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<blockquote data-quote="dmoney68m8" data-source="post: 7642236" data-attributes="member: 638745">umm i&#039;ve made a lot of changes since this post but i&#039;m still having a lot of problemsas for my battery and altenator it&#039;s all stock i can try to find out some specifics and get back to you but idk it;s an 02 cavalier if that helpsas for budget i&#039;m a kid in highschool with no job that&#039;s broke so not a lot lol if that helps anyhere&#039;s what i&#039;m running right now i have a kenwood head unit with one set of 2v rca outputs i&#039;ve got a cheap set of monster rca&#039;s running to a jl audio 500 watt amp with a 4 guage monster amp wiring kit for the amp as well the amp is powering 2 jl audio wov3&#039;s rated for 300rms each in a ported enclosure. i have 2 clarion 6x8 2 way coaxial&#039;s i believe are rated for 35rms eac along with 2 motorolla piezo tweeters in my front(not sure on the ratings for them) they&#039;re only being powered off my kenwood head unit so i guess they&#039;re splitting 22rms each which is 11 rms per front speaker. in the back i have 2 infinity kappa 6x9 2 way coaxials i believe are rated for 110rms each they were being powered by the head unit but i attempted to add a 4 way jensen amp and since then i&#039;ve had nothing but headaches. i had some extra 4 guage wire left over from my power wire so i tapped into my power wire and ground now both the power wire and ground split off with one end going to each amp i did the same for the remote turn on. i&#039;m not positive but either i screwed up some where or only the 2 front channels work on my jensen i&#039;m not sure on the specifics but i know each channel is capable of puting out 90rms at 2 ohms and i have the 2 front channels powering the 2 infinity kappa&#039;s in the rear now i wouldn&#039;t be too unhappy with the set up like this infact it doesn&#039;t sound half bad even with the infinity&#039;s running off the kenwood&#039;s 22rms per channel but since i&#039;ve hooked up the second amp first off when i turn my car on i hear an alien like sound coming out of my infinity&#039;s(only way i could think of describing it)music still plays but the sound will not stop also after i turn the volume passed a certain point the subs and 6x9&#039;s start sounding flat they still move and with the 6x9&#039;s now too almost blows my trunk off but they don&#039;t produce anything that sounds like real sound if that makes any sense at all. also when the volume gets past that point my lights start going bezerk to the beat of the music. oh i think i forgot to mention i used a really cheap pair of rca&#039;s from walmart to go from the jl amp&#039;s rca output to the front channel rca input on the jensen(have another pair of rca&#039;s as well same brand but i figure no use using them on channels that don&#039;t work)sorry for so much but i think i got just about everything i know about and have done for my system right now, any suggestions or if i&#039;ve done anything wrong from what info i&#039;ve provided please let me know it would be very much appreciated</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dmoney68m8, post: 7642236, member: 638745"] umm i've made a lot of changes since this post but i'm still having a lot of problems as for my battery and altenator it's all stock i can try to find out some specifics and get back to you but idk it;s an 02 cavalier if that helps as for budget i'm a kid in highschool with no job that's broke so not a lot lol if that helps any here's what i'm running right now i have a kenwood head unit with one set of 2v rca outputs i've got a cheap set of monster rca's running to a jl audio 500 watt amp with a 4 guage monster amp wiring kit for the amp as well the amp is powering 2 jl audio wov3's rated for 300rms each in a ported enclosure. i have 2 clarion 6x8 2 way coaxial's i believe are rated for 35rms eac along with 2 motorolla piezo tweeters in my front(not sure on the ratings for them) they're only being powered off my kenwood head unit so i guess they're splitting 22rms each which is 11 rms per front speaker. in the back i have 2 infinity kappa 6x9 2 way coaxials i believe are rated for 110rms each they were being powered by the head unit but i attempted to add a 4 way jensen amp and since then i've had nothing but headaches. i had some extra 4 guage wire left over from my power wire so i tapped into my power wire and ground now both the power wire and ground split off with one end going to each amp i did the same for the remote turn on. i'm not positive but either i screwed up some where or only the 2 front channels work on my jensen i'm not sure on the specifics but i know each channel is capable of puting out 90rms at 2 ohms and i have the 2 front channels powering the 2 infinity kappa's in the rear now i wouldn't be too unhappy with the set up like this infact it doesn't sound half bad even with the infinity's running off the kenwood's 22rms per channel but since i've hooked up the second amp first off when i turn my car on i hear an alien like sound coming out of my infinity's(only way i could think of describing it)music still plays but the sound will not stop also after i turn the volume passed a certain point the subs and 6x9's start sounding flat they still move and with the 6x9's now too almost blows my trunk off but they don't produce anything that sounds like real sound if that makes any sense at all. also when the volume gets past that point my lights start going bezerk to the beat of the music. oh i think i forgot to mention i used a really cheap pair of rca's from walmart to go from the jl amp's rca output to the front channel rca input on the jensen(have another pair of rca's as well same brand but i figure no use using them on channels that don't work) sorry for so much but i think i got just about everything i know about and have done for my system right now, any suggestions or if i've done anything wrong from what info i've provided please let me know it would be very much appreciated [/QUOTE]

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