How to wire up a sub woofer/speakers?

DrumSteve

anyone give me help on this?

ive a 98 civic saloon...just wondering what would be the best way to wire a sub woofer into it?

also are there any places i can go to get this done.

Im based in dublin.

colm_mcm

it's a piece of cake. you can buy a wiring kit from the likes of Halfords. this is basically what you get:

Audio leads to run from pre-outs on the back of your stereo
Fused power lead to run from the battery to the amp
Remote power lead to run from the stereo to the amp
Earth wire to run from sub to the car body.
Audio leads to run from the sub to the amp

You could look into getting an amplified subwoofer, this cuts out a lot of the installation work, and they usually come with the wiring kit and very clear instructions, they also take the guesswork out of matching the amp and sub.

projectgtr

yeah its a piece of cake, as colm said get a woofer with a pre-installed amp its just so much easier, then all you need to do is wire it for power and sound then earth it, should be fairly easy to run the wires under your carpet to the boot

Audioaddict

would stay clear of the sub with built in amp solution if I were to advise.

installing an amp with seperate sub is easy!! if you need step by step help let me know...

I'll give you all information and steps you need...

Easily done!! just don't panic!

audioaddict.ie

slam2theground

just a heads up lad my mate got his fusion sub from halfords about a month ago...just last week stopped working for him and he cant find receipt.

If you want the proper job go for a proper system and not a cheap heap package that halfords offers, do it right the first time round and you'll be happy for a long time!
As Audio Addict suggested, yes it would be better to have seperate amps and not the built in type!

Audioaddict

Alot of our customers actually do come in complaining about Fusion kits failing, subs blowing or amps dying.

We have Bull Audio, same price as Fusion alot better quality and same price if not cheaper.

PM us, give us your budget, we'll sort you out.

DUBLINHITMAN

Audioaddict wrote: »

Alot of our customers actually do come in complaining about Fusion kits failing, subs blowing or amps dying.

We have Bull Audio, same price as Fusion alot better quality and same price if not cheaper.

PM us, give us your budget, we'll sort you out.

never heard of BULL AUDIO .
did here of fusion, kicker, jbl, alpine , kenwood pioneer ,jvc , .
actually heard of alot more ,but BULL AUDIO sounds a bit new to me .
any vids off its performance .might be interested is it really cheap

DUBLINHITMAN

loads on utube they look well how cheap are they
12inch ??

fox007

DrumSteve wrote: »

anyone give me help on this?

ive a 98 civic saloon...just wondering what would be the best way to wire a sub woofer into it?

also are there any places i can go to get this done.

Im based in dublin.

www.icetronix.com

up on the nass road about 10mins from newlends cross headin for nass

fox007

Audioaddict wrote: »

would stay clear of the sub with built in amp solution if I were to advise.

installing an amp with seperate sub is easy!! if you need step by step help let me know...

I'll give you all information and steps you need...

Easily done!! just don't panic!

audioaddict.ie

Do you know how to wire one up in a 24volt truck I can do it in a car no problem any help be great

Audioaddict

Ok, you can use a voltage dropper to bring it down to 12+ volts.

Or, how are the batteries connected up? Is it in series?

Audioaddict

Ok, you can use a voltage dropper to bring it down to 12+ volts.

Or, how are the batteries connected up? Is it in series?

fox007

Audioaddict wrote: »

Ok, you can use a voltage dropper to bring it down to 12+ volts.

Or, how are the batteries connected up? Is it in series?

There is a volt dropper in it from new the radio etc is wired up to it I didnt think that it would do an amp??

The batteries are wired up one 12v has the main red lead on her the negitive on that battery is bridged on to the one be side it, to the positive of that one. Then the negitice is the main earth of the truck hope that helps I kniow it can be doen I seen them at truck shows etc just would love tom do it and not blow up the truck:D

Audioaddict

PM Sent

fox007 wrote: »

There is a volt dropper in it from new the radio etc is wired up to it I didnt think that it would do an amp??

The batteries are wired up one 12v has the main red lead on her the negitive on that battery is bridged on to the one be side it, to the positive of that one. Then the negitice is the main earth of the truck hope that helps I kniow it can be doen I seen them at truck shows etc just would love tom do it and not blow up the truck:D

fox007

pm replyed:D