Im upgrading my front speakers to these components



http://www.crutchfield.com/p_107DXI5...50.html?tp=106



My rear speakers to these



http://www.crutchfield.com/s_107MM651/Polk-Audio-MM651.html?tp=105&nvpair=FFBrand|Polk+Audio



They'll be running off this amp



http://www.crutchfield.com/p_777M407....html?tp=35782





Will the stock wiring be ok or will I need to run thicker gauge from the amp to all the speakers? Hoping I dont have to since it will be a pain in the ass but if it will be worth it and give me better sound quality, then I'll go through with it.

 

You should run larger gauge wiring IMO.

 

You can't use the stock wiring when running an amp. The car isn't wired that way. Right now your speaker wires all come from the deck. When you install an amp, the wires will come from the amp.

 

Aaron, some people run wiring from the amp to the head unit and just tap into the stock wiring with wire taps. So there will be thicker gauge about half way through the wiring until it hits the stock stuff. If you dont want to run new wires through the door, thats why its done that way. Is it right? Not really, but whatever floats peoples boats, I guess.

 

That doesn't make any sense. If you gotta run wires at all, may as well run them to the correct spot.

 

... except that running wires into the doors sucks. A significant upgrade in power should get an upgraded wiring harness all the way from end to end, but it will be less fun in the doors than the rest of the car.

 

If the door panel and speaker are already off, the only additional step is a coat hanger through the pass through. I've never found it to be very difficult.

 

^^That one step took me almost as long in the Tib as the entire rest of the audio install.

 

well i have 300rms speakers in my front doors plus 250rms tweets in the a/c holes and i run them off stock wiring with no problems. just run the speaker wire from my amp back up to the harness and used the stock from console to doors. i did run new wire for the rears because its easy enough in the back of the car.



everyone had their own way of doing stuff. but my front stage runs at just over 500rms with no issues on the stock stuff. no matter what its still only carrying 12volts

 

Not just no, but **** no. You have missed the mark by a mile! Half the case of your amplifier holds amplification stuff. The other half is a switching power supply that takes your 12V B+ power and switches it up to MUCH higher voltage. You can claim 40 watts, and that's pushing it, from the battery voltage. To get thousands of watts, you need more volts - in some cases HUNDREDS of volts.





My point. I'd have tried pulling the new wire by tying it to the old and pulling through, but I didn't because I left the stock wiring in the doors when I put in my 60x2 amp for the door speakers.