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[azngotskills 10+ year member]

What kind of connectors do you guys use to clean up connections to the amp? I mean the power, ground, and speaker terminals (2ga power/12ga speaker). I currently just have them twisted and screwed in but I want a cleaner looking install. I know about the basic crimped spade terminals, but wanted to see if there were more options. Links please if you can //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif Thanks.

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[azbass 5,000+ posts]

fork terminals.

 

[azngotskills 10+ year member]

fork terminals.

arent those the same as spade terminals //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

 

[rippinitup7 10+ year member]

ya just go to home depot or w/e and they have a big selection of terminals. you can also go to your local car audio shop for the fancy gold plated ones, but thats more money.

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

arent those the same as spade terminals //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

excatly so use em.

 

[Pyro_By_Nature 5,000+ posts]

You could get the screw ones (no crimping).

 

[azngotskills 10+ year member]

You could get the screw ones (no crimping).

I was looking at those over at partsexpress, would they fit in the terminales though. Could you please give me a link for the ones that will fit?

 

[azngotskills 10+ year member]

excatly so use em.

I already stated that I knew about them and was looking for alternatives besides them. You can see if you read my first post again.

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

There pretty much are no alternatives for that type of amp connection. If you want it to look cleaner, make sure the crimp is neat and there are no stray srands of wire and then heat shrink the terminal/wire connection. If the terminals you have are the insulated type with the plastic guard on them, take that guard off before you crimp and then the heatshrink will make for a much nicer look.

 

[MrSector9 10+ year member]

solder them, i find crimping them and they turn out to go flat (obvisouly) and then the covers/heatshrink follow that contour.

maybe crimp a little bit for the wire to hold then solder... either way solder //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif thye look sexy

 

[azngotskills 10+ year member]

Thanks for the help guys...i guess the spade terminals are the only choice i really have. Thanks for the input guys.