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Old Aug 9, 2020 | 08:37 PM
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I want to add a small Amp behind my head unit to add a little extra power to my door speakers. I was looking at This

I don't want to cut into my factory harness. Is there anything like
This This
. It allows you to add an Amp and plugs inline to the head unit.

In trying to avoid mounting an Amp and running wires to and from the head unit to the speakers.


Edit.
THIS THIS
may work?

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Old Aug 9, 2020 | 11:30 PM
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The FOR-11CK is what I used to add an amp to my truck. Not much room behind the center stack, not sure of the dimensions of that amp you are looking at.

I ran speaker level out from the harness to my DSP-408, then RCA to amp, then speaker wire back up front to mate with the other end of the 11CK harness. Basically, I used the harness to send the signal to a dsp/amp, then from amp back to factory wiring harness. I didn't want to run my own speaker wire, so I used the factory speaker wires.


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I want to add a small Amp behind my head unit to add a little extra power to my door speakers. I was looking at This

I don't want to cut into my factory harness. Is there anything like This. It allows you to add an Amp and plugs inline to the head unit.

In trying to avoid mounting an Amp and running wires to and from the head unit to the speakers.


Edit. THIS may work?
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Old Aug 10, 2020 | 12:14 AM
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Originally Posted by cbbennin
The FOR-11CK is what I used to add an amp to my truck. Not much room behind the center stack, not sure of the dimensions of that amp you are looking at.

I ran speaker level out from the harness to my DSP-408, then RCA to amp, then speaker wire back up front to mate with the other end of the 11CK harness. Basically, I used the harness to send the signal to a dsp/amp, then from amp back to factory wiring harness. I didn't want to run my own speaker wire, so I used the factory speaker wires.
Perfect. That's exactly how I want to run mine. Probably put the Amp some where around the glove box. Thanks
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Old Aug 10, 2020 | 12:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Defense
Perfect. That's exactly how I want to run mine. Probably put the Amp some where around the glove box. Thanks
@HushCarAudio builds these to specs as well. You’ll see a lot of this stuff in the audio forums.
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Old Aug 10, 2020 | 01:10 AM
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Old Aug 10, 2020 | 03:42 PM
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I have a small amp (Alpine KTP-445U, only about 8"x1.5"x2.6") that I had used in a previous truck that I plan to install in my F150 at some point. I would not cut the factory harness, but that is just me. The adapter that you found on Amazon was what I had planned to use as well. If you read the comments, other F150 owners have successfully used this adapter with good results. Let us know how it works out, and what you end up using.

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Old Aug 10, 2020 | 04:19 PM
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Originally Posted by 18SCREW
I have a small amp (Alpine KTP-445U, only about 8"x1.5"x2.6") that I had used in a previous truck that I plan to install in my F150 at some point. I would not cut the factory harness, but that is just me. The adapter that you found on Amazon was what I had planned to use as well. If you read the comments, other F150 owners have successfully used this adapter with good results. Let us know how it works out, and what you end up using.
I ordered everything from the original post today. Should be here soon
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