My Subs are HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Bboy_Jon]

my subs finally came in over a week from when i ordered them

and so today im working, but tomorow im off and ill install it tomorow!

heres my amp (profile ap1200)







and now my subs (Pheonix gold R12D's)





so sexy...

ok got a question, on my box, how do i line up my template that came with the subs (for drilling holes) how do i center it over the hole that the sub goes in?

or should i just stick the sub in and mark the holes with a marker?

and i can just use drywall screws?

i currently have 5 gauge for power and either 8 or 9 gauge for ground, will it help if i use both the 8 and 9 gauge as my ground (stick both wires in the amp)??

[CBFryman]

i just put subs in, turn them to the angle i want, predrill the holes, take the sub out, clean the dust off the sub, put it back in and use one of thoes guards and just screw it in...

[OffRoadSonoma]

I like your comforter. But something smells a little fishy.

[tr10av]

Originally Posted by Bboy_Jon

i currently have 5 gauge for power and either 8 or 9 gauge for ground, will it help if i use both the 8 and 9 gauge as my ground (stick both wires in the amp)??

Usually the power and ground wire should be the same gauge. I've never heard of having 2 grounds for 1 amp so I don't know if that would work. Remember to keep your grounds as short as possible.

[Bboy_Jon]

ya my 8 is 3 ft, i have 4 feet of 9


the subs came with paper with the holes marked out, but ya it seems it would probly be easier to just put the subs in and drill

my sheets are awsome

[Mannyb18b]

Use the same gauge all around

[Bboy_Jon]

well i cant i onl y have 14 ft of 5 gauge

and that will barely make it to my trunk (itll make it but i have no idea whether ill have to mount the amp on my sub box or if i can mount it seperatly)

so i only got 8 and 9 gauge

[Bboy_Jon]

how do i wire them? there dvc, and do i have to solder? theres screws on the connections so i could just use ring terminals right?

and uhh how should i wire them?

from here

http://www.edesignaudio.com/wiring.php

under dual subwoofer systems do i use the first pic or the 2nd one?

its 200x2 at 4 and 300x2 at 2 ohms on my amp

the subs are 250rms so it would be better at 2 ohms right?

do i use the bridge connection or each sub for each channel?

for my leds, id wire them to the ground and the remote turn on right?

would i connect the positives and the negatives form each sub (the led + and -) in parallel? or should i do it seperate?

[CBFryman]

if you are going to use different guage ground should be the larger
so go pick up some cheap 4ga from home depot...jesus it isnt that big a deal.

[highteknology]

what is the ohm rating for the subs?

[Bboy_Jon]

ohm rating is i think 4

does homedepot have 4 gauge?

[CBFryman]

yes, they have 4, 2 1/0 2/0 and 3/0, or at least all of the ones i have been in.

[Bboy_Jon]

well i got my subs wired up in my box (took waaaaaaaay longer then i expected) and they work (only tested it with a hometheatre amp though)

tomorow i gotta bring my power cable and my base remote cable through to my trunk to see where the amp can mount, then i gotta mount that, and wire all them up

My dad happened to have 2 sony xplods (we think they are sony xplods, they have their own boxes, there around 6.5 inch or so) (ive known about those speakers but i didnt think they were any, uhh known brand)

and ya there not the best, bbut better than stock, how do i switch em out? just cut the wire onthe stock speakers? and connect to the new ones?

[highteknology]

the stock speakers just have a little plug that you unplug and the sony's should plug in. i know that Honda cars have speaker harnesses taht you may need to pick up from auto zone or something like that.

[Bboy_Jon]

ya i saw the plug

but theres one on the wires, and then one on the speakers, wont i need one for the speakers?