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aftermarket reciever ? stock amp?

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fivespeedsteed

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so my car has the stock 85 watt amplifier. if i get an aftermarket reciever, i know i will need the wiring harness, the instillation kit, but how do i wire it to the amp? do i have to bypass the amp.

my friend has a mach 460 and he had to do something simmilar when he got the 300 dollar alpine.
 
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fivespeedsteed said:
so my car has the stock 85 watt amplifier. if i get an aftermarket reciever, i know i will need the wiring harness, the instillation kit, but how do i wire it to the amp? do i have to bypass the amp.

my friend has a mach 460 and he had to do something simmilar when he got the 300 dollar alpine.
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im not positive but if your mustang came with a premium type stereo (ie mach 460) then yes typically you bypass the factory amp.
 
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If your new head unit has a built in amp, and all new ones nowadays pretty much do, then you have to bypass the factory amp. You can't amplify it off the head unit and then re-amplify through another amp.
 

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yep, I put the radio in my dads notch and it ended up blowing the amp up under the seat!! LOL
 
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