Factory stereo amps?

[jbmays]

Hi, my 94 G20 has the factory cd with what appears to be clarion components and two amps in the trunk. There is a short somewhere in the amps because if you squeeze the top and bottom of EITHER amp, the sound goes from really quiet to really loud. Are these amps parallel, front and rear, left and right, or just stupid and need to be removed and replaced with something else. I also have a set of infinity kappa components and a pair of kappa 5.25" speakers. Can I easily make these work for a free upgrade (since I already have them), or are the sizes wrong?

Thanks,

Jeremy Mays

[frogg]

I think if you use new speakers you should also use a new amp, but maybe theres a way to get the factory amp to work. Personally, I just decided to do away with all of the factory system and replace everything which you probably dont want to do.

Only thing is my factory amp (dont know about yours) isnt like an aftermarket amp because the wiring harness plugs directly into it.

Oh ya, also not sure about the speaker sizes in your car but in mine the fronts and backs use 6 1/2 speakers.

[jbmays]

If I can get the amps to work right, the components should work, since the woofers are 6.5'. I'd like to keep the factory deck and not have to buy an amp. Guess I'm going to have to take the amps out to look at them. It just didn't make sense that I could mess with either amp and it would fix the sound, but I couldn't get it to stay on.

Thanks,

Jeremy:bandit: