Amp And Sub Install...

[jacobmitchell92]

Yeah I'm not too sure about the remote I just know mine used to be run off the cig lighter and the sub never worked when the acc was off. Now I run a Rockford fosgate 360.3 processor which seems to do a lot better job than the line converter. Having said that its running all top of the range Rockford gear speakers amps and subs

[g5jett]

Thanks heaps for all the help guys can you recommend and particular brand or place I should get a decent line converter from? Cause I don’t want any of that buzzing noise going along with the accelerator..

Edited 07/08/13 10:08 PM by g5jett

[Lennox]

I got my line converter from jaycar it was like 20 bucks. Just make sure you keep it and all it's associated wiring away from any power cables or powered devices. I put all my wiring in loom tube to keep it a little more protected from interference (plus keeps it neat) not sure if it does anything but I don't have any noise in my system at all

I have an FG though my old BA had noise I could not get rid of without a capacitor over the supply.. Fg is a lot better

[Bellato]

Basically line converter is the easiest way! When you're just installing a sub the noise isn't a big issue, its when you start upgrading speakers that noise comes through! I bought a $10 converter and installed one of my old pioneer subs and a new amp in my mrs cruze and no noise at all. I did a full upgrade in my car with splits, speaker and sub with 2 amps but I used a top of the range converter which was about $150. It still has some noise but this converter allows for a couple of adjustments with the input volume so between that and my amp I was able to eliminate it almost completely.

However, processors are the only solid way of eliminating noise when doing a full install

[g5jett]

has anyone installed a line converter in there fg thus far?

do the speaker wires run through the pillar between the front and

rear doors? I was hoping to be able to hide it in there?

cheers..

[Lennox]

I have one installed but got signal from the front door speakers

[Bellato]

Yea speaker wires can be found in front kick panel or behind the b pillar panel.

You need to take the door trim off though to find the colour to match it inside the kick panel etc

[g5jett]

Yes probably the best idea Bellato..

I gess last of all, im looking at a 10" sub most of all because of its size (I want to keep as much boot space free as possible)

second of all I already have a 10” sub box and its quite shallow so I’m looking at the a 10" shallow. version of a couple of

different brands at the moment, hopefully around the 300 - 400 rms range, dose everyone think this will be sufficient to

hear some good bass? and what gauge power wire should I be running?

Also with the amplifier I have to get something at least rated at 400 rms correct..??

Cheers..

[jacobmitchell92]

Yeah a powerful 10inch will be okay, Rockford make good shallow subs and I believe Hertz Do as well. Regarding the amp you'll either need a mono block with simular RMS to the sub or you can bridge a 2-4 channel amp. You'll get the most out of a mono though

[Bellato]

Sub box size whould be relative to power not the size of the sub. I think its about 1 cubic foot to 300rms. Not sure if this applies similarly to shallow subs but yea.

There are plenty of good brands out there. The only difference I found personally is I used to run 2 12" pioneer 400rms subs and now I run a single 12" precision power 500rms and this one is much better. Its not really much louder (although I have the gain turned right down) but the bass tone it gives is so much smoother.

As for amps there's a lot to choose from. Althought its 'cheap' I have run my 600rms clarion amp for the last 3 years with both above set ups and still holding up well

As for wiring I would look at 6 or 8 gauge. I think we used 8 in my mrs car when I put one of my old pioneers in. I run 0 guage in my car from the recommendation of car audio guys to run over 1000rms on 2 amps butits so overkill. 4 would have been fine. So yea I would say 8 gauge