true that . lol its just wires . plus all i really need it the power wire from the battery to the amp. my friend has all the other wires which he paid alot for at ABT electronics lol

 

Well he didnt say he had component 6.5s. So I would guess he has regular 3 way speakers in there. And when I said bridging the speakers I just meant putting 2 of them into the same channel. Wires themselves matter though. The quality of the wire itself matters, not just the sheilding. You will notice a difference after a couple of months when the cheaper wires start to deteriorate and the amp is dying trying to suck enough juice through them.

 

LOL! If you think wires are gonna deteriorate after a few months, you've been rolling up aluminum foil and using that as your wire. I've had temporary setups with lamp cord as speaker wire and I've used nice Stinger 12ga. The lamp cord didn't deteriorate after a few months. Any wire remotely designed for car audio nowadays will usually hold for years and years to come - the wires are usually laid and aren't tampered with or exposed to the elements so there's no reason they'd deteriorate at an accelerated pace. If you think there's gonna be any noticeable difference between the WalMart kit and the expensive kits at Best Buy, you've been hanging around salesmen too much and bought into marketing hype.

And yes, the 6.5s thing was an assumption on my part, but that's why I put "IF" he has components, which people usually do in the front for decent setups.

 

damm i went to best buy like 65$ for an amp kit lol .. i am about to go to wal-mart prob just get it there

 

lol Good idea. The WalMart kit is half as much.

 

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.

 

Or you cover the exposed wire?




and whoever mentioned intake amps, i have 2 in my trunk, with 3 JL's, they are really nice looking amps, performance is so so, but they really look good for sure. I think its bridged at 800 watts(rms). That set up was easy enough in my 95 v6 accord. I was thinking about under the seat for the interior speakers' amp, but siad forget it and threw it all in the trunk, came out good ill take pics soon. I used 4 gauge for the amp for subs, and 8 gauge for the other amp, works fine, no problems yet. I also used a wlamart "Sosche" wiring kit.

 

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.

 

True on pretty much everything you said. Hell, Honda didnt use top grade wire for the battery cables,sensor wires,and all other engine bay harnesses. I don't get his argument on deteriorating wires due to the elements. Sometimes I just read and laugh. The only thing I can see good about other brand kits is usually the quality of parts such as the fuse holders or distribution blocks(if that kits comes with them).Definately the cosmetics of some kits are way better, but that is all depending on if they want the better looking parts to finish off the install. Time corrected RCA cables are nice if you are a true stereophile, which most of the people on here arent. Scoshe makes decent parts as do most any of the manufacturers. As long as people do not get wire from their cousin who is an "electrician" and have that power wire you can bend to make art work out of. Good answer Arfboy.

 

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