Hey everyone! Newbee making first post (question) here. Man I have looked for the answer here for a while. Heres my situation. I would like to replace the Rockford deck. Can a new deck be dropped in without having to rewire around the amp? Can the amp even be used without the Rockford deck? I know, so many questions, so little time. Good to meet all of you!!!

Short answer is yes, you can drop a new head unit in just by attaching it to the harness.

But, you have 2ohm speakers in there now, and your HU wants 4 ohm speakers. At high volumes you could damage the head unit from what I've been told.

The best option is to eventually bypass the amp and replace the stock speakers.

But dropping in a new head unit is pretty painless, and will give you better sound immeadiately.

Just be sure to go to a good audio shop.....

Since the new deck will be smaller, you can always put a CB under it, too.

BTW:

Welcome to XOC!

Are you in CO?

Ya here in 5280... Thanks for the welcome! So I went to the stereo shop and they were talking about the speaker rewire. Rewiring around the current amp. I guess I dont understand why they put 2 ohm speakers in in the first place. Is it more cost effective to replace all the speakers than an $85 rewire?

Man, I just wanted to run my amp and sub with a better deck.