Whats the best way to connect the wiring harness....

[Scroder2 10+ year member]

To the car wiring when hooking up a deck, without saudering it? Do those little twisty connectors work good, the tubes you crimp, or twisting the wire together and putting electrical tape on it? I'm thinking the twisty connectors (used them in the past), but wondering what else everyone else uses. Also I am staring my install this week over a 2-week period. Im doing the deck and running 3 sets of RCA's and all the amp wiring. In the meantime I want to run the stock speakers off the hu until I install the new speakers and amp. When the amp goes in can I just disconnect the old wiring and run the new speaker wire from the amp to the speakers and not worry about the wiring connected to the hu (it has an internal amp that will be turned off)? Thanks,

Dave

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[Scroder2 10+ year member]

Can someone give me a link of what Im looking for--is wire nuts or wire crimps the way to go. Thanks,

Dave

 

[Dtrickz 10+ year member]

i always use crimps

 

[Death By Bass 10+ year member]

and the reason for not wanting to solder is......??????

 

[RegSo UnGh 10+ year member]

personally i like the tubes u connect then u can crimp for that extra protection....its the most baller thing to do......u can get them hoes from wally world(baller mart)

 

[Scroder2 10+ year member]

Are these any good---you can crimp them when they are done.

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-1DUkIr...sp?i=060CCC1418

Dave

 

[Death By Bass 10+ year member]

and the reason for not wanting to solder is......??????

??

 

[2loud4u 10+ year member]

If you dont want to solder just get some butt connectors.

 

[Chevyaudio 5,000+ posts]

If im in a hurry I use Crimp Caps...Its half the crimping of using butt connectors, but The right and best way to do it is to solder, thats how do it when im at work. So basically

Butt Connectors

 

[Scroder2 10+ year member]

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I don't hold onto cars long enough--the last 4 cars Ive had I used the crimp caps, and it worked fine without soldering, but I think I will try the butt connectors this time. Thanks,

Dave

 

[SkwurlyFab 10+ year member]

crimp caps offer a way better connection then butt connectors. Think about it, the 2 wires you're conneting are touching because they're twisted together inside the crimp cap. With a good crimp there's no way that cap is coming off. With a butt connector the 2 wires don't touch, the signal has to go thru the stupid piece of crimped metal in the middle. So use crimp caps, cuz they're the quickest and teh best connection next to soldering.

 

[AJ²06 5,000+ posts]

Where do thsy sell crimp caps?

 

[jeepintn 10+ year member]

I usually just twist and shrink wrap if i dont solder, but as everyone else has said, solder ftw

 

[SkwurlyFab 10+ year member]

frys, radio shack, home depot, lowes, and pretty much any hardware store that has an electrical section.