Hey guys. Im about to buy a head unit for my 1997 (no bose) . According to crutchfiels.com my 97 has an OEM amp ?


Can anyone confirm this?

Crutchfield adapter

Yes it does. If you put in an aftermarket deck you should put in the level reducer. Otherwise you will probably overdrive the factory amp. You could also run new wires and bypass the amp completly, but then you would have to do new speakers in the front.

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Originally posted by PurplePiece:
Yes it does. If you put in an aftermarket deck you should put in the level reducer. Otherwise you will probably overdrive the factory amp. You could also run new wires and bypass the amp completly, but then you would have to do new speakers in the front.

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thanks man. My factory Cd player skips BAD! . Ill try to see if i can take it out and maybe clean the laser.

I found this out also

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it does plug right in, but it wouldn't work. Bose uses a balanced 3 wire system. even though the plug looks identical, it's wired differently. Plus even if u were to get the amplifier, u'd also need the speakers that go along with them. Bose speakers run at 1 ohm while ur current factory runs at either 4 or 8 ohms. so for example if that bose factory amplifier puts out 20 watts at 1 ohm, that means it will only deliver around 5-6 watts at 4 ohms. so if u use the existing speakers, they won't be as loud as they were before. So the only way to do it correctly would be changing everything(headunit, amps, & speakers). But u might as well get something aftermarket.

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just to update this. You can make this work with an aftermarket deck. I bought a keenwood. Its so nice. Looks factory too.

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I used a wireing harness with the factory amp/amps There is one blue wire that was not discussed in the installation. Its connected to a harness on the tape deck part of the double din radio. You need to power that to a switched 12v and your good to go