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hey im prob going to buy x2 12'' mtx subs with the box, x1 mtx mono amp, x1 stinger 12.5 volt capacitor, sometime this week the store will receive my plastic head unit kit and the wire thing to plug from factory wires, also gonna go to walmart or canadien tire and buy a radio, other than this what should i get?? also don't wanna get any surprises putting it all :P, and last were is the best place to pass the wires ??? thanks !
you need a buncle of wires and some connector, but the "wiring kit" will work,
-in your case you're installing 1 amp,
you need : a power wire,
-power wire, how long, depends on where you install the amp under front seat or with the sub box? for under the seats, you need probable 5 feet ,,, how many gauge? depends on what your amp takes, there is 8 gauge wire kit and 4 gauge wire kit , you look out,
-RCA wire, (like red and white audio wire)
remote wire , to tell the amp when to turn on (usually a 16 gauge or 14 or 18 ..single strand wire)
-speaker wire from the amp to the box, (if the kit doesnt come with, you get your own)
- a ground wire,
- FUSE HOLDER
deck mounting kit, (that plastic thing on the dash), ok you got that.
the wiring harness, ok you go that...
you need some butt connectors to connect the wires, or you need electrical tape? or some soldering equiment and supply, like soder iron and the supplies..
and also you need some tools to remove the panels from your vehicle,,,,
and also, your amp is stable at 2 ohm? what impedence your subs?
in my 09 aveo you need to remove the left fender liner to see the hole to run the wire from inside the car to under the hood.
-dont run the power wire along with the rca or te speaker wires it will cause the system to make unwanted noise when silent,
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mount the amp under the seat is a good idea, save some weights, save on wire cost, not easy to steal the amp
i hope it helps!!!!! i was brainstorming...
read the owner manuel of your amp and the owner manuel of your wiring kit, will help you alot.
any more ideas from the experts in the forum?
yeah, and the antenna apdeptor,
wal mart has them for $15. but you need the chrysler plug .. not the GM or suzuki plug
http://www.aveoforum.com/forum/attac...89650167_n-jpg
there got the sub in ahha it fit just just, but its faceing up there is a way to make it face back but ill do the whole job this weekend, my amp is a mtx mono, with 600watts rms on 2 ohm, this things gonna gooo BOOOOM, thursday i should be getting the head unit harness and wire, and the guy who had it beffore had 2 gage wire and he said he had no probliem with it XD. anyways will see what goes on later this week
When it comes to power/ ground wire make sure you are using 100% Copper wire (that is what the recommended amp wiring is based on). The cheap wire is usually CCA or Copper Clad Aluminum so you will need to go up a full 2 sizes to be safe i.e. 4ga recommended you will need 1/0 ga of CCA vs 4ga of 100% Copper Wire.
what can cause my system go "pop!" everytime i turn it on at the first moment it "POP!"s
yeah that mtx subs, that thing must be absolutely pounds and its ported!
you can probably feel the air flow from the front seats,
@Perfect ESL what equipment are you currently running i.e. amplifier, radio?
alpine cda 9815, rockford 501bd, alpine v12 MRV-340 (65x4rms)
it goes POP! when system starts up
what have i done wrong ?
There are many reasons that could cause this:
The REM wire to either amplifier
Signal Carrying wires (RCA, Speaker wires) could be too close to power and ground wires
Bad grounding location for either or both amps
or a problem within your charging system.
There is no simple answer to your situation, but those are a few common causes.
1, what can go wrong with the REM wire ?Quote:
Originally Posted by aveosummit
2, the power wire and the RCAs crossed, (like an intersection) but i did not run it along .
i just ground it to one of the bolt to each seats , each grounding i did use 80 grit sandpaper to sand it down to bare metal
but , for the power wire for my amp, i steal power from that 4 gauge wire, for some accent lighting,
(is it wrong? the thing pops even if my accent lighting is not on)
yes! hook your power wire to the battery and a fuse block. That's so you wont blow your amp.
Contrary to popular belief, the fuse does not protect the amp. the amps have internal (or side mounted fuses) for amp protection. the power wire from the battery to the amp is for vehicle protection. if something goes wrong inside of the amp, and causes the main fuse to blow ("pop") it opens the circuit so their is no more current flowing through the wire to possibly cause an electrical fire or short elsewhere in the vehicle. but, once that fuse has popped, chances are, damage is already done to the ampQuote:
Originally Posted by DBrown
The reason your hearing the pop is prob because you dont have the amp hooked up to the radio. Make sure you hook up the remote wire straight to the radio (if you have an aftermarket radio)