I found that my '95 Chrysler LeBaron is prewired for dash speakers,
and the shop manual shows that they will be in parallel with the door
speakers**.

The only 3 1/2 inch speakers I find are 4 ohm, and I'm afraid to put
such a low impedance in parallel with the door speakers, which are
either 4 or 8. The total impedance will be either 2 ohms or 2 2/3
ohms.

Is this safe, with the factory radio? When I'm on the highway, I
sometimes play the radio at maximum volume. (It's not the Infinity
radio, which has a separate amp.)

Thanks.


**(Plus speakers on either side of the rear seat, of course.)

Meirman
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Originally Posted by meirman

I found that my '95 Chrysler LeBaron is prewired for dash speakers,
and the shop manual shows that they will be in parallel with the door
speakers**.

The only 3 1/2 inch speakers I find are 4 ohm, and I'm afraid to put
such a low impedance in parallel with the door speakers, which are
either 4 or 8. The total impedance will be either 2 ohms or 2 2/3
ohms.

Is this safe, with the factory radio? When I'm on the highway, I
sometimes play the radio at maximum volume. (It's not the Infinity
radio, which has a separate amp.)

Thanks.


**(Plus speakers on either side of the rear seat, of course.)

Meirman
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I have done it before without problems, but it is not for sure that you wont blow the outputs of the radio. You could put a low pass filter on the door speakers. If they are factory there probably isnt a tweeter on them. and put a high pass filter on the 3.5's They wont play the lower frequecies well anyway, overlap the cutoff point a little then it would make it a lot more reliable as the amplifier in the radio will only see the load at the given frequency that the speaker is allowed to play.
It would give you a component speaker effect. Good luck!
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