Recently bought a '98 civic si (Cdn version) with the 6 speaker system package and I'm wondering if anyone has any guides to installing a complete system in this car. I've installed a system before in my old car and now I'm bringing it over to this one.

I have the guide from installdr for the deck, so I'm set thier but I really would like to know the best places for all the wiring in the car.

Thanks

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by kruption &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Recently bought a '98 civic si (Cdn version) with the 6 speaker system package and I'm wondering if anyone has any guides to installing a complete system in this car. I've installed a system before in my old car and now I'm bringing it over to this one.

I have the guide from installdr for the deck, so I'm set thier but I really would like to know the best places for all the wiring in the car.

Thanks

</TD></TR></TABLE>All the speaker wires are at the OEM radio plug, just get the Adpt. harness, and unless you are replacing the speakers just do the wiring there if adding an amp for the speakers 94

 

If you are installing an amplifier, make sure to rum power wire down one side of the car to where ever the amp is being install (most likely the trunk). And the RCA cables should be run down the other side. Since the battery is on the right side of the car, I would run the power cable along that side too.

And if for some reason the power cables need to get close to the RCA cables, make sure they cross at a 90 degree angle to reduce the chance of noise entering the system. If they lay side by side, this will increase the chance of engine wine.

Good Luck.

 

Thanks for the advice, I'm curious of what is the best entry point in the firewall for the power cable to run to the battery?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by kruption &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Thanks for the advice, I'm curious of what is the best entry point in the firewall for the power cable to run to the battery? </TD></TR></TABLE>If you look close, [you may have to remove batt.] but there may be an unused grommet, and if not, there will be one with enough room, [already wires in it] to add a power wire to it, once inside the car, run it over to the kick panel then down to the floor and run it alond where the floorpan meets the kick panel and rocker panel, and if the amp will fit under the seat, put it there, then a 3 or 6 foot RCA canbe run from the HU, under the consul, to under the seat, that will keep the power and the RCAs apart, it also means short runs of power and RCAs, and no amp to get in the way in the trunk/hatch, alo can't be seen 94