Educated help needed/ My system build

[kingjombeejoe]

I'm new here and have just purchased the following "system". I will be updating this with pictures as I move along. If anyone has any interest you can check what I bought and give me some advice.

Head Unit: Pioneer DEH-P5100UB http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PUSA/Products/CarAudioVideo/In-Dash/CD-Players/Pioneer/DEH-P5100UB

Front/Door: 6.75" components 60w rms 260 max Pioneer TS-D1720C http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PUSA/Products/CarAudioVideo/Speakers/D-Series/Pioneer/TS-D1720C

Rear/Deck: 6"x8" 2-way 60w rms 260w max Pioneer TS-D6802R http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PUSA/Products/CarAudioVideo/Speakers/D-Series/Pioneer/TS-D6802R

Amplifier 1: 4 channel 60w x4ch at 4ohms 600w max Pioneer GM-6400F http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PUSA/Products/CarAudioVideo/Amplifiers/GMSeries/GM-6400F

Amplifier 2: mono 300w x1ch at 4ohms 1200w max Pioneer GM-D8400M http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PUSA/Products/CarAudioVideo/Amplifiers/GMSeries/GM-D8400M

Sub woofer: 300w rms 1200w max Pioneer TS-SW1001S4 http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PUSA/Products/CarAudioVideo/Subwoofers/Shallow/TS-SW1001S2|S4

This is the part I need advice on, I want to know if what I got will work as far as fuses and wire size. I'm not going to ever upgrade in this car so I don't need to plan ahead with huge wire or anything.

I purchased a 100a circuit breaker, 20' of 4awg tinned copper marine power wire to go to the trunk, a 4awg fused to 2-8awg power block with 2-50a fuses, and 10'(overkill) of 8awg tinned copper marine power wire.

Now for speaker wires I am going to use some 18-9 to go from the plug in back of the head unit to the 4 channel amp, then back out of the amp to the factory adapter plug and use the factory speaker wire(18awg) for the speakers. For the sub I'm using RCA cable from back of head unit to amp then 14-2 to the box.

I made my own box out of 3/4" mdf exactly .45 square feet ( I added for sub woofer mounting volume) as recommended by manufacturer. I caulked all the seams put butyl tape around "wire terminal thing" to seal in sound and screws every 3". I also plan on lining the box with poly fill sheets.

If there is anything I should know please feel free to let me know this is the FIRST ever attempt at any audio installation and I tried doing as much research as possible.

P.S. I used all pioneer stuff because Im kinda OCD about mixing brands and I love their head units.

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[wyatt315 10+ year member]

4 guage will be fine if your not exceeding 1500 wats of power. 18 wire will be perfect for these speakers. and any thing 80amp fuse or over will be fine. and going with all same brand is a idea you should start a build thread for this setup

 

[AllDayMJ 10+ year member]

doesn't make a lot of sense not mixing brands in a setup, especially when certain brands excel in areas that other brands are weak in.. I mean pioneer is fine and all, and their new line of rock woven cones look very nice.. I hope you aren't trying to order directly from pioneer, you can probably find a lot better prices on the net for what your getting..

 

[kingjombeejoe]

I ordered most of my stuff from sonicelectronix.com and the rest from radioshack, ebay, and any other place I could find what I needed. Like I said I just stuck with the same brand for my own personal reasons, I am aware that mixing brands can give you a better system sometimes, but I just like to keep it all the same. Thanks for the great useful info anyways.