Recent content by viper0383

as far as inside the box, if you are switching the subs, i would take the time to put 10 guage, 12 would be fine but 10 is even better. as far as the circuit breaker, i am only running a 60 amp bus fuse and havent had any problems so i think the 100 amp breaker would be fine. if it starts...

think of it this way, with one sub there is one way for the current to go, if you add another sub, it adds another path for current to go, so the impedance cuts in half. If you add a third sub, it makes three equal paths for current, so you would divide by three. if you have three 8 ohm speakers...

You can run 150 amps through 4guage for about 4 feet, that all. 150 is best suited for 0 guage. If your battery is only 4 guage a good idea would be to replace the factory ground and alternator wire with 0 guage. The cap should help although 2 or 3 would be good.

I put a viper alarm in a 2002 ram. I have done lots of alarm installs and this i must say was a tough one, you need resistors for the parklights, doorlocks. they are not the usual ones for chrysler. Like the previous post said, get a pro to do it.

if you want to grab the wires at the amp(under the right rear seat i think) you wont be able to use the harness at walmart(that is made for at the radio). what you will need is a tone generator. Turn the car on with the volume on the radio all the way down, then test the wires at the amp to find...

most likely you hooked the illumination or positive dimmer wire to the ground, this wire will act like a ground, until you turn the lights on, then it switches to 12 volts.

The bad thing about old VW's is that you usually have to hardwire them.(find all the wires using a voltmeter and tone generator). The speakers usually are and active system and you would need to run new wires to them. They arent fun but fairly easy to do.

mostly right, i did an intrepid today and where the seatbelts conect to the frame there are 2 bolts, the seat come off and then you have to pop off the panels going to the roof. then the whole deck should slide towards the front of the car and up.

If you look at installation instructions from kenwood or mtx, the first step is always disconnect the negative battery terminal. I install car audio for a living and i must say, i never do it. I have never had a problem with compters. The only thing i know of that can damage computers are using...

since you dont have much experiance, it might be good for you to start with a radio or speaker install, one of the hardest things to do is an amp. If you live near a Circuit City thats a good place to go, they usually have buy one get on free subs(alpine type-e are great). The best thing is that...

The monster cable Microline or something like that come in a 6 channel i dont think they would cost more than 120, but they are great wires, easy to install.

Hey, if the guy you are buying these 8-ohm subs from told you they would drop to 2 he is wrong, You would need 4 8-ohm speakers to get 2-ohms. The 81000d should run fine at 2.67 ohms(thats what you get with 3 8-ohm) Just be very careful with that amp, I have two 12 inch alpine type-e's and the...