 » Site Navigation | | | | » Recent Threads | | | |  |  |  |  06-03-2012, 05:51 AM | #1 | | Junior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Southern Alabama Posts: 19 |  All Ti's have a factory amp? Even bases with 6 speakers?
Hey guys looking to upgrade the stereo. I've got a 95 with 6 speakers. Does my car have the factory amp as well? I seem to be seeing threads about a factory amp and how it complicates everything, but they are always for the 10 speaker system. Just wondering if I was lucky enough to dodge that bullet lol. |  |  | | 06-03-2012, 06:03 AM | #2 | | Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 2,451 |
Quote: Originally Posted by scoobtothenoog  Hey guys looking to upgrade the stereo. I've got a 95 with 6 speakers. Does my car have the factory amp as well? I seem to be seeing threads about a factory amp and how it complicates everything, but they are always for the 10 speaker system. Just wondering if I was lucky enough to dodge that bullet lol. | My 95 sport with 6 speakers has an amp. The white wire on the factory side of the harness controls the AMP. Found that out last week. On a universal side of the harness it would be the Blue wire.  __________________ 
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Last edited by BlackBMWs; 06-03-2012 at 06:06 AM. | | | | | 06-03-2012, 06:20 AM | #3 | | Junior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Southern Alabama Posts: 19 |
I was talking to a guy from bav auto about the stereo. He mentioned some stuff about sticking with the factory speakers because the factory amp requires speakers with an odd/uncommon OHM rating??? Also that it doesn't matter what power rating head unit I buy as it will still only be acting as a pre-amp for the factory amp, unless I want to run all new speaker wire?? What's your take one this?? Just trying to figure out what direction I need to go in... Thanks for the help  | | | | | 06-04-2012, 12:47 AM | #4 | | Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Wichita Falls, Texas Posts: 1,364 |
My 1998 base model doesn't have an amp. I have replaced all the speakers except the tweeters, front and back, with larger, multiaxial speakers, and the stock head unit seems to have plenty of power for them. | | | | | 06-04-2012, 10:00 PM | #5 | | Junior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Southern Alabama Posts: 19 |
I just looked and the diagrams of the 3 stereo options on real oem. The base 6 speaker system show no amp. The other 2 do. WhooHoo =) | | | | |
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