Installing Infinity Powered Subwoofer (Basslink)

Guys, i really need soem help here. I have an Infinity basslink powered sub I just bought for my car. I am curious if i can hook this thing up by myself. I know a little about car audio and am great at hiding wires, blah blah. My question is it going to be somewhat easy for me to do by myself? I know where the firewall holes are located so i think i can do this . What all do i need? I have 8 gauge power wire and ground wire. I believe i also need remote (where do i run remote?) and also where do i have to run the rca cables? Thanks..

Guys, i really need soem help here. I have an Infinity basslink powered sub I just bought for my car. I am curious if i can hook this thing up by myself. I know a little about car audio and am great at hiding wires, blah blah. My question is it going to be somewhat easy for me to do by myself? I know where the firewall holes are located so i think i can do this . What all do i need? I have 8 gauge power wire and ground wire. I believe i also need remote (where do i run remote?) and also where do i have to run the rca cables? Thanks..

well, i know you have to run a thick wire from the battery to the basslink, and ground the basslink, and then you have to run speaker wire from the head unit to the basslink, and i believe thats all you do.

In a nutshell, yea Hotshot's got it.

Connect head unit to sub/amp via RCAs, then one wire to ground the sub (in the trunk or wherever you're putting the sub), wires through the firewall to the fuse (mounted in engine bay) and battery and I had to run another wire back to the head unit and splice it in so that when I turn the radio off the amp goes off too. Nothing too hard. Took me and my uncle a few hours the first time (but we had to mount the sub in the box, mount the amp, etc) but then I helped my friend put his in and it only took us about an hour total.

So i have to:
1. run power wire to battery
2. run ground in trunk
3.run speaker wire from amp into back seat speakers
4.run rcas into the back of my cd player?

No "remote" wire necessary?

what did u run so when the radio was off the amp was off? what kind of wire would that be and where would it come out of the amp?

You don't need to connect any wires into the rear speakers.
Ok hold on, I just went out and took some pics for you. Gimme a min to upload them and I'll try and explain some more.

Ok, yes, you run a power line to the sub fuze and battery in the engine bay. Another wire to ground the sub in the trunk. Your RCAs to your head unit and another wire into the wiring harness of your head unit to make the amp turn off when the radio turns off. This last one was the hardest part. Basically, for you I would say you'd almost just have to use trial and error for this part. My uncle used a volt meter and some other stuff to figure out which wire of the wiring harness was the power line.
Look at the pics for some more clarification: (keep in mind, everything isn't going to be exactly the same on your setup ;) )

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y187/Im2Much4U/d98283d2.jpg
The RCAs plug into the front of my amp and I ran them underneath the amp....

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y187/Im2Much4U/19ae77cb.jpg
On the back of the amp we ahve the power wire (red wire), the ground wire (red one with black cover) and the wire to the head unit (blue wire). Plus the RCAs...

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y187/Im2Much4U/bf170c9a.jpg
I grounded the sub right there and then ran the power and other wire down teh right side of the car (under seats, under door panel, etc). FOr this, I then drilled another hole through the fire wall on the passenger side (don't knick a fuel line like I did :rolleyes: ) so that the power wire would come into the engine bay right by the battery. The RCAs, I ran down the drivers side of the car.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y187/Im2Much4U/IMG_0260.jpg
Power wire come up through the firewall and engine bay on the left, throuth the fuze...

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y187/Im2Much4U/IMG_0262.jpg
And connects to the battery.

Hope this helps. It's actually really simple, except for the one wire into the head unit wiring harness power line. Sorry I can't be more help with that. Good luck.

wow you are the man, thanks alot dude

No problem man. Gave me a wake up call on just how dirty my engine bay is :biggrin: . Gonna try and get that washed and cleaned this weekend. Good luck man. If you have any more questions, feel free to post it or PM me.

Hey does the back of the cd player have RCA outputs that i can plug into from my inputs or do i have to buy an output converter? Thanks man

I don't remember exactly. I'm pretty positive I didn't have to buy anything other than the components and wiring kit. Give me a few minutes and I'll run out and pull the panels off my center console and see what I can find. What kind of head unit do you have?

stock 6 disc (94 sl)

Honestly I'm not sure. My only experiences have always been with aftermarket head units that didn't need the converter. Sorry man.

well hey thanks alot for your help bro, u really have brought me a long way on this, i appreciate it man.

Holy cow.. so much over a simple little system hook up.

First off.. the remote censor hooks up to your CD player. Runs from your cd player to the amplifier..

I grounded my system there too im2fast.. good connection.

Its simple.. everyone has given steps but Ill just tell ya what I did.

First off, ripped out my cd player.. Hooked up the RCA's and the Remote wire together. Tied the Remote around the RCA's so it would be easier to run the wires through the dash and hiding them. Ran it down on the right side, through the only hole my hand could get to.. then up around all the cables above the passangers side and over around the passanger inside door light. Ran it back down through the carpet along side there.. then have it go around the little bend there where the back seat forms.. up under the back seat (hides perfectly) and having it come out of that little velcro thing for that flappy thing in the trunk.

Power cable I found a way through with the right front fender and through the door passage to be able to get that through, and then run to the back with my RCA'a and Remote.

Ground was in the same place as Im2Fast

Hooked all the speakers and power and remote to the amp.. then ran speaker wire to the subs.. and.. I got myself a system.

Sounded like shit until I realized I hooked a speaker in backwards.. lol

Yea, it seems like a major pain in the ass so im getting circuit city to install it. My stock tweeters are also blown along with my front speakers so im geting new 6 1/2 Pioneers for the fronts and is there anyway i can have circuit city cut the connection to the tweeters COMPLETELY off cuz i dont want to buy any new ones and i dont want them continuously on, cuz it distorts like a bitch. Can u just cut the connection to them and still keep the front speakers on, cuz i know they are run in a series and all. If so, should i just put the speakers in myself and do it all myself (besides putting sub and wiring blah blah in)

Awwww come on, it's not hard. By yourself, the first time, it's easily do-able in an afternoon. Man up. lol just messin with ya man. It's understandable, there's alot of stuff about cars that I can't wrap my mind around and have to have other people do, even though I wish I could do it myself (and actually probably could do myself if I was patient and tried) but o well.

Yea, they should be able to bypass the tweeters I would think. I haven't messed with those really, only the other 4 speakers. Replacing the speakers isn't tough either. Hardest part is really just getting access to the speakers (pulling panels, grilles, etc). If you're buying the speakers and having the sub put in all at the same time I'd probably just have them do the speakers. If I remeber correctly, Circuit City has a deal where if you buy speakers there, they install them for free. I may be wrong or this might have changed but I know that's how it was when I bought speakers for my old car.