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<blockquote data-quote="Umbra" data-source="post: 8459421" data-attributes="member: 658055">I like Knukonceptz premade kits:<a href="http://www.knukonceptz.com/mobile-audio/amp-installation-kits/" target="_blank">Amp Installation Kits</a>They sell them on Amazon as well. They have them in 8, 4, and 0 gauge sizes (the lower number is thicker) in ofc (oxygen free copper) and kca (&quot;kopper&quot; clad aluminum) variants. Depending on what the current draw of the amp/amps on the other end depends on which you need (or atleast the minimum you can use to scrape by). Some people here will bash aluminum wiring, but frankly it&#039;s fine to use if you know what you need it&#039;s just less conductive than copper, so you&#039;ll need more of it for the same ampacity. You could probably scrape by with the aluminum 8 gauge, but if you want top upgrade the amp or add a distrubution block to add a second amp you&#039;ll have to pull it and buy bigger, do if you think you might do that spring for the atleast the 4 gauge aluminum.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbra, post: 8459421, member: 658055"] I like Knukonceptz premade kits: [URL="http://www.knukonceptz.com/mobile-audio/amp-installation-kits/"]Amp Installation Kits[/URL] They sell them on Amazon as well. They have them in 8, 4, and 0 gauge sizes (the lower number is thicker) in ofc (oxygen free copper) and kca ("kopper" clad aluminum) variants. Depending on what the current draw of the amp/amps on the other end depends on which you need (or atleast the minimum you can use to scrape by). Some people here will bash aluminum wiring, but frankly it's fine to use if you know what you need it's just less conductive than copper, so you'll need more of it for the same ampacity. You could probably scrape by with the aluminum 8 gauge, but if you want top upgrade the amp or add a distrubution block to add a second amp you'll have to pull it and buy bigger, do if you think you might do that spring for the atleast the 4 gauge aluminum. [/QUOTE]

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