My son wants to hookup aftermarket 4 ohm speakers to the Chevy OEM radio that has 8 ohm orig speakers in front and rear of his Blazer. What will happen? Thanks, Pete
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4 vs 8 Ohm car speakers
My son wants to hookup aftermarket 4 ohm speakers to the Chevy OEM radio that has 8 ohm orig speakers in front and rear of his Blazer. What will happen? Thanks, Pete
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Depends....but more than likely watch the chev oem deck go poof. Have a look and see how they are wired. He may be ok.
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Most likely deck gonna go boom. Even if it doesn't go boom it's gonna have problems with CDs skipping (if applicable) and such from the extra heat.
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3 options
get a new head unit as well as the new 4 ohm speakers
get 8 ohm speakers (look on partsexpress.com)
leave the stock head unit and use 4 ohm speakers, and it may or may not break down the road.
Originally Posted by galacticmonkey
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Depending on the speakers that he's putting in there, they may sound worse than stock. Some the Boston stuff is designed to run off of 35RMS and they do pretty well off of an aftermarket HU power, but most stuff will be severely underpowered and sound worse than keeping the stocks. Unless he's adding a sub, I wouldn't replace the stock speakers unless they're designed for low power applications, and even then a small amp will make a huge difference over the SQ you can get out of a HU's internal amp.
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