sub and amp install

GreenFaleen · December 27th, 2006, 03:04 PM

I just got a 12 inch sub and a amp and I was wondering how to install it? I went a few places and they all want like 100 bucks to do it so I figured I'd do it myself. Any help would be appreciated thanks.

wraitherlx · December 27th, 2006, 11:00 PM

do you have the mach system???? do you have and aftermarket deck or stock let me know what you got so i could help you out, I know the ins and outs of car electronics I just helped Bob17830 hook his up so if you want to ask him how his is doing

GreenFaleen · December 27th, 2006, 11:52 PM

Umm no mach system at all I have a sony after market head unit and jl audio speakers all around the car.

97TunedMustang · December 28th, 2006, 04:22 AM

Do you mean like physically running wires through your vehicle for your amplifier and subs? you'll need a amp wiring kit for one thing. probably an 8ga will do with just one 12". Youll need to be able to run the power wire through the firewall. if your comfortable with getting behind your HU and running wires around the footwell and under the door sills then you should be fine.

GreenFaleen · December 28th, 2006, 01:23 PM

ok yeah I was just wondering where I need to connect all the wires and how to run them from the amp to the sub. Also where can you get one of the wiring kits?

97TunedMustang · December 28th, 2006, 04:27 PM

You might be able to find a fairly cheap 8 or 5ga wiring kit at walmart for like 30-40$ but make sure it has the Power wire, ground wire, rca's, remote wire, and extra speaker wire. You for sure can find the a good rockford fosgate kit at either circuit city or best buy but your looking at $100-$150. if it was me and you are able to i'd get one from ebay. they are phenomenally cheaper. heres one for $27 shipped.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/8-Gau...63563921QQrdZ1

You'll want to run the power wire for the amp on one side of the car say down the driver side door sill. and then the rca's and remote turn on the lead down the passenger side. it helps cut down on interference. Youll wanna pull out your deck and plug in the rcas to the rca output on the HU and connect the amps remote turn on lead to the remote turn on output from the HU. Make sure you ground the amplifier within 6 feet of cable or less to somewhere in the trunk. do NOT run the ground back to the battery.

GreenFaleen · December 28th, 2006, 04:29 PM

ok thanks.

68pony · December 29th, 2006, 10:50 AM

Damn son, last night sucked. Hope nuimage can help fix our mess.

In case anyone is wondering, we got everything wired and it worked except for the CD player. We worked on that HU till around 3 AM. GF might not be awake for a while......

GreenFaleen · December 29th, 2006, 02:09 PM

OK to explain more it is a I am going to rip my hair out situation. We had everything wired in right it all worked sub sounded nice, but my head unit reset it self with a cd in and now doesn't want to take a cd if anyone know what can fix this it will be greatly appreciated. HU is a cdx-m600 from sony.

68pony · December 29th, 2006, 10:19 PM

Didn't you say that you got it fixed? If so, does it still hit good? Let us know. I lost alot of sleep last night trying to hook that shit up.

GreenFaleen · December 29th, 2006, 10:54 PM

lol yeah sry about that. Yeah it sounds awesome gotta get that dyno mat on my license plate and we have almost no rattle

scubasteve041186 · January 3rd, 2007, 04:52 AM

haha good to know. so you got the cd out right? lesson learned though

take the cd's out b4 working with the head unit

scubasteve041186 · January 3rd, 2007, 04:54 AM

should have only take you 30 minutes to hook up though.. well it should be easy now. did you pop off the back seat and what not? to hide the extra cable? the bottom portion is just clips. just get a butter knife and run it along the bottom of the ack seat till it stops * somewhere in the middle* and just push on that tab with the butter knife. there are two tabs one on each side. otherwise all the cables are labeled and should be easy.

GreenFaleen · January 3rd, 2007, 03:28 PM

yeah it wasn't hard we just goofed off and had some trouble getting some panels off. But yeah seats came out easy once we got the rubber mallet into it.

68pony · January 3rd, 2007, 06:29 PM

you make it sound like we had no clue what we were doing. Oh wait, we didnt. No it wasnt that bad. besides it got me out of my house for most of a week. That is a good thing too. But next time, we can do it quickly.

GreenFaleen · January 3rd, 2007, 09:21 PM

yeah and we will make sure the ground wire they give us is actually crimped (damn cheap install kit)

trueballerisme · January 4th, 2007, 12:43 AM

do u guys know where i could get sum one to make me a fiberglass amp enclosure...

and wut color neons would u guys put in it. im thinkin like red in the bottom and blue on the red...

68pony · January 4th, 2007, 12:40 PM

Not off the top of my head. you might try your local audio shop. they might be able to help you.

Im not a fan of neons, so i cant help you there either. sorry

December 27th, 2006, 03:04 PM	#1
GreenFaleen Resident MM Ricer 2006 Scion tC 13.9@103/8.9@81 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Raleigh/Lenoir, NC Posts: 8,686	sub and amp install I just got a 12 inch sub and a amp and I was wondering how to install it? I went a few places and they all want like 100 bucks to do it so I figured I'd do it myself. Any help would be appreciated thanks. __________________ Buy My Guitar and Amp Scion Tc-strup racing header, CAI, Ground Kit, NOS 100shot tuning and install in process, Custom suspension, Doc. I 50% STS "Horsepower sells cars, torque wins races." -Carroll Shelby Thanks To My Sponsors: Strup Performance

December 27th, 2006, 11:52 PM	#3
GreenFaleen Resident MM Ricer 2006 Scion tC 13.9@103/8.9@81 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Raleigh/Lenoir, NC Posts: 8,686	Umm no mach system at all I have a sony after market head unit and jl audio speakers all around the car. __________________ Buy My Guitar and Amp Scion Tc-strup racing header, CAI, Ground Kit, NOS 100shot tuning and install in process, Custom suspension, Doc. I 50% STS "Horsepower sells cars, torque wins races." -Carroll Shelby Thanks To My Sponsors: Strup Performance

December 28th, 2006, 04:22 AM	#4
97TunedMustang Enthusiast Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 958	Do you mean like physically running wires through your vehicle for your amplifier and subs? you'll need a amp wiring kit for one thing. probably an 8ga will do with just one 12". Youll need to be able to run the power wire through the firewall. if your comfortable with getting behind your HU and running wires around the footwell and under the door sills then you should be fine. __________________ New block with forged internals running 16psi, tuned by Lasota Racing Too many mods to list... 3.73's and Truetrac Finally Done! Water-methanol injection? Dyno Tune fo sho, Street tune FTL!

December 28th, 2006, 01:23 PM	#5
GreenFaleen Resident MM Ricer 2006 Scion tC 13.9@103/8.9@81 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Raleigh/Lenoir, NC Posts: 8,686	ok yeah I was just wondering where I need to connect all the wires and how to run them from the amp to the sub. Also where can you get one of the wiring kits? __________________ Buy My Guitar and Amp Scion Tc-strup racing header, CAI, Ground Kit, NOS 100shot tuning and install in process, Custom suspension, Doc. I 50% STS "Horsepower sells cars, torque wins races." -Carroll Shelby Thanks To My Sponsors: Strup Performance

December 28th, 2006, 04:27 PM	#6
97TunedMustang Enthusiast Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 958	You might be able to find a fairly cheap 8 or 5ga wiring kit at walmart for like 30-40$ but make sure it has the Power wire, ground wire, rca's, remote wire, and extra speaker wire. You for sure can find the a good rockford fosgate kit at either circuit city or best buy but your looking at $100-$150. if it was me and you are able to i'd get one from ebay. they are phenomenally cheaper. heres one for $27 shipped. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/8-Gau...63563921QQrdZ1 You'll want to run the power wire for the amp on one side of the car say down the driver side door sill. and then the rca's and remote turn on the lead down the passenger side. it helps cut down on interference. Youll wanna pull out your deck and plug in the rcas to the rca output on the HU and connect the amps remote turn on lead to the remote turn on output from the HU. Make sure you ground the amplifier within 6 feet of cable or less to somewhere in the trunk. do NOT run the ground back to the battery. __________________ New block with forged internals running 16psi, tuned by Lasota Racing Too many mods to list... 3.73's and Truetrac Finally Done! Water-methanol injection? Dyno Tune fo sho, Street tune FTL!

December 27th, 2006, 11:00 PM	#2
wraitherlx Enthusiast 99 Cobra Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia Beach, VA Posts: 554	do you have the mach system???? do you have and aftermarket deck or stock let me know what you got so i could help you out, I know the ins and outs of car electronics I just helped Bob17830 hook his up so if you want to ask him how his is doing

December 28th, 2006, 04:29 PM	#7
GreenFaleen Resident MM Ricer 2006 Scion tC 13.9@103/8.9@81 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Raleigh/Lenoir, NC Posts: 8,686	ok thanks. __________________ Buy My Guitar and Amp Scion Tc-strup racing header, CAI, Ground Kit, NOS 100shot tuning and install in process, Custom suspension, Doc. I 50% STS "Horsepower sells cars, torque wins races." -Carroll Shelby Thanks To My Sponsors: Strup Performance

December 29th, 2006, 02:09 PM	#9
GreenFaleen Resident MM Ricer 2006 Scion tC 13.9@103/8.9@81 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Raleigh/Lenoir, NC Posts: 8,686	OK to explain more it is a I am going to rip my hair out situation. We had everything wired in right it all worked sub sounded nice, but my head unit reset it self with a cd in and now doesn't want to take a cd if anyone know what can fix this it will be greatly appreciated. HU is a cdx-m600 from sony. __________________ Buy My Guitar and Amp Scion Tc-strup racing header, CAI, Ground Kit, NOS 100shot tuning and install in process, Custom suspension, Doc. I 50% STS "Horsepower sells cars, torque wins races." -Carroll Shelby Thanks To My Sponsors: Strup Performance

December 29th, 2006, 10:54 PM	#11
GreenFaleen Resident MM Ricer 2006 Scion tC 13.9@103/8.9@81 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Raleigh/Lenoir, NC Posts: 8,686	lol yeah sry about that. Yeah it sounds awesome gotta get that dyno mat on my license plate and we have almost no rattle __________________ Buy My Guitar and Amp Scion Tc-strup racing header, CAI, Ground Kit, NOS 100shot tuning and install in process, Custom suspension, Doc. I 50% STS "Horsepower sells cars, torque wins races." -Carroll Shelby Thanks To My Sponsors: Strup Performance

January 3rd, 2007, 04:52 AM	#12
scubasteve041186 Hardcore Enthusiast 2004 mustang 40th annv. Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: kelowna,BC, Canada Posts: 1,266	haha good to know. so you got the cd out right? lesson learned though take the cd's out b4 working with the head unit

January 3rd, 2007, 04:54 AM	#13
scubasteve041186 Hardcore Enthusiast 2004 mustang 40th annv. Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: kelowna,BC, Canada Posts: 1,266	should have only take you 30 minutes to hook up though.. well it should be easy now. did you pop off the back seat and what not? to hide the extra cable? the bottom portion is just clips. just get a butter knife and run it along the bottom of the ack seat till it stops * somewhere in the middle* and just push on that tab with the butter knife. there are two tabs one on each side. otherwise all the cables are labeled and should be easy.

January 3rd, 2007, 03:28 PM	#14
GreenFaleen Resident MM Ricer 2006 Scion tC 13.9@103/8.9@81 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Raleigh/Lenoir, NC Posts: 8,686	yeah it wasn't hard we just goofed off and had some trouble getting some panels off. But yeah seats came out easy once we got the rubber mallet into it. __________________ Buy My Guitar and Amp Scion Tc-strup racing header, CAI, Ground Kit, NOS 100shot tuning and install in process, Custom suspension, Doc. I 50% STS "Horsepower sells cars, torque wins races." -Carroll Shelby Thanks To My Sponsors: Strup Performance

January 3rd, 2007, 09:21 PM	#16
GreenFaleen Resident MM Ricer 2006 Scion tC 13.9@103/8.9@81 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Raleigh/Lenoir, NC Posts: 8,686	yeah and we will make sure the ground wire they give us is actually crimped (damn cheap install kit) __________________ Buy My Guitar and Amp Scion Tc-strup racing header, CAI, Ground Kit, NOS 100shot tuning and install in process, Custom suspension, Doc. I 50% STS "Horsepower sells cars, torque wins races." -Carroll Shelby Thanks To My Sponsors: Strup Performance

January 4th, 2007, 12:43 AM	#17
trueballerisme Hardcore Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,352	do u guys know where i could get sum one to make me a fiberglass amp enclosure... and wut color neons would u guys put in it. im thinkin like red in the bottom and blue on the red...

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