Recent content by knil

Good information to know on the line out converters, i used one on my civic to add an aftermarket sub and amp but over time I ended up replacing everything with aftermarket. Just never could get everything to sound right with the factory head unit. Always tough to lose loved ones around the...

I stand corrected, always assumed that you had to give up the ability to power a speaker and use it's connection to drive a LOC. Also, nice tribute to your father with your avatar, sorry for your loss.

It has been a while since I used a LOC, but someone can correct me if I am wrong, but I didn't think you could hook a LOC up and then still be able to use the factory speakers you tapped off of for the LOC connection. I believe your LOC is sinking/absorbing all of the voltage from the factory...

What brand of amp, also is it running off of an aftermarket Head Unit or Factory Radio using Line out converts?

I am not an alternator guru either, but I wonder if the new brushes they installed under service repair may be a little tight on that one side. It may wear even over time and rotate freely. You may want to contact the dealer and explain the issue to them and get there feedback. Good luck, I...

let me see if I understand how you have this setup. I assume you have used t-tapes on the rear speaker connctions and used this to feed the high speaker inputs on your amp you are using to power the sub. IT also sounds like you have left factory rear speakers hooked up to the wires that you...

Well I took the plunge and ordered a HO alternator and installed it the other day. I also took this opportunity to do my "Big-3" as well. I noticed that the factory wire coming off the B+ side was not going directly to the battery but was instead feeding into a fused/relay box in the engine...

Yeah, I'm thinking the stock 70 amp alternator has been taking a lot of punishment over the years. I found a 170 amp alternator at alterstart for around $409 with shipping, I think I am going to go ahead and order it tomorow. I don't think the stock one will hold up much longer especially...

Wow, was researching High Output alternators that fit my Honda and the price range is salty, $400-$550 to upgrade to a 170-230 amp. I decided to recheck my gains last night since I noticed the new Kenwood head unit was 5V on pre outs whereas the pioneer I replaced was 4V. There was only...

I did a bit of research on the 2008 Honda Civic EX alternator and it looks to be rated at 80 amps. While doing a little extra troubleshooting, I decided to monitor the voltage as the car was running, and it was around 13.5-13.8 volts which seems a bit low. I wonder if after about 4 years of...

Ah, now I understand what you mean by the big 3. I have done a modified version of what you are calling the big 3. I replaced the factory wire between the engine block and chassis with a piece of the 4 gauge wire and I believe I replaced the factory wire between the negative terminal of the...

That is a good point and something that I did not think of. Also, I should probably go ahead and give you a description of my current power wiring. I have run about a 12-15 foot length of 4 gauge wire to a power distribution block that fans the power out to the Kicker ZX750.1 amp and the JL...

I have a kicker ZX 750.1 and I was running a kicker solo baric L5 10 inch sub pre loaded in a truck sub enclosure (08TS10L54) it was a dual 2 ohm voice coil wired in series for a 4 ohm load. The setup ran perfect for about 3 years at which point I started to notice a slight distorted rattle...