what guage cable is this? pics

[marv554 10+ year member]

hey,

im thinking about doing the big 3 to my car but the problem is that the battery is in the trunk so it would be really difficult to change the wires. im not sure what guage wires are on my car currently so i took some pics and hopefully you guys can tell me. I was told by Pvaudio that it was 8 guage cable. its not that i dont trust what he says but i just wanna be really sure before i take apart my interior and change wires. Thanks alot

http://img303.imageshack.us/img303/2641/img50600fm.jpg

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/8607/img50624kx.jpg

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/733/img50653ni.jpg

http://img303.imageshack.us/img303/8335/img50649us.jpg

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/8787/img50582ki.jpg

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[Ctminime 10+ year member]

yep thats 8 gauge...

 

[Chevyaudio 5,000+ posts]

Looks like 4 gauge to me, but its hard to tell. Im using the bolt in the picture as a point of refrernce

 

[Randy Savage 5,000+ posts]

could be 6 gauge

 

[Alpineinstaller 10+ year member]

6 it is!!!

 

[Chevyaudio 5,000+ posts]

Ill go with 6, but thats not 8 gauge

 

[OldOneEye 10+ year member]

I'll take 6 guage for the win.

Juan

 

[djman37 5,000+ posts]

it LOOKS like it's printed on the JACKET OF THE WIRE in pic 2.

 

[marv554 10+ year member]

no its not i checked, i can show you a pic if you want

 

[ramos 5,000+ posts]

Factory, so probably 5-6Gauge. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[NhustlaR 10+ year member]

count all the strands and we can let you know a ballpark figure //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[djman37 5,000+ posts]

no its not i checked, i can show you a pic if you want

weird. usually the wire description is what's printed on the jacket. take pic though there might be some leading info on it.

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

measure the wire's diameter, then look that diameter up on wire gauge charts.

 

[Rza 10+ year member]

looks like 6ga to me too. thats not quite as thick as my 4ga but then again it could be some ebay 4ga //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[marv554 10+ year member]

http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/8215/img50663cp.jpg

i went to my local audio shop and i compared it to the wires there and it matched with 4 guage. hopefully im right.