Piecing together a system

[dramad1]

Lol on the speakers. I couldn't believe it either. Is that legal. Paper powered speakers. The stock tweeter weighs more.
It's dark now, . I ran new speaker wire through the doors front and rear. Test fitted the speaker blocks and am now headed to get more wire in the other car. Lol. No way it's gonna reach. Where I'm mounting the amps.
Tommorow morning I'm going to focus on HU install until deadening gets here. I'll also run my rca's. Then I'm dead in the water til my packages get here.
Few more pics

 

[RRX]

darmad1 when you get done with installing the deadening mat can you tell me how many sqft you used? I see it comes only in sheets if you don't sqft can you just tell me how many sheets you used? thanks a lot.

 

[dramad1]

darmad1 when you get done with installing the deadening mat can you tell me how many sqft you used? I see it comes only in sheets if you don't sqft can you just tell me how many sheets you used? thanks a lot.

Not a problem. I hope I have enough. I got two orders of 37sq ft and a 28sqft of dampening. I only plan on using the behind the speakers and under the sub.

 

[dramad1]

When I start placing the deadening, what do I do about the clip holes and the bolt holes? Do I just go over them and punch them out with a pen or knife or should I avoid them?

 

[RRX]

Just lay it out over them. it is thin enough for you to feel the holes. Feel out the holes and cut them out.

 

[TheAngeryGinger]

Looks like fun bro. looking farward to starting mine soon.

 

[justin13703]

Yep just lay it over everything and cut out the holes you need.

 

[dramad1]

Another "?".
I'm waiting for deadening to arrive so I'm running all my wires. Power, RCA,speaker, iPod,remote and ground.
So my question is,

I'm running 1/0 gauge power wire to a distribution block then running 4gauge from there. Can I use 4gauge wire for ground on amps? I plan on running two 4gauge ground wires to another distribution block and running one 4gauge out of d block to grounding point. Will this be okay and can I use 4gauge for ground or does it need to be 1/0 gauge?

 

[revobreaker]

4ga power to the amp= 4 ga ground

(thats probably the only size that will fit the terminals anyway)

oh and you should use separate ground points(shortest run possible), if you have to use the d block then use 0ga out from the block to the single ground point

 

[dramad1]

4ga power to the amp= 4 ga ground

(thats probably the only size that will fit the terminals anyway)

oh and you should use separate ground points(shortest run possible), if you have to use the d block then use 0ga out from the block to the single ground point

So It isn't necessary to run a d block for ground. So I can just run seperate grounds from each amp to possibly under seat bolt? Also should I run a separate ground off battery? I have an huge 1/0 gauge ground cable that came with my dual amp kit?

 

[revobreaker]

It is a good idea to do the "big 3" upgrade, but not necessary.

In your case if you have the extra wire I do recommend running a 0ga wire from the negative terminal on the battery to a ground. (I used the factory grounds next to the battery)

For the amps it is better to keep the ground wires short, so using the 4ga and grounding under the seat is a good idea. ( I think I used some existing bolts, but not the ones that hold the seat in)

Also sand the paint off all of your grounding points so your ring terminal gets the best contact with the chassis metal

 

[dramad1]

Thank you very much.

 

[dramad1]

Deadening just showed up. Gonna install HU now, all the wires are ran and ready for it. Gonna button it up then get to deadening. Aw yeah. Not long now

 

[justin13703]

Yeah like he said just keep your amp grounds as short as possible. And if you don't do the big 3 upgrade, at least add a extra battery to frame ground with a piece of that 1/0 gauge cable. That'll help alot.

Another thing I forgot to mention, it's a good idea to run a wire, not very thick wire, about the same size as the remote turn on, from the ground on your radio to the ground on your 4 channel amp. This helps keep any electrical noise from grounds out of the system. It's not a huge deal, so if you don't feel like doing it you don't have to, but it usually does help.

 

[dramad1]

Called it a night. Man this is a lot of work.
So I got 4 pieces of deadening left. I got the floor, back wall, inside all doors and I'm gonna run out. I'm gonna wait to deaden the outside door frame and I'll have to order more for the roof. When I do I'll probably do the outside frame on doors and roof. I got all the speaker spacers mounted and new wire ran 12g, HU and double din installed. Was a pain getting all the wires back in. HU works. Lol.
Tomorrow will be door speaker install, crossovers, carpet, amps, distribution block and power/ground, zip tie everything, flip the bar on the seat, panels and seats reinstall.
So I have used about 65 sq ft of deadening so far. Still need to do the roof and outside door panels and 14sq ft of dampening. I just lined the areas behind the door speakers and under where the sub will be. So for anyone wanting to know how much it took, I'm gonna say three rolls of 37 sq ft raammat. And about 30 sq ft of dampening if you don't go all crazy with it.
Pics of progress

 

[justin13703]

Sweet it's coming together pretty quick. Looks good

 

[dramad1]

Sweet it's coming together pretty quick. Looks good

Thank you. Tennis ball and hand ball worked very well applying the mat. Helped my fingers as well.

 

[hottacoX]

How much total weight would you say the raamat is adding....

 

[dramad1]

How much total weight would you say the raamat is adding....

So far about 50 lbs. 25 lbs a box I used 2 boxes minus four sheets.

Question.
- rca's. I have my 4 channel rca's hooked up to front output, and rear out put, positive to positive and negative to negative. My 4 ch amp has RCA hook up as follows ch1(l) ch3(l) ch2(r) ch4(r). Do I hook my front output rca's to ch1(L) and ch2(R) and my rear out puts to ch3(L) and ch4(R). Here's a pic of HU diagram and side of 4ch amp

 

[dramad1]

Bump for help please. Rca's????