I have some 4 guage wire for the kit... thinking I would rather have 8 guage

Looking for several of these:



Or a few of these, depending on price:



And two of these:



Any ideas where I can get any or all of this stuff cheap... and all in the same color (for wires/insulation)? I looked around on e-bay and whatnot, but I don't know the actual names of these items.

Any input is appreciated.




Modified by Wilky at 9:51 PM 11/27/2006

 

go to ur local circuit city roadshop.. and trust me.. go with 4-gauge or larger. i work in circuit city's roadshop and i did 4-gauge grounds through out the engine bay and one 0-gauge for the negative battery terminal.

 

Circuit City, for whatever reason, only sells cable in kits. I used to work there as well, ironically. Just went there searching the other day. Their terminals are also very expensive compared to the little bit I can find online (ebay).

Thanks for the help, though.

 

i dunno.. maybe it's different in tennesse from orlando. we sell kits, ring terminals, spade terminals, and wire by the foot.

 

have you tried radioshack? They got lots of stuff like that well atleast the one in my area

 

what exactly does a grounding kit do for your car? I've heard of it but never got a real good explanation

 

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better grounds than old stock rusty ones. try unhooking all your grounds then start the car then youll realize how important all the little grounds are then why not add more.

 

http://www.partsexpress.com has a lot of what you need for relatively cheap, power cable all gauges, and all sorts of inexpensive connectors.

 

look for a local stereo shop anywhere they have everything you need.

 

your best bet would be to go to a place where they sell sound systems. im sure they have an abundance of those parts there. i know the local one here does.

 

How about Home Depo?

I know I've seen brass bits similar to this one:


And they sell wire by the foot.

 

Ok Home depot is a bad idea because they don't sell the right kind of wire. They have stuff for houses not cars.

Go to http://www.sounddomain.com. Everything you have listed there is for car audio stuff. I upgraded several of my grounds when I did my sub and amp install. You will need to soder (sp?) the ring terminals onto the wire so you get a good connection.

Here are links for the things you have pictured there.

Wire (all sizes colors and sold by the foot)

http://www.cardomain.com/shop/...&y=14

Wire Terminals

http://www.cardomain.com/shopl...inals

Battery Terminals
http://www.cardomain.com/shop/...&y=23

This site has a TON of stuff for just about any install you can think off. Just look through and be careful becuase you can drop alot of money. The nice thing is their shipping is really cheap.

Hope that helps alittle.

 

Oh and you want 4 gauge. Never go down. I guy on here just had the problem that his car would not start because he was using smaller size wire for grounds than stock.

 

Thanks for all the info, bro. I will definitely be soldering the wires to the terminals to ensure a strong/efficient connection. Good info.

Now, if I can just find all the grounding points....

 

yeah circuit cityis a good place to get all the stuff you need.

 

My local Circuit City, however, does not sell cable by the foot (at least audio or power cable). They sell kits to go with installs. Plus all their terminals and whatnot are ridiculously expensive, at least for my HMT blood.

 

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i've got to agree with him they've never steered me wrong

 

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x2

 

would it better to use soldered, or crimp connectors?

 

your best bet would be a stereo shop. I just recently did mine too and went to a stereo shop to get my stuff. I told them the length I needed and they gave me whatever length I needed and how many wires I needed. They also gave me copper ends too.

 

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crimp the connectors...then heat shrink it...

 

crimp solder and heat shrink.
but you'll need a huge iron to solder 1/0 gauge, like 100W perhaps. Soldering after crimping prevents a 'cold' crimp/connection, more of the strands will be actually 'touching' each other if soldered. tinnined ends is not really the same, its still only cold crimped to the connector.

 

if u have a good crimper u won't need to solder any cable to ur terminal. i've installed audio systems on hundreds.. probably thousands of cars now.. and if u know how to crimp.. it'll work fine. my assistant manager made these special crimpers for 0-gauge. he took a chain cutter and welded some stuff to it.. then grinded it so it became a big *** crimper. aint **** coming loose from that.

 

i work at best buy...maybe i should buy a bunch of **** and sell ground kits

mauahhaahah expletive you best buy!! expletive you!! lol

 

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I don't doubt a good wire crimper's ability to have a solid hold on wire; a soldered and crimped connection should have less resistance than the same crimp unsoldered.