1.So how am i gonna go about wiring the amps to the stereo, yea I know its the typical power,ground,control, and rca. But should i bother at all with the wiring harness? all it will do is put out useless power to the empty wires where the old speakers used to be
I would recommend getting a harness for your head, that way you don't ruin your factory wiring. When you get to wiring your head units harness to the aftermarket male car harness, just don't connect the 8 wires for the four factory speakers, just be sure to electrical tape the ends!
2. I need know how I'd go about building a trunk lid cover for the inside of the trunk lid? You know like those ones you see on the high end builds.
Two different users make those! Both do amazing work.
jarheadbobandmax and BlownBigBlock
3. Does anyone have any experience with those internal LED light kits on their grand prix? I'm gonna order one, but I'm not sure where to place the lights.
They are easy to wire up. If your kit includes 4 tube lights like im sure it does, I put on each in the driver and passenger footwell where you couldn't see it and underneath the driver and passenger seat. I love it and it keeps the light all focused down on your feet so no distractions while driving.
4. Also, im going to dynamat the doors on my car as well as the trunk lid, i found a page of how someone used foam over their dynamat. Heres the link website.
JBL GTI and DLS Ultimate Grand Prix Install - Home Theater Forum and Systems - HomeTheaterShack.com
What kind of foam is that, and where can i get some?
Hmm, no idea haha
5. Any tips especially on wiring or anything for that matter that would be great, this car when its finished will be a combination track car/sound off/show car when it is done so im open to any suggestions on anything. Ive got a massive list of parts and its going to take me years to do so it would be helpful for any tips whatsoever
Make sure you take your time. When I first started doing builds I wanted it to look good but I got frustrated easy and took the easy way out. Believe me, it is worth the extra time! Also, I think the easiest place to lay wire runs is underneath the doors, under those plastic covers. Lay your power and ground on the one side, and do your RCA runs on the other, it is clean, quick, and keeps them apart! Also there is a great place to run your power through the firewall underneath the passenger carpet in the footwell. If you need more detail than that let me know.
For the alternator idea, firstly im not going to be running more than 1800 watts rms, not two kw, next the audio shop who is building my box who has a world championship told me personally that all i would need is a battery since the owner has 3400 watts rms and hes had much experience, id trust that unless you can show me otherwise, and id appreciate if you did. I dont care who is right i just care if its right. Next those talking about peak power this is somthing i know and that is that a peak power is rarely even possible because the peak power exceeds the amount of power that can flow through the fuse on most amps. Next the polk amps are probably overated a bit.
I apologize for that, I never met to turn your thread into a bashing session, I just wanted you to understand what you were dealing with. This is a true story of an install in my friends boat. He wanted a ton of power, 1000w sub, and he already had a 500w 4-channel for his tour speakers and a 400w 4-channel for the interior speakers. So I told him the same thing I told you and that other guy I was arguing with. I was able to talk him down on the subwoofer and he went with 600w I think, which I still told him was way to much power for the little baby 65w alternator on his Malibu wakesetter. Anyway, I installed it for him, it looks and sounds wonderful but the first day we took it out, we killed both of his deep cycle batteries sitting in the dock. Okay no big deal, started the boat, ran it around the lake with the stereo off for about an hour till we were seeing 13.8v on his dash digital meter. So we got to rocking again with the boat running at about 3500 rpms across the lake. We watched the volts drop to 12.2 before we turned it down and let it climb back up. He was amazed at the voltage drop just over a few minutes and his alternator went out 2 weeks later. He upgraded to an H/O alternator and we are able to keep it above 13, but it still struggles.
All I am saying is that I look at the math, I had this happen to my friends boat and I know the system cant produce the power your asking it to in your car. Im an engineer, I stand behind my math, I have too haha. That being said, you may be able to get away with it for awhile, but still, I wouldn't do it in my grand prix. Hope this helps.
Please guys dont turn this into a giant bashing session between batteries and alternators ive seen much to many forums where that has happened
I am sorry. Like I said, I wont bash any more, I only wish to help!
Thanks
Originally Posted by deathjunior
1.So how am i gonna go about wiring the amps to the stereo, yea I know its the typical power,ground,control, and rca. But should i bother at all with the wiring harness? all it will do is put out useless power to the empty wires where the old speakers used to be
