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it would be a shame to see/hear a 911 with thumping rap music.

not a car stereo guy but, are you concerned about the power ratings?
you can use a 20 watt or a 2000 watt amp, you just have to be carefull.
an under powered amp can damage a speaker just as fast as too much power.
what happens is, you push the under powered amp harder trying to get the same volume as a 200watt amp, driving it into clipping. when it clips, it is basically sending a DC voltage to the speaker and you melt the coil. the DC holds the coil at one extreme or the other, the harder you push it, the longer it stays bottomed or extended.
some speaker systems will put a large cap at the input to block DC, but still allow full range to pass to the crossover.
with my PA equipment, i prefer to over power and not use it, but have it for reserves.
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