amp install cost$

[camarozrule]

I no next to nothing about installing an amp so im going to take it to a car electronics store or bestbuy to get it installed. how much will i be looking at... i also want the amp mounted on the back wall... thankz

[96firebird311]

Don't pay somebody to do it!!! It's SOOOO easy. You'll be pissed you actually paid somebody to do it. To mount an amp on the back wall you'll have to build some sort of wall to mount it on. I believe www.subthump.com makes one. If you don't wanna spend the money for it, you can build something similar yourself. Anyhow, what amp do you plan on hooking up? What are you powering? Still have the stock CD player? You'll need a pair or two (depends on amp) of RCAs and an amp wiring kit. What size depends on the amperage draw of the amplifier. If the amp kit doesn't come with speaker wire, you'll need to buy some of that too. The cheapest site to buy quality wire is www.knukonceptz.com Once you give me some more info, I can walk you through the install step by step if need be. Don't let somebody charge you retail for your wiring and then make you pay out the nose to hook em' up.

[camarozrule]

ok im hookin up a bazooka el 1500 amp, monsoon system (stock cd player), i looked on the subthump page and couldnt find an amp rack... how will i build it?... a ccpl of my friends said they could do the wiring but ill have to figure out the mounting part... pleas help

[96firebird311]

Check out this topic. In the last post, he states that he bought the amp rack from subthump. Hey Megabass! How come these aren't one your webpage?! :D Ok, after as wiring you'll need, 1 twisted pair RCA and a 4g amp wiring kit. If the kit doesn't come with speaker wire, you'll need that too. 14g is plenty big enough. Don't pay for anything bigger then that.
Next...

Great. The monsoon system. Yuck! But here's how to hook up a sub amp to the stock monsoon system:

To add an amp to the factory stuff you can do it a couple of ways.

The first is to by an OEM-1 made by PAC. Its plug and play with no splicing of the wires at all. It gives you a set of RCA (2 if you want) and a remote turn on.

The second way is basically an OEM-1 but involves you putting a few wires together yourself. Still dont have to cut any factory wires though. You will need a line level adaptor. I recommend an PAC SNI35. Then you'll need 2 radio wiring harnesses. A Metra 70-1858 and a Metra 71-1858. Take the 2 wiring harnesses and wire them together, color for color. You'll end up with a harness that plugs into the cars radio harness on one end and plugs into the factory radio on the other end. The blue wire in the harness will be your true remote turn on. Then take your line level adaptor and wire it into the speaker wires on the harness you just made. If you tap off the front speaker output the colors will once again match up. Now you have a harness that allows your radio to work exactly the same as before but with a set of rca outputs and a remote turn on.

Both ways are essentially the same thing, just that PAC has made it slighty easier.

The second way can be found using parts that you can buy at just about any car stereo store but requires maybe 10 extra minutes of work on the bench wiring it. Either way the price will range between 50-60 dollars.

Another option is just to splice the line level adaptor directly in to the cars radio harness. Perfectly fine but I dont like having to touch the factory wiring if I dont have to but its cheaper as you are only paying for the price of the adaptor and not all of the extra harnesses. You would hook the input leads of the line level convertor to the front or rear speaker out puts of the radio. These colors can be found below.
Pin#............Color.................Function
1......................Grey....................... .Front Left Speaker -
2......................Tan........................ ..Front Left Speaker +
3......................Dark Green.............Front Right Speaker -
4......................Light Green.............Front Right Speaker +
5......................Black .....................Ground
6......................Brown.....................I llumination
7......................Grey....................... .Dimmer
8......................Pink....................... ....Power Antenna
9......................Yellow..................... 12V Ignition
10....................Orange....................12 V Constant
11.....................NA......................... ..NA
12.....................NA......................... ..NA
13.....................NA......................... ..NA
14....................Dark Blue................Steering Wheel Controls
17....................Light Blue............... Right Rear Speaker -
18....................Dark Blue................Right Rear Speaker +
19....................Yellow.....................L eft Rear Speaker -
20....................Brown......................L eft Rear Speaker +

The smaller plug on the back of the radio is for the optional cd changer.

[ September 15, 2003: Message edited by: 96firebird311 ]</p>

[dmiller_2005]

Theres a picture of my amp on the back wall! I love it it don't get in the way of anything and it looks great! [img]smile.gif[/img]

Yes install it yourself, It might seem hard but its not at all..

[megabass]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by 96firebird311:
Check out this topic. In the last post, he states that he bought the amp rack from subthump. Hey Megabass! How come these aren't one your webpage?! :D [ September 15, 2003: Message edited by: 96firebird311 ]<hr></blockquote>

I do make them. They work great with the milhouse box. If not for that, I probably would not do them. I may advertise them in the future.

[camarozrule]

how much do u charge for ur amp racks???

[megabass]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by camarozrule:
how much do u charge for ur amp racks???<hr></blockquote>

Made a whole new page. http://www.subthump.com/acamarorack.htm

[img]smile.gif[/img]

[camarozrule]

awesome man

[megabass]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by camarozrule:
awesome man<hr></blockquote>


Are you gonna get one? I gotta make 2 more tomorrow. As you can see, I used dereks pics. My car is loaded down with my box and subs so I didn't want to yank all that out for a couple pics. :D

[ September 19, 2003: Message edited by: megabass ]</p>

[camarozrule]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by megabass:



Are you gonna get one? I gotta make 2 more tomorrow. As you can see, I used dereks pics. My car is loaded down with my box and subs so I didn't want to yank all that out for a couple pics. :D

[ September 19, 2003: Message edited by: megabass ]<hr></blockquote>

i cant as of right now i got back w/my ex and it looks like all my future mods will have to take a back seat until i get paid next friday ill let u kno next week

[96firebird311]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by camarozrule:
i cant as of right now i got back w/my ex and it looks like all my future mods will have to take a back seat until i get paid next friday ill let u kno next week<hr></blockquote>
Bros before hoes my friend!
:D

[camarozrule]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by 96firebird311:

Bros before hoes my friend!
:D <hr></blockquote>

i kno i kno