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Originally Posted by bigaudiofanat
As stated above, don't bypass the bose amp and run their speakers off the new head unit. First off the tweeter and woofers in the bose system have their own signal coming from the amp. There is no in line crossover to block bass from the head unit so you will in fact blow at least the tweeters out. Also the bose speakers are 8 ohms instead of 4 ohms, this means you wouldn't get 22 watts RMS from the head unit you'd get less.
You will not get more volume from just swapping out the head unit. My recommendation is upgrade the head unit wiring it into the bose amp with the proper harness. Then install new speakers and wire them directly to the head unit in a later date if money is tight.
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I may have been completely wrong, but wouldn't the input going into the bose amp be different with an aftermarket unit than the factory radio? I know this was the case in my Civic a few years back, but this is a completely different car.