installing two amps

[ni9thwonder 10+ year member]

I currently have an Alpine M450 to push a sub and I'm looking into a cheap set of components and a cheap amp (Kicker ZX150.2) to power them. The wiring I have in the car now is an 8 gauge kit from Knu. What else do I need to hook up the other amp? Thanks a lot

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[Rich B 5,000+ posts]

If it was me, I would upgrade to a 4 ga. dual amp wiring kit and get it over with.

Those usually come with everything you need (except RCA cables and battery terminals).

You can find Kicker on ebay for a good price, they are rated as one of the best.

 

[ni9thwonder 10+ year member]

Would this work? http://ikesound.com/product-product_id/3369

I'm ordering some stuff from there anyways and this is half the price of the kicker 4 gauge kit, but it doesnt say dual amp kit so I'm just wondering what else I would need. Like I said the 8 gauge kit is already installed in the car. Thanks a lot

 

[khanhfat 10+ year member]

fromthe picture on the product I'm not sure what kind of power distribution block are they gonna give u. For best results u can keep that 8 gauge for the sub amp and add the 4 gauge through the same root //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif ground them to 1 place on the chassis.

What kind or model of components that u're calling "cheap" beware that cheap components usually dont' do the job well and it'll sound really crapy with the worst midbbass ever. So Do urself a favoor and save the money to upgrade later is invest on a decent Components arround 150$ or so. then u can throw in some alpine amp or kicker or whatever amp u like as long as the out put power is more than the RMS ratings on the components and u'll b fine. Over power ur speaker a little more than RMS factory doesnt hurt the speaker as much than having a under poweramp to ur compoents.

 

[ni9thwonder 10+ year member]

by cheap i was thinking the PG rsd's, however, I don't think they'll fit with the limited mounting depth I have in my prelude (pretty much anything I'll have to modify). So you're saying I could leave the sub amp connected to the current 8 gauge kit and simply buy a 4 gauge kit and hook the comp amp up to it separately? Thanks again for the help.

 

[boomzilla 10+ year member]

hey ni9nthwonder, where are you in florida? if youre by tampa/ clearwater i can help you out

 

[ni9thwonder 10+ year member]

eh sucks. im in ft lauderdale. i appreciate it though man! im just tryin to do this as cheap as possible and once and for all. fitting comps in this prelude is gonna be an event in itself

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

It would make absolutely zero sense to leave the sub amp wired on the 8ga and then run a separate 4ga run for a second lower powered amp. Either replace the 8 with 4 and use a distro in the back, or make a second 8ga run just for the second amp.

 

[ni9thwonder 10+ year member]

so pretty much all i need is a 4 gauge kit? and a distro block? thanks again

 

[ni9thwonder 10+ year member]

kind of a bump here....and ive been checking craigslist everyday for a decent component set and/or amp...anything worth looking into with these? http://miami.craigslist.org/brw/ele/780258679.html

i cant seem to find any info on them--main concern being mounting depth