Factory speaker wiring. Leave it or replace it?

[gibhunter 10+ year member]

The easy way would be to connect new wiring to the wiring harness adapter's speaker leads and let the signal run through the stock wiring. The problem is that I'm running 90 watts RMS to the speakers and am afraid that the cheap wiring harness connections and 14 year old speaker wires in my 1990 Prelude might not handle the load or will not deliver half of that power to the speakers. Are my fears justified or am I worrying too much?

If I should replace it, I guess I'll have to cut the speaker wire from the wiring harness, connect new wires to them and pull them from inside of the door. Correct?

Ps. I'm not planning on going back to the factory stereo. I'll drive this car untill I run it into the ground, but till then I want some nice audio

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[pavengmike6 10+ year member]

I really think the wire that came stock with the car will do fine. As long as it has not been exposed to the elements it will not go bad. Plus with the little amount of power you plan on putting through it, they wire should be fine.

 

[lexus rx 10+ year member]

i agree. you shouldnt ever cut your factory stuff. leave it alone and you will be happier on down the road.