Help installing in 2003 Expedition

[miked2905]

Hello, Im new to the forum and I have a few questions, Need some help with my trucks audio system. I have a 2003 Ford Expetion Eddie Bauer, with Existing Amp and Sub Stock.

I have 2 boxed 12inch subs, and a 1000w Kenwood Amp.

I can access my existing sub and amp.

How do i connect the audio from the radio to the amp?

Im new to this audio stuff. Help is appreciated.

-Thanks Mike

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[MkKin420 10+ year member]

I don't really understand your question/s but in case it helps, first your amp is grounded to the chassis of the vehicle from the ground terminal of the amplifier, a fused battery + lead connects to the positive terminal of the battery to the amplifier the gauge of wire depends on the amplifiers current requirements. A pair of RCA's or path cables (depending on weather the amplifier/headunit has pre-amp outputs) or high input or speaker level connections are made. Then the + output of the amplifier is connected to the positive terminal of the sub/s and the negative - to the negative terminal of the sub/s. The impedance of the subwoofer/s is very important to watch out for. A digital multimeter can come in much handy when it comes to this stuff. I hope this helps you.

 

[miked2905]

im asking if there is an easy way to maybe redirect the wires to the stock amp to my new amp. then connect the amp to the new subs.

 

[miked2905]

bought an installation kit. Ran the audio line from the amp to the back of the cd changer. Now there is 2 wires in each of the 2 wires that i ran. So in total 4 wires. The clip for the bass has four wires coming out of it. I dont know what to connect. Here are some pics.

This is what is stock. The clip in front with the four wires is the bass.

Here is with the two wires i ran up:

What do i connect?

Heres the amp and subs: