Amp Wiring Kits
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Amp Wiring Kits
I recently purchased a 1200 watt sony 2 channel amp and two 1100 sony 12 inch subs form best buy for my 98 accord 4 door. the sales guy tried to sell me a $100 Rockford Fosgate 4 gauge wiring kit. The price seemed riduclous, so i told him i would pass. At Wal-mart, i found a wiring kit for $25. The brand is called Scosche and the box said 700-1400 watts. I am wondering if it is crap, or if the Fosgate kit is outragiously overpriced. Also, the kit only has 15 feet of 4 gauge, and 12 feet of 8 gauge, along with the other stuff you need, like the REM wire, the fuse box, and and the wire to connect to my stereo. IS this enough 4 and 8 guage wire to make everything work?
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You are right, the fosgate kit is overpriced. And that is everything you need except for speaker wire and probably a second RCA wire to connect to your cd player, unless it has two in it. If the length of the wires in there are long enough then go for it... the only thing different in this kit than in the rockford one is probably the quality of the rca wires... but i doubt you will be able to tell a difference anyways. Oh yeah, and your gonna need 3 fuses and 3 fuse holders if there aren't any in there, since i doubt the distro block is fused for you.
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Hmm...15 ft. seems a little short if you're going from trunk to battery, but not if you're going from under the front seat to battery.
I don't know what the Fosgate kit looks like, but 4 gauge wire is plenty big enough for a car amp. I've probably used smaller jumper cables, heh.
I don't know what the Fosgate kit looks like, but 4 gauge wire is plenty big enough for a car amp. I've probably used smaller jumper cables, heh.
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Originally Posted by mrksts
4 gauge wire is plenty big enough for a car amp.
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Originally Posted by TTT
You are right, the fosgate kit is overpriced. And that is everything you need except for speaker wire and probably a second RCA wire to connect to your cd player, unless it has two in it. If the length of the wires in there are long enough then go for it... the only thing different in this kit than in the rockford one is probably the quality of the rca wires... but i doubt you will be able to tell a difference anyways. Oh yeah, and your gonna need 3 fuses and 3 fuse holders if there aren't any in there, since i doubt the distro block is fused for you.
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Originally Posted by TTT
now i wouldnt say that... in his case its fine, but there are hundreds of people out there that need larger than 4 gauge.
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Originally Posted by Arfboy
lol. Gotta love Sony's marketing gimmicks...that "1200 watt" amp is really just a 500 watt amp. You could even get away with 8 gauge for that.