Best place for primary?

[pimp86LX]

well i have the carpet up, cause i was patching my rusted out floor, and before i put my subs in i was wondering what the best method is when running my primary power wire. I'm going to run a 4g primary into the cabin were it will be split for my subs and 6.5" amp

whats the best place?..inquiring minds want to know! heh heh

[n300zx]

run it along the side of the car.... and then run your RCA's on the other side...

[pimp86LX]

.......wow.......is there a spot through the firewall that is commonly used? should i run it through the cross member? will it get pinched or squished?

[Jdub07]

Originally posted by pimp86LX
.......wow.......is there a spot through the firewall that is commonly used? should i run it through the cross member? will it get pinched or squished?

I ran the power wire on the passenger side of the car. There was a spot through the fire wall that had a black rubber cap and some lineing inside. I just put the wire through that hole and ran it under the carpet to the back. The RCA cables I ran under the carpet on the driver side. I suggested running it similar to this because your battery is on the passenger side anyway.

[pimp86LX]

cool, thanks :smokin:

[Lockey]

i cant find any gaps anywhere :( silly (rh drive) car

run the power on the same side as your speaker wires(after amped) and factory power wires

keep the rca's away from any power soures if pos :)

im trying to find a gap to run 1/0 guage to finish off my boot mounted battery install

[pimp86LX]

also what guage wire should i wire for a 150x2 amp? i'm thinkin at the very least 8...should i run 4 as so i can split it later down the road?

[Jdub07]

oh...thats right I didn't even thing of right hand drive. But yeah just keep the speaker wires and rca's away from power wires. From my very little understanding of audio I am pretty damn sure you can get as big a gauge as you want. You can't go to big but you can go to small....yet you must have the ground wire the same gauge as the power!

[pimp86LX]

sweet, thanks!

[Lockey]

four is minimum guage to run.then you can split it down to eight in the boot if ya want

if you are basically running more then 50-60amps then go for dual 4 guage :)

[pimp86LX]

well my old setup has 8 but its a 150w so its not thaat bad......

i'm going to have 4 to a split were it will be 8 for the subs and 8 for the amp that will drive the 6.5"s

were can i find a spliter?

[Lockey]

u can get splitters anywhere ... from car audio shops electronic shops

they are called distribution blocks... you get gold platted ones from prolly 10 bucks u.s your are after a 4 guage to dual 8 and you can get fused blocks aswell

[pimp86LX]

awsome, thanks dude!