably will damage your subwoofer making it useless. Especially not knowing the exact specs and wiring diagrams of the factory system.
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    Popping Speakers

    You seem to have a couple of problems. There is a very simple solution to fix all of your problems. Leave all of your headunits wires hooked up except the speaker wires. Go purchase new speaker wire either 16 or 18 guage wire if you are not using any aftermarket amps and run new wire to every...
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    Popping Speakers

    If your speakers are out of phase (polarity) you would be able to tell especially at higher volumes. Not so much at lower volumes. It does matter that pos. connects to pos. and neg. to neg. unless you are dropping or raising the ohms by running speakers in parallel or in series. This is not the...
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    Mach 460 expirement

    Is your sub hooked up to the factory amp? Is the sub svc? Are there any other speakers on that amp? Most aftermarket speakers and subs are either 2 ohm, 4 ohm or 8 ohm. Most factory speakers are not. They can be 6 ohm and i've even seen 10 and 12 ohm factory speakers before. Point is that...
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    Mach 460 expirement

    If the speakers are dvc and the sub is svc then yes it will be louder because the amp is used to seeing a lower load on it then what it has now. BTW it sounds like what you did is working but you are going to cook the voice coil on the sub if it's a svc.
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    Bypassing amp ?'s

    Factory vehicle wiring is not that great of quaility. To get the most out of your system run your own speaker wires to each and every speaker even if you don't have amps. Run the speaker wire directly off the head unit to the speakers with no splices but the initial one at the head unit. For...
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    what would look good

    Chrome bumper insert with chrome stripes!
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    Popping Speakers

    I'm guessing the head unit is not stock. Any amps? Are yor using the factory wiring? Sounds like your speakers are grounding out somewhere. Check the polarity ( positive and negative) and see if the speaker connections are touching metal anywhere.
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    Quick Question about wiring??

    Sounds like a ground loop. This can be the result of several things. Poor ground, week or poor alternator dioads, other vehicle electronics. Have your amp power wire running to the amp on one side of the vehicle and your rca's running back to the amp on the other side. Find an isolated ground...
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