I want to put one of my amps. in my car………a Punch 400a4, but I don’t know the specifics of the wires and where they go. I pulled everything out pretty cleanly from my old car, so I shouldn’t have to get any new wires (Acura CL to Acura Integra). I have a rough idea of were things go, but don’t trust my knowledge to hook it up and turn it on. Here are a few specific questions I have (I know some are pretty remedial, but I have never hooked an amp up, just messed around once they were already going).


I need a new ground wire (this is the only wire I did not pull out because it was cold, I was lazy, and didn’t want to follow it and disconnect it). What gauge should I get? Is 8 gauge good enough? The power wire (red one) is 4 gauge (in case that matters). Keep in mind that previously I was running much more power than I plan on running now. In the CL I had a Punch 250a2 and a Punch 400a4. Right now I just want to hook up the 4 channel (400a4).


I don’t know where to fasten the ground wire……is anywhere metal on the chassis ok?


I don’t know what to do with the speaker wires……..(I know this is stupid, but I forgot where they came from). Do you run them back to the deck or directly to the speakers?


I don’t know where I am going to put the amp yet………I could go easy and just mount it on the back of the flip down back seats, or I could try to mount it in the side of the back of the trunk, or maybe build some kind of shelf for it in the trunk, or maybe just build another “floor” to the trunk that is about 4” higher than the current one and put it under there……could I put it under the drivers seat? How much does this need to breath? Any ideas? I am trying to keep as much room in the trunk as possible (thus no box for now).

Thanks a lot!

 

usually there's a good metal spot for you to ground the wire underneathe the carpet in your trunk, watch out for your gas tank, and yes, 8 guage ground wire would be fine, and as for the speaker wire, you're gonna run 4 sets of speaker wire from the radio harness and run them straight back to the amp, good luck bro, let me know if you have any questions or if i didnt answer all of them

 

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I don’t know where to fasten the ground wire……is anywhere metal on the chassis ok?


I don’t know what to do with the speaker wires……..(I know this is stupid, but I forgot where they came from). Do you run them back to the deck or directly to the speakers?


I don’t know where I am going to put the amp yet………I could go easy and just mount it on the back of the flip down back seats, or I could try to mount it in the side of the back of the trunk, or maybe build some kind of shelf for it in the trunk, or maybe just build another “floor” to the trunk that is about 4” higher than the current one and put it under there……could I put it under the drivers seat? How much does this need to breath? Any ideas? I am trying to keep as much room in the trunk as possible (thus no box for now).

Thanks a lot!</TD></TR></TABLE>

Any metal on the chasis should be fine.

Lol..I'm a lil lost on the speak wire subject. They aren't attached to anything? Are there outputs from the deck to the amp? did you originally use speaker wire from the deck to a wiring harness to the amp?

You could always try mounting it to the back of the flip down seats so if you are ever worried about over heating or something you can flip the seat down and it will just be sitting there out in the open.

 

actually isnt it better to run your speaker wire from your amp directly to your speakers...instead of just tapping into the thin stock wiring?

 

Is the amp for the interior speakers? If so, run new wires from the speakers to the amp; if not, just connect the stock wires to the speakers and use the wiring harness conversion for your car.

 

Thanks guys!