Originally Posted by JL95AccorD
No I dont hang around many sales people. Actually I bought my kit from a local car stereo store for about 40 bucks and did the install myself. And I guess you dont see the high heat in the engine bay as an "element" I guess your engine is sealed up completely from all elements. You must like keeping your engine nice and warm sealed up good to keep out any humidity or moisture from the road out of the engine bay. Seran wrap your entire engine bay? The best way to avoid elements would be to keep the battery in the backseat, and have the entire inside completly sealed up, never open a door or window and always have the A/C on.
The engine compartment does not get hot enough to damage wire that is run properly. You don't run car audio wire directly over parts that give off that much heat, unless you know squat about installing. The battery is on the side of the engine compartment, so there's a clean run along the side of the engine bay to the firewall. You don't take the wire and loop it around the header several times before bringing it to the cabin. Regular usage does not expose the wire to enough danger for damage, and if it did, then almost all wires use the same material so some expensive kit would be exposed to the same dangers. You can try to defend your statement all you want, but unless you're talking about absolute garbage wires with paper-thin jackets, which I have yet to see in car audio, there is no reason to spend twice as much on some amp wiring kit unless you're after the name or cosmetics, which I believe are valid reasons. If people really want to be paranoid about it, using split wire loom is an option.
But again, the fact remains that there won't be any noticeable difference between a WalMart kit and an expensive Best Buy kit, besides the price tag.