Sub Wiring

[civicguy167]

Alright, i bought my car in september and it came wired for subs and i just purchased (2 MTX THUNDER 5500 T5512-44 SUBWOOFERS 12") and was wondering if someone could decifer what these wires are hooked to and how to setup my subs with the amp and all that.

[honda_luvr_2000]

the black one is the ground (negative) wire, it should be bolted to metal on the car body w/in 3 ft.
the red one is the power (positive) wire and it'll run all the way up to the battery, make sure there is a fuse link in line and w/in a foot of the battery, if there is, take out the fuse before hooking up the amp.
the thin blue one is the remote lead wire, it turns the amp on when the radio comes on, it might have a label on the amp as LED.
the RCA cables hook into the back of the head unit and into the RCA jack on the amp, one will be right and the other left, the one w/ the white end will most likely be the left, and the one w/ the blue end the right.
u'll still need the speaker wire to hook up the subs to the amp.
wut ohm rating r the subs and r they single or dual voice coils? wut kind of box r u planning on putting them in? i need to know the number of voice coils and the resistance (ohms) in order to tell u how to wire them

[GScivic7]

those are dual 4 ohm subs. My recommendation is to get an amp that is safe down to 1 ohm. Wire the voice coils in parallel and the subs in parallel.

Or just check this out:

http://www.jlaudio.com/tutorials/wir...ex.html#3dvcsp

[honda_luvr_2000]

they make amps 1 ohm stable in bridged mode??? hey if so, i've been out of this longer than i thought.

but if u have an amp that runs 4 ohm stable bridged, then u can run the voice coils in parallel and the subs in series, or the voice coils in series and the subs in parallel. the latter might be a better way of doing it.

but yeah GScivic two things, one do u know of amps 1 ohm stable bridged, if so i might take a look at one. two, u hear anything back about the new mod/admin???

[GScivic7]

Class D mono amps meng.

And no word on mods yet.

[civicguy167]

I havent bought the amp yet, im a little confused on which one to buy. Any suggestions i have about $300 to play with for an amp. Which would be the best for this setup?
As for the box im building. It will be built in the spare tire well with a plexiglass cover. Im gonna put some type of holes in it so its not two muffeled behind the plexiglass.

Thanks for all the help everyone!!

[GScivic7]

i believe those subs handle 300 watts RMS a piece right. I have the most perfect amp for you.

http://www.ikesound.com/product-product_id/1506