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[~ John Reid ~]

*UPDATE*

PICTURES ARE BELOW OF THE SUB & AMP NOW FITTED

[Fordy86]

RCA's from rca output on the back of the head unit to amp, red power cable from battery to '+' on the amp- this should have a fuse in it. black earth cable from a suitable earth- i use the earth for the rear lights as it has a good clean contact. blue remote wire from back of the headunit to the amp and then speaker wires set up accordingly.
hope that may be of some help
cheers
fordy

[JohnBoy_DIY]

try and put the fuse as close to the Bat as posable
but yea what he said

[Fordy86]

if you have bought a decent wiring kit then the fuse will be closer to one terminal than the other, so the terminal with the fuse the closest must be fitted the battery end

[Fez4MJ]

Hey,

I wired a subby and amp up a few months back.

All that was mentioned before is correct but il tell how I did it anyway

(in a mk4 fez). Theres a rubber gaiter looking thing on the right side of the engine bay at the back, I pierced this to feed the power cable through from battery + (this leads down behind the glove box). If you remove the panel in the glove box and you have thin weedy hands (my mate did this part for me ), then you can grab the cable from the inside and pull it down so you can route it behind the dash etc.

Earth was with the lights in the boot, good solid earth there.

RCA cables ofcourse behind the stereo. With the remote cable, on my kenwood headunit the amp didnt work with the remote wire attached to the remote wire on the back of the headunit, so the remote cable from the amp is connected to a red live wire on the back of the headunit and it all works fine.

Took a day or so work but as long as everything is fused ok and you have solid earth and power connections you should have no trouble

[JohnBoy_DIY]

Just wonderin
sory 4 hijack

Is it better to have it earthed to the lights or to the rear seatbelts?

[Fordy86]

to be honest i dont think it really matters but mine is at the back of the sub box for now but as i have a false floor i run the earth from the rear lights under that.

[~ John Reid ~]

i know this may be stupid for me not even knowing if my own sterio has one or not lol

what if it hasnt got a sub/pre output on it, can i just sum it from one of the rear speakers ?

[GeForce Junky]

what if it hasnt got a sub/pre output on it, can i just sum it from one of the rear speakers ?

You buy a headunit that has

[~ John Reid ~]

can anybody find out if the pioneer headunit P3500 MP
has a sub/pre output on it plaese as i havnt gotthe car so i cant check, im gettin it back this friday and getting the sub then, so wud be great if you could tell me so i can get the sub knowing its gna work not getting it then finding out that it wont be able to work.

cheers lads

[~ John Reid ~]

Just got the sub and amp, but couldnt get it working [ERRR] it was pissing it down with rain

its a mutant 12" with 200w and 700w max power, with the amp included in the pack which is 2x250w ans 1x500w. it also had the wireing kit with it from halfords - £99.99

the box its huge lol

i'll post a pic when its installed ( 2 moz or sunday )

[~ John Reid ~]

heres the picture of it all installed.



sounds reli good

hope u like it

will try to uploads a video file of it in action.

[Cage]

I've got a Mutant deal on at the moment if anyone is interested?

Basically the same as pictured but they have changed the design of the box and amp.

£90.00 if you collect

[~ John Reid ~]

Got some higher Res Pictures.






sorry about my camera skills, could keep a stready hand

[bassboy]

looks nice mate...out of curiosity, howcome you went for mutant? please do not take this as an insult as i rate their equipment good for their price

bassboy

[~ John Reid ~]

reason is because it was the first package i saw. with sub amp and wireing kit.

and it was under £100 ( by a penny ).

and there quite good for the price as you said.

[bassboy]

reason is because it was the first package i saw. with sub amp and wireing kit.

and it was under £100 ( by a penny ).

and there quite good for the price as you said.

kool mate...we sell LOADS at work...

have a question for you...would you have gone for something twice the price which included everything but would have sounded tens times better?

as said before...PLEASE do not take this as a grilling im asking you because most of my customers after a breif chat would prefer to buy something a bit better and something that they can move car to car - although it would cost more...while some other sales people i know would rather make money and just sell anything and everything without giving proper advice into what they are buying and the technical side of things behind what is being discussed...

bassboy

[bassboy]

reason is because it was the first package i saw. with sub amp and wireing kit.

and it was under £100 ( by a penny ).

and there quite good for the price as you said.

kool mate...we sell LOADS at work...

have a question for you...would you have gone for something twice the price which included everything but would have sounded tens times better?

as said before...PLEASE do not take this as a grilling im asking you because most of my customers after a breif chat would prefer to buy something a bit better and something that they can move car to car - although it would cost more...while some other sales people i know would rather make money and just sell anything and everything without giving proper advice into what they are buying and the technical side of things behind what is being discussed...

bassboy

[~ John Reid ~]

yea definatley, but was a bit low on cash, could of saved but also wanted the boot space, like if i was to buy a 15" or twin 12" i would of lost the space.

yould of got something more expensive if had the cash at the time, but im really pleased with the one ove got.

[Farooq]

one thing i would advce is to secure everything down with torx selft tappers and put ampetc out of view some idiots gona come and try and rip it out so will make life harder for them hopefuly will never come to that