Infinity system ... you dont have to replace

I have the infinity sound system in my truck .
Each speaker has its own amp hooked right on it .
Most people cut and add new wire .... well I did some experimenting and came up with a good way to replace the speakers with aftermarket and still get use out of the amp .

First take your panels off .. unscrew the speaker and you will see a front door 6x9 wrapped in a hard shell ... this is the amp .
Take a tiny screw driver and pop the shroud off . Under this is the infinity amp .
Next take the 2 bolts that hold amp on to the speaker off .
Unplug the red + and black -

Next as you can see from the pics you will have the amp .. I mounted it out of the way so the window would not hit it . Drill 2 holes and attach on the inside of the door .

So now you only need to plug in the red and black to the new aftermarket speaker and still maintain the infinity amp on them .

The oem speaker with the shroud on it ... under it is the amp and all the wires are already attached



With the cover off ... trash that wont need



Amp mounted in the door and all that is left is 2 wires pos and neg .. hook to new speaker




The beauty of this is no more cutting or wire running .. or just plain ol getting rid of the amp ... the more power the better


Oh .. and have 26 of these before you start .. dam door tabs

Very nice install Dave.

Tomorrow ... new Clarion head unit and Rockford door speakers

Wahoo! What model Clarion did you go with?

Also ...

If your vehicle has the Infinity system, you'll connect the blue wire from the new wire harness to the amp remote wire from the new receiver. There also may be a second wire, usually green/black, attached to the factory radio chassis with the braided strap. If so, this is the ground for the Infinity amplifiers , and it must be attached to the braided strap and the replacement receiver's ground wire.

Luke I went with the Clarion CZ101 .. nothing fancy

Does anyone know what the infinity amp rating is ? Just curious

EDIT.. found it infinity amp is 12w RMS and 160w Peak ..

The head unit is 18w RMS , so ya I will be happy

I tried a search and found 160 watts, no clue if thats right or not.... maybe it says in the manual?

EDIT: nevermind haha

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sweet write up. Cool deal on the clarion coming next

I wonder if this would work for the other gens also ?

Third gen has a single amp behind the glove box.

yea on the 3rd gen there is one amp and i believe if you want to keep using the amp but replace the speakers you want to get 2 ohm speakers.

ahh .. well than this is 2nd gen only I think . As they have amps on each speaker

4th gens have a single amp under the dash on the drivers side

Yeah this is 2nd gens only

Yup us outcast 2nd gens have all the multiple parts. lol I did this mod and it works out really well!! Truck sounds great!!! And didn't have to spend a ton!

I have heard your system in person ... it does sound good

Well thank ya sir! We are gonna have to do it again sometime.

Fo , sho