Extending Amp Wiring question

[kustomciv 10+ year member]

just buy the knuconceptz wiring kit
they are the best kits on budget oversized

thank you for the links, I think I will just buy my wire from that site, I don't need all the extra stuff because its already hooked up in the car and that place seems very reasonable on wire

 

[kustomciv 10+ year member]

is a 60 fuse good for the second fuse? the one that will be closest to the battery is also a 60

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

yep. unless the amp has more than 60a of fuses. but i doubt it.

 

[i2ain2thunder 10+ year member]

LOL wtf is everyone saying. The first guy prob gave you the best advice. I'd either buy a kit with a longer power wire, or use a distroblock and pick up some feet of 4 gauge online. Those 2 would be very easy. LOL u don't need a fused distroblock. Just a straight up distroblock 4gauge in 4 gauge out or 2x4gauge out prob pick up for like 5$ 10feet or so of 4 gauge prob run you 10$ online.

 

[Bettr n' Revrse 5,000+ posts]

So much //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wallbash.gif.1310150c49dd52e0fbe1813a0681e5c3.gif ITT hahaha

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

i wouldnt run an unfused distro on my pos wire. you do what you want...

 

[kustomciv 10+ year member]

LOL wtf is everyone saying. The first guy prob gave you the best advice. I'd either buy a kit with a longer power wire, or use a distroblock and pick up some feet of 4 gauge online. Those 2 would be very easy. LOL u don't need a fused distroblock. Just a straight up distroblock 4gauge in 4 gauge out or 2x4gauge out prob pick up for like 5$ 10feet or so of 4 gauge prob run you 10$ online.

I am trying to use parts I already have. I have two sets of amp kits

one: too small of gauge

other: too short

what was explained to me was that I could use a 2nd inline fuse (which I already have) to add more wire onto my existing 4 gauge rockford fosgate kit instead of buying more parts. I'd rather make my $50 kit I already own work than buy a $20 kit that has a bunch of stuff in it I don't even need (because I will then have 3 sets) and isn't the copper % that my nicer kit is. I have a certain amount of money that was supposed to go towards buying a sub only because I thought I already had everything I needed to do this so the less money I have to spend the more money I have towards my sub

so I just pulled all the 8 gauge pos amp wiring out of my car, somehow managed to be able to do it without pulling any panels (not sure) so now I am waiting on my firewall plug to come in the mail so I can go ahead and run the 4 gauge kit I have and then I will know an exact amount of wire I need to purchase. The fuse and everything on the 8 gauge kit is good, I am guessing I should also upgrade the amp ground wiring to 4 gauge as well?

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

ground needs to be as big (or bigger if you wanna overkill) as the positive side.