Hybrid Install

[bigaudiofanati2 10+ year member]

Well my neighbor against my opinions and the facts I laid in front of him about hybrids not being that much better than a honda civic or other comparable car he is buying a 2008 Toyota Prius . He is going to buy one but before he dose he wanted me find out the limit he can put on the electrical system. He is planing on doing a 80 by 4 channel amp and a 800 by 2 amp running a set of 10's. So is there anything I need to know or he needs to know about installing this system in this car or is it going to be fine?

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[bigaudiofanati2 10+ year member]

No one?

 

[bigaudiofanati2 10+ year member]

Bump

 

[modskwod 10+ year member]

Don't **** up. If you get a short, the voltage in a hybrid is enough to kill someone. So be careful. That's all i know about hybrid installs.

 

[shellfish 10+ year member]

I've always wondered the same thing

To me a prius seems like a stock car with a shit loads of batterys

and electrical system to kill (literally)

but of coarse I'm defiantly wrong and will be waiting for a

real answer to this question

 

[bigaudiofanati2 10+ year member]

Hmm sounds fun note to self wear rubber gloves.

 

[oxsign 5,000+ posts]

I've wondered the same thing. We recently come across a Honda Hybrid (looks like a civic not a spaceship), and I thought about putting small setup in it too.

 

[bigaudiofanati2 10+ year member]

Ya he wants to do it and I would enjoy installing it but I need to know what power I am dealing with and also if it is going to harm the charging. From what I read I should be fine just be careful not to kill myself. If I do the install I will make sure to make a build thread on it.

 

[dasinde91 10+ year member]

I have 2 sundown saz3500's & a memphis 4 channel in my highlander hybrid. On my ride there r 2 different electrical systems. One for the electric motors (hybrid batteries $10k a piece) The other is a regular battery were I have 6 runs of 1/0 gauge running to the back to my HC3800. I have all that is in my sig & have peek metered @ 153 so far. I have 3 more box ideas I am goin to be playing with I want to hit a 155 by the end of the season.

The one thing I was told not to do by the Toyota mechanics was not to tap into the hybrid batteries. they were sayin those things put out about 24 volts.

 

[bigaudiofanati2 10+ year member]

Will do man thanks for the input!!

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

I'm redoing the system in my Civic Hybrid now.....I'm putting a DD M1b in it...on my Critical Mass 10....I haven't decided on my highs amp...but I have a set of Critical Mass RS6's in the front doors...one advantage to the Civic over the Prius I found was the ability to add an aftermarket deck...as far as I know there are no dash kits or radio harness's made for the Prius intergrated radio