Stock System Stats

[TooFastForYa 10+ year member]

Is there anywhere that I can find out how many watts a stock deck in a 1999 Toyota Tacoma puts out? I want to know because I have some brand new 6.5" Type-S just sittin around that I would like to put in the back, but if the deck doesn't put out a decent amout of wattage then I won't bother.

Thanks,

TooFast

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[smokeoff 10+ year member]

IMO I would just put them in. I think stock systems put out some thing like 5rms a channel, but after market speakers will bring out more detail and ad more bass than the factory speakers. And being a newwer truck I imagine u will hold on to it for a little bit and later down the road if u get more $$ u can ad an after market CD deck.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/cool.gif.3bcaf8f141236c00f8044d07150e34f7.gif

 

[TooFastForYa 10+ year member]

I took one of the OEM speakers out to see what it said as far as wattage and ohms. It was lables 20W and 8Ohms. Will the deck be sine with the Alpine 6.5" Type-S's since they are 4Ohms?

 

[Wonderbread 5,000+ posts]

yes

 

[maylar 10+ year member]

No.

 

[TooFastForYa 10+ year member]

Yes, No?

Great nothing better then confussion. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

So which one is it? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

TooFast

 

[packerfan 10+ year member]

I would get an aftermarket HU first. All great sound starts w/ a HU

 

[TooFastForYa 10+ year member]

I don't want to get a new HU. It's actually not my car, it my dads. I just have this set of speakers laying around that I have no use for them. Anyway I just wanted to be nice and put them in his truck to give him a better sounding system. So I just want to know if I can put the type-s speakers in the truck without any problems.

Thanks,

TooFast

 

[TooFastForYa 10+ year member]

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[chase297 10+ year member]

I would not do it. The difference in the ohms in the speakers would probobly cause you current hu to overheat. Becasue it is a factory HU it probobly would not be able to handle the ohm difference.

 

[Wonderbread 5,000+ posts]

now the question is, were hte speakers wired directly to the HU? are they wired in parallel somewhere down the line?

most stock headunits will not have a problem running a 4 ohm set of speakers..

 

[TooFastForYa 10+ year member]

Well they are installed. It sounds a lot better but we will just have to see if it last. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[maylar 10+ year member]

Originally posted by Wonderbread now the question is, were hte speakers wired directly to the HU? are they wired in parallel somewhere down the line?

most stock headunits will not have a problem running a 4 ohm set of speakers..

Good point. If there's 2 speakers in each channel, that'd be 4 ohms total. If not, I'd be leary of it. If the factory unit would run 4 ohms, they'd have put 4 ohm speakers in there.