Vaious install questions for teh noobz

[klepto 10+ year member]

Ill bake cookies for who ever helps me...

So starting out, i am kind of a car audio noob. I did some basic installs on a previous car, single amp, sub, HU and some coaxial speakers but thats about it. Now my new setup that i need to install consits of:

Massive Audio p1000.1

Massive Audio p400.4

12'' SI MAG

1 set of Crystal SSCS6 (i plan on eventually picking up something for the rear stage as well)

As far as install products come, i have

17 ft of 4ga power wire with AGU 60 amp fuse

3.5 ft of 4ga ground wire

20 ft remote turn on wire for amp

18 ft section of RCA cable

(2) 5ft sections of 10ga speaker wire

Now starting at the battery, i plan on doing the Big 3 upgrade first. For the amount of watts im running, should i use 0guage to be safe?

Aslo, in order to fit all of the wires on my battery terminals (stock they all ready look very full) will i need one of these, http://www.knukonceptz.com/productDetail.cfm?prodID=BT-104N ?

Since i am running 2 amps, should i run 0 guage from the battery and use a distro block like this to run 4ga to the 2 amps?

http://www.knukonceptz.com/productDetail.cfm?prodID=BC-1024

I will also need another set of RCA from my HU to run to my other amp, yes?

Lastly concerning the speakers, do i splice the stock speaker harness and run it to the crossover, then run the crossover to the woofer and tweeter? How do i run the amp to the speakers?

I know im asking a lot but if you could just help out with whatever i would appreciate it.

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[AJ²06 5,000+ posts]

Bump for a fella... tooo lazy to answer all the quaetions. Time for bed.

 

[knukonceptz 10+ year member]

If the total fuse rating of the two amps is over 150A you should step up to 2 or 1/0 gauge. Most 4 gauge is safe to 120A at 17ft (true 4 gauge that is) You can use the BC-1024 or this:

http://www.knukonceptz.com/productDetail.cfm?prodID=KNF-12

We recommend fusing power distribution for ease of killing a circuit for amp removal or general system diag if you have a problem later.

To get signal to the 4 channel amp you'll need a 4 channel RCA or two 2 channel RCA's

Wiring the components - If in the doors and you dont want to run new wire into the door - splice the amp output into the facory wire behind the HU to the factory wire. Connect the crossover in the door to the factory wire (wrap crossover in plastic or something to protect from water/moisture) Tweeter/woofer gets wired to crossover in door