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whateverjames
07-15-2002, 10:43 PM
i bought a RF single amp kit for my 240SX, and i want to buy a dual amp kit for the blazer, but i don't want to pay $130.
is it better to just piece everything together from a car audio shop, or to buy a complete kit?
<a href="http://mmxpress.com/accessories.html" target='_blank'>http://mmxpress.com/accessories.html</a>
are these prices any good for kits and individual parts? (distribution blocks, fuse holders, battery clamps)
kanekz
07-16-2002, 04:07 AM
If you are short on cash, then individual pieces is the way to go because you dont need all the stuff a kit might come with.
OMG, I just checked out the site that you linked. Thats some BS price that they are charging for those kits. It is because the wires are name brand and stupid things like that. Personally I think that they are chargin too much. Down here in SoCal, audio prices might be cheaper than where you live so.... if you have no other choice then go for it.
If you have to get a kit from someone, take a look at this page first as a reference, or just buy one from them (personally I go through a wharehouse):
crutchfield kits (http://www.crutchfield.com/cgi-bin/S-bRUN3hB3np6/ProdGroup.asp?c=11&s=0&g=711)
sykikchimp
07-16-2002, 06:07 AM
don't but anything through crutchfield... outrageous pricing on everything..
check out:
www.knukonceptz.com
www.darvex.com
www.partsexpress.com
I have a 4 gauge lightning audio wire kit lying around in my room.. I can sell it to you if you need it.
BEISSEN
07-16-2002, 09:52 AM
If you want to get audio stuff at good prices.
sound domain (http://www.sounddomain.com)
This is where I got my amp and wireing kit i got duel rca cabels and everything else i needed to do the job.Plus i had extra left over.Check them out the have real good prices and crutichfield is way over priced imo.
Sick240
07-16-2002, 10:39 AM
</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (sykikchimp @ July 15 2002,08:07)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">don't but anything through crutchfield... outrageous pricing on everything..
check out:
www.knukonceptz.com
www.darvex.com
www.partsexpress.com</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
Speaking of outrageous pricing, I had some guy go up to me with a brochure at the local Alpine dealership, and told me to look through it and give him a call if I was interested, I began looking, and for a 20 ft set of RCA cables, they wanted $700, and you had to order at least 10 at a time, and I do believe that the 4 guage wiring kit was around $1,300 <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/crazy.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':crazy:'> Seriously though, I would buy name brand wiring, I used to run Stinger, and now I use Monster Cable, both are extremely good on quality, and if you arent going to run good wire, at least spend the extra money on some good RCA's, cuz you dont want engine noise and all that shit. BTW, dont buy the Monster Cable RCA's that has the built in remote wire, it is about a 26 guage wire, that is copper, and it likes to burn up, and due to that I have fried the remote wire input on 2 different amps. Lates
gfisch
07-16-2002, 10:49 AM
I got a RF wiring kit for around $20 on ubid. maybe you can find one up there.
sykikchimp
07-16-2002, 11:36 AM
There really isn't a difference b/w RCA's either... You can make RCA's out of Cat5 cable.. they important part for the RCA's is the sheilding. Cabling is pretty much the same accross the board.
uiuc240
07-16-2002, 02:08 PM
</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (sykikchimp @ July 16 2002,12:36)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">There really isn't a difference b/w RCA's either... You can make RCA's out of Cat5 cable.. they important part for the RCA's is the sheilding. Cabling is pretty much the same accross the board.</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
good point. oh, and about the kit v. piecemeal. i guarantee you'll pay more and have more headaches buying it one by one. i got a monster cable kit for my amp (overkill, but whatever). i would have spent almost $50 more buying each of the pieces separately. but see what you can find...
Eric
sxtasy
07-16-2002, 04:43 PM
"BTW, dont buy the Monster Cable RCA's that has the built in remote wire, it is about a 26 guage wire, that is copper, and it likes to burn up, and due to that I have fried the remote wire input on 2 different amps"
Amplifier remote turn on only requires about 200ma (just enough power to activate a relay). If your "burning up" remote leads it's not due to the size of wire, more than likely there is a poor connection.
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