installing question

[IoNMan1 10+ year member]

I am planning to buy 2 L5s with a mono amp, a 4 channel amp for my kapa interior speakers, a capacitor, a distribution block. Is it really hard to install it on my own, with help with a friend. I have experience installing hometheater, but not a lot experience for car stereo.

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[Range Rover 10+ year member]

Yes it is eazy, but scratch the capacitor..

Everything you need to know can be found on this forum

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[IoNMan1 10+ year member]

so no cap?? why not, I have one amp that's 1250.1 and amp 350.4. Everything i need i can find it on this forum??

 

[Chevyaudio 5,000+ posts]

did you search for capacitor on the forum. If so read a few threads about caps...you will quickly learn they are useless...then Search for the Big 3, and do that.

 

[Little B 10+ year member]

Yep, everything you need to know is somewhere on this forum just search. If your friend has some experience you should be fine. If your unsure about any part of the install just search for your answer, and if you can't find it ask. Good luck.

 

[pwnt by pat 10+ year member]

It's not hard, just don't be scared and do stupid things.

You don't need a cap.

 

[Echo42987 10+ year member]

Unless our getting an Alumapro Cap then yes they are useless....

Optima Yellow Top and The "Big Three" and you should be good with that setup

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[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

Alumapro has nothing to do with whether or not a cap is going to do any good in a system. If the problem is too small an alt, then no cap will help.

 

[RandyJ 10+ year member]

Alumapro has nothing to do with whether or not a cap is going to do any good in a system. If the problem is too small an alt, then no cap will help.

Exactly. If your electrical system is subpar, then adding more strain to it will only cause more problems.

 

[AlpineUser 10+ year member]

screw yellow top optima batteries u dont need an 80$ battery interstates are just the same and cheaper...my uncle is a mechanic and he said interstate is just as good if not better i have an interstate and it is perfect. and u dont need a cap look at my sig and see what i got....btw i am getting rid of the 750 watt and getting 2 1000watt amps for the x's so that is 3 1000 watt amps

 

[RandyJ 10+ year member]

screw yellow top optima batteries u dont need an 80$ battery interstates are just the same and cheaper...my uncle is a mechanic and he said interstate is just as good if not better i have an interstate and it is perfect. and u dont need a cap look at my sig and see what i got....btw i am getting rid of the 750 watt and getting 2 1000watt amps for the x's so that is 3 1000 watt amps

Actually, I believe the Optimas are built to be fully drained, while Interstates are not.

 

[IoNMan1 10+ year member]

yellow top battery sounds good to me. Big 3 is connect your wires to the battery right. That's not that hard, cause I didn't before, when I first put 2 12 sub in my trunk. Also my battery is next to my spare tire. I have question about how to hook up my 4 channel and distribution block? Where do I wire the speaker wires?? Stright to speakers, or to the wire behind my deck.

 

[IoNMan1 10+ year member]

so really i don't need a Cap at all?? What is HO alt, where can i find that??

 

[Little B 10+ year member]

For the distribution block run the power-wire from the bettery into it, and then run the outputs from it into the amps. Put the distribution block as close to the amps as possible. If it's a fused distribution block use the same size fuse as the size on your amp for each seperate wire.

You can take the easy route and use the wires behind the headunit if you want.

HO alt is a high-output alternator. Install your stuff first then upgrade your battery and big-3 as mentioned. If you have dimming still then worry about a bigger alternator.

 

[AlpineUser 10+ year member]

its an altenater (sp?) it charges ur battery when ur car is on so the battery doesnt drain out