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if you bought a pair of aftermarket speakers and only one pair why in the hell would you put them in the rear?

actually i won 3 pairs of speakers :-/...

the diamond comps, the eclipse coax's and the crappy pair of mb quarts(supposedly)..

since i wont the eclipse coax's(won most recently), i want to run the diamond comps in the front and eclipse's in the rear since im not gonna get the sub yet..

for those of you who didnt see, these are the diamond comps..


so if i get the 4 gauge amp kit, in addition i will need to get 2 sets of RCA's(one for each pair of speakers?), remote turn on wire?, speaker wire? what else?... keep in mind this is just for the amp and front and rear speakers.. and what gauge should the speaker wire be?

so if i get the 4 gauge amp kit, in addition i will need to get 2 sets of RCA's(one for each pair of speakers?), remote turn on wire?, speaker wire? what else?... keep in mind this is just for the amp and front and rear speakers.. and what gauge should the speaker wire be?

for reference, what you need is:
remote wire, 18ga 15-20ft.
power wire, 8ga 15-20ft.
ground wire, 8ga 2-3ft.
speaker wire, 12-16ga, varies.
RCAs, i got away with 12ft ones, but my car is tiny.

this kit includes everything you need: here

(those RCAs, have built in remote wire)

I would go with at least a 4ga kit. You said you plan on adding a 150.1 sometime later on and probably don't want to have to upgrade it or run another power wire for the seperate amp.

i saw that 8gauge kit.. but mercedesbends69 recommended 4 gauge... i was just wondering about the RCA's and speaker wires, among the other things...

What line of MB quarts are they? If your interested in getting rid of them i might be willing to take them off your hands.

MrSo0h0o wrote:i saw that 8gauge kit.. but mercedesbends69 recommended 4 gauge... i was just wondering about the RCA's and speaker wires, among the other things...

did you already say what kind of car it was and where you were mounting the amp?

I had to get 16ft RCA's cause im running them to the trunk, but like in my brother's truck, I couldve got him 6ft rcas because it's just running to under the seat.

Still though, its always better to have too much, then to not have enough.

so i received the 4 ch amp kit from KK http://knukonceptz.com/productDetail.cf ... D=KOL-BAK4 and i bought a set of 4 ch RCA's http://knukonceptz.com/productDetail.cfm?prodID=KAR4-6M

stupid me forgot to order the remote turn on wire GRR...

in the amp kit they gave me this small blue wire.. not quite sure what it is.. and its not listed on the site... any ideas?

another question.. i hooked up my diamond comps as coaxials(unamped) to see how they sound.. i know its a n00b question but for the life of me i was unsure of what to do.. so i got rid of the adapters on the stock wires and was left basically with the positive and neg wires.. on the xover, there are the screws on each pos and neg side. now i wasnt quite sure the correct way to connect the speaker wire to these screws, so what i did was just place the wire underneath the screw and tighten.. is this the correct way? the speakers work fine and dandy, so i suppose its somewhat correct..

one more thing, the sound from these speakers i expected to be greatly improved, yet it doesnt seem too much different than stock.. could there be a problem? im thinking because they are underpowered? is this a bad thing to do?

and just one more note.. my stock speakers are made by fujitsu ten.. 15W nominal power.. interesting..

oh i forgot to answer the question lol..

i have a 93 camry, probably mount the amp on the back of the rear seats?(not sure yet).. and i got 18ft RCA's

the KK 4 chanel amp kit should include:
power cable
shorter, different colored ground cable of same gauge.
two pair of RCA cables (16' I think?) with integrated remote turn-on wire. (thin wire between the two RCAs)
in-line fuse holder and fuse
various connectors for the power cable @ the amplifier and battery.

I used their 4ch. 8AWG kit for my '01 JGC and that was what it had in it.

the kit i got was a "basic" kit.. this is the description..

Basic 4 Gauge Amp kit
( Knukonceptz Item #KOL-BAK4 )

Description:
Basic 4 Gauge Amplifier Installation Kit with Purple / Silver Power wire. Kit Includes:

17 Feet 4 AWG Purple Power Wire

3 Feet 4 AWG Silver Ground Wire

One Inline Fuse Holder w/ 80A fuse

3 Gold Plated 4 Gauge Ring Terminals

2 Gold Plated 4 Gauge Spade Terminals

i will take pics tmrw to show you guys what i received.. not sure what it is.. anyone have a pic of remote turn on wire to see if what i have is it?