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<blockquote data-quote="Sparky73" data-source="post: 5624539" data-attributes="member: 607454">I am doing a complete audio upgrade on my girlfriends 98&#039; S10 and need a little input please. First off, it&#039;s a stock everything.. single cab. I already purchased the speakers and a 4 channel amp for it. This will be my very first full install like this, but I have done quite a few head units, and have replaced speakers 3 times in all my different vehicles. My subs were installed by Best Buy (//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif), but I have taken them out of the truck and reconnected everything on my own, so I got the idea.I have been reading and decided on 16g speaker wire. There will be about 75 RMS per channel. One thing I don&#039;t know is.. do you replace all the wiring from the head unit to the speakers, or just use stock speaker wires to the amp, and use your 16g just from the amp to the speakers?I purchased Infinity Kappa&#039;s for all 4 speaker locations, and the door speakers are component. How do you go about hooking up the crossovers or even component speakers all together? Is it just + to + and - to -?The only thing I still have to purchase is the head unit. I stick with Alpine for head units, and I&#039;m just waiting for a nice used one to come along. I&#039;ve got a 9883 in my truck, and I love it. I would like to find another one of them, or any of the upgraded/newer versions. I do like the 9887 but the price is still a little too high on most.Any comments, helpful tips or suggestions would be great.Thanks.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sparky73, post: 5624539, member: 607454"] I am doing a complete audio upgrade on my girlfriends 98' S10 and need a little input please. First off, it's a stock everything.. single cab. I already purchased the speakers and a 4 channel amp for it. This will be my very first full install like this, but I have done quite a few head units, and have replaced speakers 3 times in all my different vehicles. My subs were installed by Best Buy ([IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif[/IMG]), but I have taken them out of the truck and reconnected everything on my own, so I got the idea. I have been reading and decided on 16g speaker wire. There will be about 75 RMS per channel. One thing I don't know is.. do you replace all the wiring from the head unit to the speakers, or just use stock speaker wires to the amp, and use your 16g just from the amp to the speakers? I purchased Infinity Kappa's for all 4 speaker locations, and the door speakers are component. How do you go about hooking up the crossovers or even component speakers all together? Is it just + to + and - to -? The only thing I still have to purchase is the head unit. I stick with Alpine for head units, and I'm just waiting for a nice used one to come along. I've got a 9883 in my truck, and I love it. I would like to find another one of them, or any of the upgraded/newer versions. I do like the 9887 but the price is still a little too high on most. Any comments, helpful tips or suggestions would be great. Thanks. [/QUOTE]

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