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The 87's config is a little different. I good quality head unit goes
along way with the correct speakers. It has upgraded rears and some
other type of speakers in the front. Small Infinity's I believe 2-3
inch diameter. So it uses the high impedence outputs (speaker
outputs) for those as "highs". My head unit is programmable so that
it filters out everything below a certain threshold.
Then I use the low impedence output (RCA's) to push an amp that is
mounted in the trunk (on the speakerbox no less--I know it's a NO-NO
but it works) pushing the 10's. Again I have the bandpass here set
for lows so that it filters out all the higher freq's... or is that
higher FREAKS? I forget... but anyhow... So other than the stock
speaker lines I have an 8 gauge power wire, a 16 gauge (I think?!?)
Control wire, locally mounted ground--more on that in a sec. and the
RCA cables that are sheilded to a certain degree and a little less
suseptable to noise. Not great sheilding mind you... but it works.
For the ground I reinvented the wheel so to speak. The previous owner
had a ground on the seat belt mounting hole. I removed the old wire
under the fastener approach to ghettofabulousizing your car, and
reinstalled a ground cable with a LUG on the end of it and cleaned
things up a bit.
And for my ipod entertainment pleasure I added a converter that
interfaces with the head unit to add an auxillary input in place of a
CD changer... GOD THAT SOUNDS AS ARCHAIC AS A RECORD PLAYER ANYMORE...
Who the hell really bothers with a CD changer these days?!? God
BLESS the MP3 CD. 'Nuff said.
If you really want to be super anal about your installs you can tin
your wires and/or use lugs. 63/37 solder is the best, NON ACID, no
rosin. Use seperate rosin, a wet sponge and have denatured alcohol
there if you are going to do it, save yourself from doing it again.
Build a good solder bridge and if the solder doesn't "wet" properly
scrub the shit out of your tip with a wire brush and dip it in rosin.
That is the Navy Micro/Mini way to solder. It's good enough for
repairing STUPH we shouldn't talk about here.
Oh yea... Bay Area traffic sucks. I gotta stay an extra night because
of it. However I did see a helluva wine operation today in Napa.
They had CAVES with casks of wine everywhere for aging. I was dimming
lights in there. The owner was straight off the boat so to speak and
I communicated better in Italian than english. Dude was SILLY rich.
He flew some dude over from Italy with GOLD bells... So he could have
an outdoor clock with "chimes"--the smallest had a diameter about that
of a volleyball. So I was in the electrical room doing my thing and
this guy was installing the computer control for the bells. Crazy
stuff.
Also saw a SCHWEEEET Ferrari in Napa. Looked to be a Enzo. I didn't
get to drool I was passing it (ONCOMING of course.)
Anyways... take it easy gang.
Chris
On 8/17/06, Foxx (in a box) <foxxinabox@wideopenwest.com> wrote:
> > If you pull out the seats it is easy to run the wires under the rug. Try to
> > separate the power and remote wires from the speaker and RCA wires. This
> > reduces interference.
> > If you are running a power from the battery just punch a hole in one of the
> > rubber plugs in the firewall. Just make sure it is easily accessible from
> > the inside too.
> > A good ground is often overlooked. It also can reduce interference and
> > prevent power loss on big notes.
> > It is also good to run heavier speaker wire than the stock. 14 gauge is
> > usually a reasonable alternative, although 12 gauge is preferable.
>
> i'll second this (removing the seats), though i found out by running
> the central locking, not wires. i've also considered running the power
> wire down the left side of the car under the carpet as about half the
> cars i've stripped haven't been glued there and the taillight harness
> runs through there as well; i would then run the speakers cables down
> the right side in the same location. alternatively you could always go
> up the center where there is current wiring for the fuel pump, iirc. and
> for what it's worth, when i installed the rear speakers into my dad's
> rabbit i ran the wires through the a-pillar and above the headliner.
>
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