Which Wire?

[whitedragon551 5,000+ posts]

I have $36 in Paypal and I need 25' of 4 gauge wire for my main run from the battery to the trunk. I will probably go with Knu for wiring since its the cheapest and decent quality for what it is. Should I go with Kolossus Cable, KLMX Cable, or their Kolossus Flex Cable? And whats the difference between each?

It doesnt need to be supper flexible. Its going in a '99 Grand Prix. Will go from the battery into the firewall grommet and under the trim on the passenger side to the amp.

I have also found 25' of Monster cable in 4 gauge for $32 with free shipping.

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[bigaudiofanati2 10+ year member]

I will always go with kicker after trying all the different ones.

 

[whitedragon551 5,000+ posts]

Kicker is expensive though and way out of my price range.

 

[TurdFergueson2 5,000+ posts]

I have $36 in Paypal and I need 25' of 4 gauge wire for my main run from the battery to the trunk. I will probably go with Knu for wiring since its the cheapest and decent quality for what it is. Should I go with Kolossus Cable, KLMX Cable, or their Kolossus Flex Cable? And whats the difference between each?
It doesnt need to be supper flexible. Its going in a '99 Grand Prix. Will go from the battery into the firewall grommet and under the trim on the passenger side to the amp.

I have also found 25' of Monster cable in 4 gauge for $32 with free shipping.

Save up a little more and go with this if your amp can fit it.

 

[whitedragon551 5,000+ posts]

Amp can only take 4 gauge power and ground or smaller.

 

[99grandprixGT 5,000+ posts]

id go with the good stuff. i had KLMX and went to hyperflex and will never go back.

 

[bigaudiofanati2 10+ year member]

You get what you pay for and you can get a full kicker kit on ebay for cheap.

 

[whitedragon551 5,000+ posts]

You get what you pay for and you can get a full kicker kit on ebay for cheap.

$136 is cheap?

Ive also been looking at Audiopipe and American Bass. Im using American Bass speaker wire for my component setup and its pretty thick wire.

 

[CJL 10+ year member]

I have used the original KLM(i beleive thats what they called it) wire in 1/0g and that ish was stiff. I also used the Kolossus wire in 1/0 and it was way more flexible.

With that being said the KLMX is suppose to be more flexible. But there is only a $0.05 difference between the Kolossus Flex and the Kolossus.

YOu may think you dont need that much flexibility,but during the install you will be thinking otherwise.

 

[TurdFergueson2 5,000+ posts]

Amp can only take 4 gauge power and ground or smaller.

I have not tried the knu fleks cable yet. I have some of klmx, but I didn't install it yet. I might only use it on my amp runs or just sell it.

 

[whitedragon551 5,000+ posts]

American Bass just quoted me $20 for 25' plus $9 shipping. Trying to find strand counts. So far the Knu strand count is way above any other 4 gauge wire Ive found.

 

[bigaudiofanati2 10+ year member]

Maybe I am looking at this link wrong

http://cgi.ebay.com/KICKER-PKD4-4-GAUGE-AWG-DUAL-AMP-WIRING-INSTALL-KIT-NEW_W0QQitemZ110386798400QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item19b390df40&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12|66%3A2|39%3A1|72%3A1205|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50

 

[timaishu 10+ year member]

I used a phoenix gold 4-guage wire kit for my install. Pretty nice wire.

 

[whitedragon551 5,000+ posts]

Timaishu any cross references with other highly regarded cables?

 

[FJF 10+ year member]

I recently used 4 gauge Fleks in an install. It's flexible enough to tie in a small bow and the wire, itself, is substantial. I can't see any reason to use anything else.