I'm looking at prices on wiring kits in a few spots around the internet and here is what I am wondering...
Would a 30 dollar wiring kit (4 gauge) from ebay work just as well as say a rockford fosgate wiring kit?
1000 watt rockford amp
2 12in Type R's (the older ones... 350 rms 1000 peak)

Also I searched on this topic and to my surprise I didn't find anything

 

Cheaper wiring kits on eBay usually don't consist of quality wiring. Power/ground wires are not pure copper, which means that they'll oxidize quicker.

RCA's in those kits are nothing more than speaker wire with RCA plugs slapped on, which can allow more noise to infiltrate compared to a higher-quality shielded, twisted pair RCA cable.

 

Thankyou for the insight, I definitely don't want to sound like crap. Would you happen to know of a good brand that isn't going to empty my wallet? Something in the 50-75 dollar range?

http://www.crutchfield.com/App...=2919

That's what I was looking at buying... what do y'all think?

 

personally id buy the streetwire kits, ive never dealt with EFX, but for like $10 more u can get the rockford kit which is a real good brand

 

Crutchfield is usually more expensive. Find what you want and then google search the model #. I'm sure you can find a better price.

 

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thanks. i hadn't thought of that, ill give it a whirl

 

If you want good and cheap, forget the "amp kits", find your local welding supply shop and buy 4ga arc welding cable, [way better then any "car amp power cable] and cheaper.
Get brazed seam ring terminals from a Pico dealer, [no they are not gold] but then again there is not enough gold in the "gold ring terminals" you get in the kit's, to short circuit the dynamo on a firefly's ***.
Buy an ANL fuse stud type holder.
The best part is then you can spent the money you saver on a real good set of RCAs, [the right length not 17 feet long. 94

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by B18C_EJ8 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Cheaper wiring kits on eBay usually don't consist of quality wiring. Power/ground wires are not pure copper, which means that they'll oxidize quicker.

RCA's in those kits are nothing more than speaker wire with RCA plugs slapped on, which can allow more noise to infiltrate compared to a higher-quality shielded, twisted pair RCA cable.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Well....Pure coopper oxidizes!!! So if it wasn't pure copper and made out of something like aluminum it would oxidize at a slower rate.

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100% agree

I'm looking for an amp kit because I'm to lazy to piece it together LOL.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by fcm &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> If you want good and cheap, forget the "amp kits", find your local welding supply shop and buy 4ga arc welding cable, [way better then any "car amp power cable] and cheaper.
Get brazed seam ring terminals from a Pico dealer, [no they are not gold] but then again there is not enough gold in the "gold ring terminals" you get in the kit's, to short circuit the dynamo on a firefly's ***.
Buy an ANL fuse stud type holder.
The best part is then you can spent the money you saver on a real good set of RCAs, [the right length not 17 feet long. 94</TD></TR></TABLE>

thanks for the advice I will definitely be looking into that as well