professional cost to install 2-ch amp?

[M@nJo 10+ year member]

my current setup is a mono amp thats connected to my subs, components up front, 3ways in the rear and a premier HU. i want to amp my component speakers up front but i believe ill have a hard time runing wire through door hinges and whatnot. so i was thinking of letting the pros do it. since there is no need to run a power wire or anything difficult, how much should i pay for a shop for labor only to run the speaker wire (ill be taking care of the remote/ground/power) to my front components only? *i have all wires ready from my own possesion*

i would do it myself but i got no place to work on my car (not even my own backyard due to an @ss landlord and unpatient neighbors). plus, my speakers are connected with electrical tape anyways so hopefully the shop would use some sort of speaker connectors for a professional finish lol.

what you guys think?

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[flakko 5,000+ posts]

i have idea. go to a park and work on your car there.

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Walmart parking lot //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[phildapimp89 10+ year member]

my current setup is a mono amp thats connected to my subs, components up front, 3ways in the rear and a premier HU. i want to amp my component speakers up front but i believe ill have a hard time runing wire through door hinges and whatnot. so i was thinking of letting the pros do it. since there is no need to run a power wire or anything difficult, how much should i pay for a shop for labor only to run the speaker wire (ill be taking care of the remote/ground/power) to my front components only? *i have all wires ready from my own possesion*
i would do it myself but i got no place to work on my car (not even my own backyard due to an @ss landlord and unpatient neighbors). plus, my speakers are connected with electrical tape anyways so hopefully the shop would use some sort of speaker connectors for a professional finish lol.

what you guys think?

My quote today for a single amp/sub setup was 90 bucks.... Installer was gonna do it on the side for 50 bucks.... Friend was gonna do the whole thing for 25.

 

[SSS 18734 5,000+ posts]

an amp install should be right around $60 + parts

 

[M@nJo 10+ year member]

called up one of the better shops in town, $100 just to hook the speaker wires to the door panels and rears.

i think im gonna find a park or empty lot.

this is the first time ever i will be amping my car speakers. (4-ch amp...yes i changed my mind heh) so i got few questions if you dont mind:

1) http://www.crutchfield.com/S-BYKgzOSFdRd/cgi-bin/ProdView.asp?g=120&id=morephotos&pi=4&i=500MRPF240&display=XL#Tab

what are the speaker level inputs for on the very right?

2) channel 1+2 are the front speakers while ch 3+4 are the rears, correct? on the same photo, would i want to run the rca's into the "INPUT"?

3) i will need 2 sets of RCA's, correct? (assuming 1 RCA pair = an X and Y plug, which one pair will be for front speakers and one pair for rear speaks).

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-BYKgzOSFdRd/cgi-bin/ProdView.asp?g=120&id=morephotos&pi=8&i=500MRPF240&display=XL#Tab

4) on the photo right above: each speaker is connected just neg to neg and pos to pos, correct? (ch 1 = front left, ch2 = front right, ch3 = rear left, ch4 = rear right)

5) do i just wrap the speaker wire around the speaker coil the or are their special speaker harnesses that i must have?

6) my front speakers are 2-way components, so i have crossovers, how do i go about that? and if im correct, a component crossover has 6 sections, 2 for tweets, 2 for mids, and 2 that connect to the original speaker harness?

sorry for so many questions, just need som clearifcation before i do anything stupid,

thanks

 

[M@nJo 10+ year member]

bump for some help

 

[~Magick_Man~ 10+ year member]

1) incase you dont have a rca signal to put into the amp, you take the signal from the speaker wires from the deck (assuming it doesnt have rca pre-outs) and hook them up there to get a signal.

2) yes, and yes.

3) if you plan on running that amp for front and rear speakers then yes, you would need 2 pairs of rca's.

4) yes

5)could you explain what you mean some more?

6) yes

~Magick_Man~

 

[M@nJo 10+ year member]

thanks for the reply, on #5, what i meant to say was; would i need any speaker harnesses to amp my components or do i just run the wire directly to the crossovers?

 

[~Magick_Man~ 10+ year member]

you just need to run from the amp to the crossover input then out of the crossover to the speakers.

~Magick_Man~