Thread: Speaker Upgrade! Need a few simple questions answered please!

Originally Posted by mofford12

what car?

2000 Grand Prix

I had a 1000 watt amp with the stock bose amp dimming my lights then I bought capacitor and It still dimmed but a lot less then I did the big 3 upgrade with 4 gauge wire (cause I didn't have the money at the time for 0 gauge).

Originally Posted by Gm Man

I had a 1000 watt amp with the stock bose amp dimming my lights then I bought capacitor and It still dimmed but a lot less then I did the big 3 upgrade with 4 gauge wire (cause I didn't have the money at the time for 0 gauge).

Im gonna guess a shotty ground. A capacitor is just a bandaid for a crappy electrical system. Get a good dry cell battery and upgrade the wires if necessary after that.

Originally Posted by KeithGTP03

Im gonna guess a shotty ground. A capacitor is just a bandaid for a crappy electrical system. Get a good dry cell battery and upgrade the wires if necessary after that.

after I did the big 3 upgrade it doesn't dim no more. but I plan on getting a high output alternator soon just can't seem to find one.

Originally Posted by mofford12

weird.. got the same car and i ran 2 kicker l7 12s ported with a kicker zx1500.1 and a mtx tn400/4 for my highs and i didnt dim at all

I've been thinking the alternator could be bad but with the car running my capacitor was saying 14.9 volts and I turned the the high beams, slappin the radio, A/C, heated seat, all on and it only went down to 14.5 so that sounds good to me.