Wire question. Please help!

[Briggiboy33 2]

I have 8guage kicker ofc wiring kit in my truck. Right now its powering one powerbass asa 400.2 subwoofer amp that puts 400 rms. I have an old amp that i want to put on my front door speakers that is 55x2 rms. Would my 8 guage wire be enough for that also? Or do i need to get another wiring kit to be safe? Thankyou. Oh and is there any advice for wiring my front doors? I want both amps in the back of thetruck. Do i run wires from where the factory wires are to the amp for high level input then another back to the doors? Or do i take the wire out of the door and then to the amp And to the doors? Thanks for any help.

[mathewdylang 2]

Use another wiring kit. 8ga is small wire to begin with but its a cheap kit for beggining installs. if its just a small amp get another 8 ga kit, or get a 4ga kit with a disi block and run seperate 8ga from there to the other amps. but don't double amps on one run of wire, in my opinion, ever.

[aBrokeNinja91 4]

dont forget to label the wires

[Briggiboy33 2]

So should i get like a cheap cca like 4 awg or 1awg on amazon for like 30 bucks and run my sub amp off that and put the door amp with the old wires? Or would 4 awg cca wire be no better than 8 awg ofc wire? Im 17 with no job but a bass addiction... Its a tough life. Lol..

[16K 159]

So should i get like a cheap cca like 4 awg or 1awg on amazon for like 30 bucks and run my sub amp off that and put the door amp with the old wires? Or would 4 awg cca wire be no better than 8 awg ofc wire? Im 17 with no job but a bass addiction... Its a tough life. Lol..

a 4 gauge cca kit would be better than 8 gauge ofc... but if u have the $ get the 1/0 gauge kit

and yes u can run the door amp off the 8 gauge wire...

Edited April 2, 2012 by 16K

[Tirefryr 1,742]

You get what you pay for. Get a quality name brand kit, or some welding cable and do it yourself, but do not cheap out on cable.

[Briggiboy33 2]

Alright well its been a long time since iv been on here. Today i gave it A shot at wiring my front doors for a 2 channel... I turned it on and a buzzing noise happend and wouldnt stop... I have a 55 rms 2 channel and a 400 rms subwoofer amp. Does it buzz because all the wires are together? I used the highlevel input for the signal for the amp and i think thatz why.. If i get a set of rcas for that amp will that help? Or do i just need to wire ecerything differently?