shaker 500 door sub replacement

funtimesalways · 05-10-2008, 07:58 PM

as you know, the shaker 500 has 2 8" door subs, shallow i assume. can you replace these with aftermarket subs or would you need an amp, or would the factory amp be enough

mattlowe01 · 05-11-2008, 12:27 AM

Theres a lot of information on this already...

actually, if you look farther down the page, i know of at least 1 other thread addressing this issue.

Searching does wonders.

funtimesalways · 05-11-2008, 11:48 AM

ok, maybe i will ask somebody that would be more helpful. i searched crutchfield for shallow 8" and it came up with one, a kicker i think. i am not sure about ohms. what is the factory ford. or can somebody give me a part number to the rockfords that seems to be a popular replacement. thanks

imnotmy77stang · 05-11-2008, 12:48 PM

i'd like to know if i could use these

http://madisound.secureserverdot.com...oducts_id=1405

i did a little searching on the forums and never did find how many ohms the factory subs were, or how many watts the 500 system pushes to those subs

funtimesalways · 05-11-2008, 04:57 PM

that link you have dosent work

vaporstang · 05-11-2008, 05:46 PM

I believe I read somewhere on this forum that the subs were 8 Ohms while the 6 x 8's are 4 ohms, but I don't know for a fact about the subs. You can use the search function.(My 6 x 8's are 4 ohms in my car).

mattlowe01 · 05-11-2008, 05:55 PM

The subs are 8ohms. You will not be able to drop an aftermarket sub in there without frying the amplifier.

funtimesalways · 05-11-2008, 05:58 PM

hmm, well scratch that idea. the whole reasoning behind it was because the factory subs are produce a nasty rattle, and its annoying, and its far from max bass too. thanks for letting me know before i went to best buy and just started buying away

imnotmy77stang · 05-11-2008, 10:12 PM

that link i posted works for me, and they make those subs in an 8 ohm configuration

funtimesalways · 05-11-2008, 10:39 PM

ok, it worked that time, i just checked, it says 4 ohm on their website. i know next to nothing about car audio and terms used with. a salesman could really get me if they wanted to. thanks again everyone