from the people who swapped 460 things...

I currently have a Kenwood KDC-MP2028 (50x4 I believe) with the scosche amp adapter to retain the factory amps and speakers... with a Soundstream 10" sub (300 watt) on a soundstream amp (140 watt @ 4 ohm, but is @ 2 Ohm now) , and also the mach 460 amps and components.

Now, I just purchased some soundstream 4 way 6x8's (4 of them) and I am wondering if I need an amp (would be a soundstream 4 ch) to have the same loudness and quality as the factory system?

** I also know about running new wires for all the speakers and getting rid of the amps and all that **

Any advise and tips and whatnot will help so post away...

Thanks,
Shawn

thanks for the comments, and yes soundstream is my brand of choice.

However, the thing I was wondering is... when I put in the new 6x8's will it be just as loud as the factory stuff or will I need an amp to get it at the same volume?
Or a better way to ask this is, people who upgraded their system, did you get an aftermerket amp? Or did you just run wires to the new speakers from the deck?

thanks for the info... I ended up finding a 4 ch. soundstream for really cheap so I picked it up.. it should be here in a week or so, then I get to figure out how to wire this all up... should be a blast!!


So now I will have:
Kenwood KDC MP2028 deck. (50x4 watts)
Soundstream 2 ch. amp (260 @ 2ohm RMS)
Soundstream 300 watt 10" sub
4 Soundstream 4 way 6x8's (400 watt)
and a 4 Ch. Soundstream amp (60x4 @ 4ohm RMS)

I'm excited to get the rest wired up and get rid of all the shenanigans Ford has in there...