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[datballa 10+ year member]

Hey I have a 96 BMW 318ti that has 8 speakers. I noticed the 4 speakers on either side of the doors dont sound at all, and my amp is only a 4 channel. Was wondering if its possible to hook up 2 speakers to one channel? I've done this on my home theatre system with no problems..

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[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

Hey I have a 96 BMW 318ti that has 8 speakers. I noticed the 4 speakers on either side of the doors dont sound at all, and my amp is only a 4 channel. Was wondering if its possible to hook up 2 speakers to one channel? I've done this on my home theatre system with no problems..

Yes, you could do that provided your amp is 2 ohm stable and the speakers are no less than 4 ohm.

I wouldn't do it however.

 

[datballa 10+ year member]

So what can I do to power the 4 extra speakers?

 

[blackbonnie 5,000+ posts]

another amp?

 

[datballa 10+ year member]

I'm sorry, I really **** at all of this //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif Is there a diagram/how-to on how to add a second amp? The power connection for a 2nd amp is already there (person who I bought the car off of used to have 2 amps in there and was too lazy to remove the power cable and just taped off the ends)

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

I would only run two of the speakers on each door.

 

[datballa 10+ year member]

I would only run two of the speakers on each door.

Sorry I worded it wrong, there ARE only 2 speakers on each door.

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

I see.

If I wanted to do that, I would run one four channel powering the front two seats and another four channel for the rear two seats.

 

[datballa 10+ year member]

I have 2 speakers in the kick panel. 4 speakers on the doors total. 2 rears. and 1 subwoofer. Everything but the 4 door speakers are connected. My question now is, can you point me to a how-to on how to connect a second amp that would power those 4 speakers to my current amp. I have a Hifonics z700