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<blockquote data-quote="Lasherž" data-source="post: 8705757" data-attributes="member: 679555"><p>The speaker wires that come with your car are pretty good wires and they're often tinned copper (top notch) and 14-16 gauge depending on the vehicle, the only reasons why you wouldn't use them are:</p><p></p><p>1) The power exceeds the rating on the wires. If you're running from any head unit that won't be an issue, it's only when you get into amps and 100w+ RMS value that you'll want to think about the wires, and you can go up higher depending on the car.</p><p></p><p>2) To preserve the ability to return your car to stock very quickly. Pretty much universally it's always a better idea to run new wires or get an adapter if the alternative is snipping a stock wire. If you're using an adapter at the speaker terminal then this makes no difference to you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lasherž, post: 8705757, member: 679555"] The speaker wires that come with your car are pretty good wires and they're often tinned copper (top notch) and 14-16 gauge depending on the vehicle, the only reasons why you wouldn't use them are: 1) The power exceeds the rating on the wires. If you're running from any head unit that won't be an issue, it's only when you get into amps and 100w+ RMS value that you'll want to think about the wires, and you can go up higher depending on the car. 2) To preserve the ability to return your car to stock very quickly. Pretty much universally it's always a better idea to run new wires or get an adapter if the alternative is snipping a stock wire. If you're using an adapter at the speaker terminal then this makes no difference to you. [/QUOTE]
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