Wiring a school bus!

[aaustinikiki 10+ year member]

So I was installing a full system in my friends car and we had it cranked and his dad came down and asked where he had this done and I said I did it. (not hard right). Anyway he asked if I would install a system in his 92 school bus. He is the principle of a private school and just bought a system for it outta nowhere haha. Anyone every do this before or any ideas on how to do this? If not I guess ill find out soon enough.

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[Grinder1989 5,000+ posts]

It will be cool if you know what your doing. All I can say is don't cut corners. I have no idea of your skills so I won't comment

 

[Worlddre 5,000+ posts]

done a few charter buses and freightliners as long as you are dealing with a 12v system and you probably are should be no different then a large car ....hiding wires is going to take some finesse though

 

[audiobahnuser18 5,000+ posts]

Not that hard when i worked at a custom shop i was at. i had to wire up a school bus me made a center console. like worlddre said though hiding the wires is not the easiest.

 

[Pl8er 5,000+ posts]

Pics....keep us updated. I love bus installs!

 

[Eugenics 5,000+ posts]

i've done cop cars //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[audiobahnuser18 5,000+ posts]

x2 on be sure to keep updated with pics. gl with build though man.

 

[aaustinikiki 10+ year member]

Thanks guys yeah it is a 12 volt so it should be no different. Thats what im thinking about is the wires. Im wondering about if I should run them above the inner sheet metal. This would mean taking the entire ceiling off. Thats 1 option or wire tying them together and running the wire along the walls and finding some sore of rubber trim to hide it? That wire is for the subs in the back of the bus only. What do you guys think?

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

maybe conduit underneath? i have no idea....

 

[azeroth123 10+ year member]

haha thats going to be awesome, is it a full size 71 passenger big yellow school bus with fake leather sticky seats? cuz thats what I'm imagining lol

 

[aaustinikiki 10+ year member]

Yep I was told its a full sized school bus. Fake leather and sticky floors. Its gonna be interesting.

 

[silvercookie 5,000+ posts]

should to tell him to get a MA Audio amp . i bet the alt on the bus could keep up with its 17 volt reading

 

[mdillon 10+ year member]

hide extra batteries in the starage beneath the cab. put them under wherever you mount the amps. you can get a pretty big system goin in a bus.

 

[terra 5,000+ posts]

should to tell him to get a MA Audio amp . i bet the alt on the bus could keep up with its 17 volt reading

umm...im pretty sure its a 12v system. and not all ma's are rated retardedly

 

[audiobahnuser18 5,000+ posts]

Nice , can't wait to see pics when u start on this.