Frame grounds are fine if you have a solid frame. Unibody car should be grounded front battery to rear battery.
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Frame grounds are fine if you have a solid frame. Unibody car should be grounded front battery to rear battery.
Ur battery is the best ground in your car, I would do 2 runs off the pos and 2 runs off the neg.. then ground to the frameQuote:
Originally Posted by garretttt4
Ok so get like 75 ft of wire? What gauge speaker wire do I need? Gunna do one pos and one neg to bolt terminal on box then connect the subs with terminals to that box? Like 4 gauge from amp to box and 8 gauge to subs from bolt inside of the box?Quote:
Originally Posted by Boomsday
I have a unibody I think.... What's worse about unibody cars for grounding ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Chriszle
Now thats overkill, u dont need the 4 gauge from amp to boxQuote:
Originally Posted by garretttt4
and i must have missed what kind of car you have??I have an explorer with 4 runs and it was less then 75feet, but if your gonna be wiring batts, doing big 3, etc.. then I would shoot for the 75-80ft range
It's a sh1tty little 03 Chrysler Sebring lxi coupe. I ain't gunna complain tho I got it for 500$ in excellent condition and 90k miles. Gunna sell it soon for 2500$.Quote:
Originally Posted by Boomsday
You don't. Multiple runs to the back is only really useful in DB Drag Street class or similar where you are limited to only what's under the hood.Quote:
Originally Posted by mlstrass
A very safe rule of thumb is 1 additional battery per 1000W of amp power. You can likely get away with less depending on your listening habits, but you can do a lot if you stick to that.
Like 8 gauge then or what?Quote:
Originally Posted by garretttt4
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Like 8 gauge then or what?Quote:
Originally Posted by garretttt4
12g ofc is plentyQuote:
Originally Posted by garretttt4
O ok I was told 8 gauge from someone in town so wasn't really sure hahaQuote:
Originally Posted by rebelfromva
I run 10k on my subs w/ 8ga. You are fine w/ 12ga honestly.Quote:
Originally Posted by garretttt4
Ok good! When I do two power runs do I fuse both? And closest to front or back batts?Quote:
Originally Posted by wickedwitt
Fuse everything. At both locations.Quote:
Originally Posted by garretttt4
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Originally Posted by gckless
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Originally Posted by garretttt4
Do you need any batts?? I has them for cheap. C&D , Optima, Deka blems. all under $200 bucks shippedQuote:
Originally Posted by rebelfromva
Not gunna buy them for a while, buying subs,amps and wire first. Gunna install it this spring, gets too cold here for me to put a expensive system in haQuote:
Originally Posted by nicholasmccabe