bumping an old thread...

how long should the rca's be? from the HU to the trunk, how much do you need?

thanks

 

Hey Darknight.
Do you think this amp kit is good to wire a head unit, compoent speakers 110 wrms, 12" sub 500wrms dvc 4ohms, 4 channel amp 150 wrms x 2 (briedged), and mono amp 500 wrms to my 05.

The amp kit includes:
(2) 16' Clear Blue Twisted Pair RCA's
17' 4 Ga Blue Tinned & Braided Power Cable
3' 4 Ga Silver Tinned & Braided Ground Cable
8' 8 Ga Blue Tinned & Braided Power Cable
8' 8 Ga Silver Tinned & Braided Ground Cable
40' 16 Ga Blue Square Speaker Wire
3' 12 Ga Blue Speaker Wire
18' 18 Ga Blue Remote Turn-On Wire
Bright Nickel 4 Gauge ANL Fuseholder
Voltage Meter Block-AGU
AGU DISTRIBUTION BLOCK (1) 4 Ga In (2) 8 Ga Out
POS/NEG Distribution Block (1) 4 Ga In (2) 4 Ga Out
Ground Distribution Block 1/0 or 4 Ga In (2) 4 Ga and (3) 8 Ga Out
HARDWARE :
ALL FUSES
(2) 4 Ga Nickel "L" Type Ground Ring Terminals
(2) 4 Ga Nickel 5/16" H-D Ring Terminals
(14) 8" Black Wire Ties
(4) 8 Ga Spade Terminals Nickel
2 Blue, 2 Silver Covers
(4) 12 Gauge Spade Terminals Nickel
2 Blue, 2 Silver Covers
(8) 16 Ga Spade Terminals Nickel
4 Blue, 4 Silver Covers
(2) Battery Terminals - (2) 4 Ga (2) 8 Ga Out
(12) 6x3/4" + Pan Head Screws (black oxide)
(6) 6x3/4" + Pan Head Screws (black oxide)
2 competition grade RCA Cables

Excuse me for the noob question. This is my first time to wire it myself.

 

Looks good to me. Im not sure what the battery terminals look like if they are replacements of the stock ones... but all in all it looks pretty complete.

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...=tab%3DWatching

I don't think they are high quality.

Thanks for sharing. What can I do w/o you...

 

That's not a bad set. That will work nicely.

 

probably one of the best write ups ive ever seen on any forum i've been on... lol greatly appreciated for the future :]

 

Great thread.. want to share my experience.

I dreaded pulling wire through the OEM rubber gromits between the body and the door for top end speakers. My three tips.

Use a coat hanger to run a pilot hole. Bend-band the tip upon itself maybe 5mm so it's not sharp. However, use a container of talcon powder to spray both ends of the grommit with a dry lubricant.
Then use gaffa to adhere the wiring to the hanger and gently work it back and forth, slowly. The coat hanger will pick up OEM wiring and pull it so be gentle but gaffa that aftermarket wiring and you'll be onto a winner.

It's taken me an hour per side. And here's the key important point.

I pushed the coat hanger from the door into the car on both sides and when it came through I pushed up and down to break the OEM seal/tape sufficiently wide for the aftermarket wire. Was a fiddly, painful, bloody (cut my hands) job, but so worth it for the satisfaction of bringing the wiring through in the perfect manner.

Hope this helps other people.

 

Anyone point me to a general rca length to get from head unit to the trunk?
I have the amp mounted to a board on the panel that has the tail lights on the other side of it.

 

10 ft. will be sufficient.

 

Monster Cable no longer makes the Slim line battery connectors. Is anything available today for an install? I'm putting in a new head unit and a single 5-channel amp to power new door speakers, adding tweeters to my door panels (changing out the 2001 AP1 to 2003 AP1.5), adding a set of S-Pods with 5.25 component speakers, and a sub woofer to be mounted in the passenger foot-well.
What would I need?