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Message: <blockquote data-quote="austinseanchris" data-source="post: 6647223" data-attributes="member: 618949"><p>This is my first post guys but to be completely honest, I know nothing about car stereos when it comes to installations/supplies. I've always had custom set-ups in all my vehicles, but never knew what all I needed when it came to parts and what size amps to get for the subs, etc. Well, I've got some new equipment and want to know what I need or if I have too much? Right now, I have an 04 Nissan Sentra with db Polk mid's and highs all the way around ran by a alpine 4 channel amp(unsure of watts). I'm running two JL 10W0's off a MTX Thunder 2 channel(250w I think), both enclosed in the same box. Now, about 4 years ago, I bought my friends two JL 10.5W6V2's and his two JL 500/1 amps. He ran 1 amp per sub and it sounded phenomenal! Now, that being said, he had them in his truck so both subs were in individual truck boxes and were mounted firing down. My question now is obviously I cant use these same boxes b/c they would look dumb flying around in the trunk of my car. I also know the way they hit, they'd bounce all over the place. So do I need to put them both in the same box or do I even need two separate boxes in there? I spoke to one car audio store and they said that 1 was more than enough for that application and that I should sell the other one. Then they started asking how much I'd take for that second sub?!? Obviously, that seemed kinda fishy like someone was trying to rip me off...Secondly, do I need capacitors for each sub/amp? If so, how much in farads do I need? I know I had looked at Fosgate 1 farad capacitors but again, didn't know what the heck I was doing. Lastly, is my factory alternator going to handle this much power or will I need a new one with higher amperage output? I also bought a Rockford Fosgate 1/0 AWG amp power kit that included 17ft of power cable and the ANL fuse holder w/ 300 amp fuse. Is that kit only enough to do 1 amp or will that be enough for the entire car? Is that wiring too big or will it be ok? Any help with this would be greatly appreciated...like I said, when it comes to car audio, I'm out in left field. I just don't wanna get taken advantage of when I go to have all this installed b/c its like another language for me and I'd like to have everything I need for installation and just pay someone to hook everything up. Thanks a million and try to take it easy on the idiot new guy(ME)!//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif</p></blockquote><p></p>

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