First Car Audio Setup

[Davecubs14 10+ year member]

He hasn't really bought anything bad yet though. He's doing quite well, lol. You use female spade terminals on the speaker wire.

 

[Davecubs14 10+ year member]

I was telling everyone what I was purchasing before I got it, no one said anything....But yea, in the future...I don't know what kinda sub I'm going to get, recommendations? ... probably one already in a box from online

Didn't know it was 'too powerful' ... But it should still function good right?

But I wanna have this hooked up before I get a sub....

Just set the gains right and you'll be fine. Just gives you more head room to upgrade later.

What kind of subs were you looking at? How many watts you want to run?

 

[mast240 10+ year member]

Yea, I have a wiring harness thats coming with the HU i purchased from crutchfield....thats why I said the HU should be nothing.....
But the speakers, pfft.......So I would cut behind the white connector or harness and remove that? then? The only harness I would have is for the HU , no connectors for the speakers....so I guess I would have to join them?

The car factory wires



The speaker wires



Now how would I get that on

female spade terminals are your friend

thanks for the name dave... i was thinking spade terminals, but my mind went blank, lol

 

[ImSoNew0rleans 10+ year member]

Edit - I don't know about a sub right now after looking....I'm not trying to get another amp...

I saw an amp that came with the sub but the price is high as hell ....

http://www.amazon.com/Infinity-Basslink-200-Watt-Powered-Subwoofer/dp/B000063TJY/ref=zg_bs_3009141_1

mast240, They have some already on the polks( the female spade terminals , So how would that go?

lol, sorry for so many questions, I just don't wanna go hooking up shet and screw it up...

 

[Vossy 10+ year member]

I'd recommend TC if you're going for Sound Quality.

Also, Sundown, Skar, DC, SSA, lots of good options out there!

and not many good setups have a built in amp, I'd recommend bridging two of the channels to the sub and move the door speakers to the other channels so there's two on each channel.

And if you feel like it, leave some room on the wire clips and just cut and connect the wires that came with the polks make sure you do pos to pos and neg to neg otherwise the speakers move the wrong way

 

[mast240 10+ year member]

did your components come with wires with female spades on them already?

 

[ImSoNew0rleans 10+ year member]

Yea , with a little clear cover over it? I guess thats it

 

[budahbuddy803 10+ year member]

i would just do nothing with the factory speaker wire, you are going to run new wire to the amp anyways. keep the factory connection in case you want to put the factory speakers back in.

 

[ImSoNew0rleans 10+ year member]

i would just do nothing with the factory speaker wire, you are going to run new wire to the amp anyways. keep the factory connection in case you want to put the factory speakers back in.

ah ok, rite...So i'll just leave them there hanging behind the speaker.....

The manual shows me the amp,woofer, and the tweeter would all go into the crossover...... I'll search around and watch some videos and figure how to properly hook it up though...

appreciate the help ppl

 

[ImSoNew0rleans 10+ year member]

Ok...lemme bug yall 1 mo' time.......

I got the wiring to the speakers, now can one of yall tell me how would I connect this to the crossover below....

the wire goes like this ,

2 female spade terminals into back of speakers

2 silver thinggies coming out of wires..

There should be a way you connect these, says you won't need nothing else to connect the component system....

 

[AE92Rolla]

Kenwood KDC-MP345U is one good looking head unit, but i still prefer the dvd players.

 

[disturbed471985 5,000+ posts]

Ok...lemme bug yall 1 mo' time.......
I got the wiring to the speakers, now can one of yall tell me how would I connect this to the crossover below....

the wire goes like this ,

2 female spade terminals into back of speakers

2 silver thinggies coming out of wires..

There should be a way you connect these, says you won't need nothing else to connect the component system....

I mean it is simple connect the positive for the tweet to the positive on tweet on the crossover and same would apply to the negative and the mids. The input would be from ur amp so positive to positive and neg to neg. Also, like said above leave the factory speaker wire alone and just run some 16awg speaker wire into the door and back to where your amp will be.

P.S good choice on ur amp. I love mine other then the plastic but as far as performance it's great and has some power for sure.

 

[ImSoNew0rleans 10+ year member]

16 Awg speaker wire? so i'm gonna need to purchase something else? **** man....

I had the 4 guage amp wiring kit coming, I thought that would be all the wiring I would need....I couldn't use that?

*confused*

 

[fasfocus00 5,000+ posts]

16 Awg speaker wire? so i'm gonna need to purchase something else? **** man....I had the 4 guage amp wiring kit coming, I thought that would be all the wiring I would need....I couldn't use that?

*confused*

i just pm'd you. if you got the Knu kit that was linked earlier in the thread, it comes with 10ft of 16 gauge speaker wire IIRC. you're gonna need more help with that install than you think. Nissan, trust me.

 

[LaserRed38 10+ year member]

Slow down turbo. You're doing pretty well, but stop for a day and read around the forums before you go any further. All of your questions have been answered 10,000 times. Set aside some money for sound deadener too. I'd put the factory speakers back in for now and worry about getting the head unit in and amp installed first (you don't need to hook the amp up yet). See how it sounds. Get that little bit of wiring under your belt. Save up for a month or so to pick up the deadener and speaker wire. Get your components in now. Drive around with that for a month and get used to it. Then worry about a sub later. Your amp is pretty decent. You can run a single 10 or 12 off the rear channels bridged and you will have a nice little budget set up.