alright so I read the thread about if I got an aftermarket hu, I would have to do all these things to make the factory sub work. This may seem like a stupid question, but I have two subs and an amp in my trunk. Would it be necessary to get the bose sub to work with my aftermarket subs and amp? Or can I just leave the subs to my trunk?

btw I have a 03 acura 3.2tl type s

 

You do not run the stock sub and aftermarket subs at the same time. Take the factory sub out. Now, you have a hole that will allow your aftermarket sub setup actually get sound to the cabin.

Cover up the hole with acoustically transparent cloth like speaker cloth, as the light bulb in the rear tail lamp will show right through as a bright white light in your rear view mirror.

As I mentioned in another thread with this exact question, to use the factory sub and aftermarket subs would be a big mistake, as the interaction between the two subs would cause all sorts of interference patterns and distortion.

 

how would I go about taking the factory sub out? and would hooking up the aftermarket subs to the new hu be easy?

 

Use a Line out converter (LOC)

 

I'm sorry, but I have no idea what that means, when I bought the car the amp and subs were already hooked up

 

please explain further....
you want to take out factory sub.
you want to install new amp + sub combo....
but they are already installed???

 

Well I'm getting a new head unit and I wanna know how to hook up my existing aftermarket amp and subs to the new head unit. I also want to know how to take out the factory sub so I can hear my aftermarket one better.
Right now my aftermarket subs are hooked up to the factory head unit.

 

oops, I fail at reading.
When you install the new aftermarket HU, run RCA wires from the back of the head unit all the way to the amp in the trunk.
If I read correctly, theres already a power wire connected.

 

If aftermarket stuff is already installed... this should be easy. your new deck will have RCA outs for the sub, use 'em. Run RCA to the amp in the back, good to go.

Remove the sub with a socket set, it comes right out.

 

how would I go about getting the rca cable to my trunk?

 

also would this rca cable work?
http://www.crutchfield.com/p_142A17C...arch=rca+cable

 

sure.

Knukonceptz would be a fine choice too.

 

Dear Fourthmeal, is there any way to tune the subs to have the factory sub and the new subs to work together? I am installing my own subs and amp this weekend and I was planning on tapping off the wires from the stock sub to my subs. Could I just leave the stock sub where it is, or would i have to take it out?

 

You can just unplug it. You don't have to take the sub out.

 

Do not do this.

Take it out, cover the whole with acoustically transparent cloth like speaker grill cloth (Fabric store) because the brake light shines through the hole at night, right into your rearview mirror. It comes right out with a socket set. If you leave it in, you are blocking an otherwise EXCELLENT way to vent the trunk to the cabin for that aftermarket sub.

 

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