bugotti420

Thanks for the info, yeah I still have plenty of time to think about what it is that I want to do. It probably wont end up being that much. Don't think I'd have enough room in the car to do anything that big unless I lost the backseat which I'm quite fond of. hahaStill time to plan ahead & things to think about! I just know it's time to do it right. Tired of the complications it ends up costing me more in the long run than if I did it right the first time lolol.

Yeah, lmao I know. Not too far north of Bryan/College Station ... Honestly I never hear of any shows down in the Houston area or I most def would probably be around them! I got a brother that stays in Cypress I occasionally go down there to visit. Would love to appear to one of those shows

Thanks for your input bro, I will look at this as an opportunity to get a better alt. That's where most of the wire burning is taking place. In between battery positive post to the fuse block I've taken it out the terminal and the wires just fall off as I pull on it thats how crispy burnt they were, from other side of fuse block to amp just a little bit toasty, put off a little dust in the air when rubbed. not TOO serious. I'm going to try and get a nice alternator though if I replace it. I want it to be up to par for a future build if moneyflow ever allows me to, lol. Something that might allow about 5000 watts . But that is where most of my problems originated, under the hood. the alternator charge wire to the battery etc... <--- I would have to maintain these wires under the hood, replace battery to fuse block wire quite often to keep the amp running due to not enough voltage reaching it I assumed....Thanks man:D

Yes they are push terms. Look durable. I'll get it right one of these days lhl

When I first got this car, the battery was fine, unswolled. Shortly after installing this system it swol up, looking like it was about to blow up. I replaced it, shortly after it did the same thing. I've never had this prob in my oldschool oldsmobille 91. I think it's alt was a 120amp. I can't find information to see how many amperage my stock alt is in this newer car but I think it's much lower than the oldschool. it's a 06' Saturn Vue Redline. Alternator is in bad spot cant just open hood and read information printed on it.The ground really is indeed solid, (I Thought, here's how it's done): it's down to the frame of the body which there wasn't much of, paint scratched and grinded off; clean surface. The only thing not solid about it, is it wasn't soldered. just clamped on end of wire and screwed into frame with a washer and self tapping screw. Very tight, will not move per hand movement. I do realize I am going to have to re-do everything, even big 3 after seeing the wires in this condition and that something is absolutely up with this install. Lets just say that my alt does only put out about 50-70 amps total, what would that do? I know it's terrible versus my oldsmobile back in the day, same amp and all. With that previous setup my voltage would never drop more than 13.5, in this new setup it can drop as low as 12.4 but averaging around 12.9 and 13.0. I can't help but feel it's a voltage issue, I never had it in my previous setup. same amp, same output but had different subs. so technically same thing? The fact that a brand new battery can swell up after a month of abuse. My dash lights would nearly dim all the way down to where they were almost off lol. HID bulbs so cant tell through headlights Thanks Edit*Note that these are only wal mart batteries I speak of. No since and getting a good battery if this is the result.*edit*

As stated before, in my first post, I had checked all my wiring and connections after the fact, in which everything was tight(<--Dont think i included that part lol), but looked a little burnt. I have a SMD DD-1, found clipping level of headunit, then set amp gains with the SMD DD-1 to match headunit. No wires were anywhere touching anything that they shouldn't of been touching lol, they weren't naughty So 1-3 I don't think was the case,On to speaker wire size: I used 8guage speakerwire. Think it might of been Rockford fosgate, don't quote me on it as it was just given to me. But non the less, 8guage speaker wiring. Thx:)

You are correct. 2 0hm stable, and it was wired down to 2ohms. sub is dual 1. Also amp gains were set via my SMD DD-1

Too much power, hmmm. the amp is rated 1000wrms, birth certificate said 1240wrms, accounting the voltage drop I figured it was about right at 1000wrms. Sub has got all options, and rated at 1000wrms, and sounds like it needs more powaah. I am running the sub with 8 guage wire though. IDK... I'll take that into consideration lol thanks

I'm just curious, what in the heck is the cause of my Fi SSD 15" terminals on basket to melt? I've think It's killed my amp - A kicker ZX1000.1 with little warning. I had everything wired correctly and it's been bumping flawlessly for several months when last week I noticed my amp was off. I started looking over all my wiring starting from the hood, to the amp, to the sub. When I pulled my sub out I noticed on one side of the coil the positive and negative, well rather the positive melted towards the negitive post and caused a short. Im just curious as to what caused this? I'm still running a stock alt in the car and I know the kicker amp drawed alot of power to where my battery under the hood is starting to swell up, lol, so I know low voltage is a big part of all my problems but would low voltage make it melt like that? I'm running all 1/0 wire, big 3, and I noticed under the hood from battery post to fuse post the wire was crispy, and basically burnt out, and rest of wire was fine untill I pulled the 1/0 out of the amp, it was kind of crispy there too but not so bad. I've been knowing this voltage drop is gonna be a bad outcome, and now I see. Think I have to forfeit car audio untill I can gather the cash to get my electrical done right. Money is too big an issue now. Anyone got any feedback on this KOB build? lmfao

Sometimes you get defective stuff. Seems to happen to me all the time. You don't know anybody nearby with an oscilloscope or SMD DD-1 to check your amp out with? I'm rather a novice at this stuff myself so I'm not good on advice but seems to be (to me) if everythings hooked up correctly, what else is there at fault? Amp or radio ... Sorry if you've said it elsewhere, but what amp, radio do you have?

For what it's worth, I had an amp that I was being hardheaded about saying nothing was wrong with it, and that oh, it just wasn't set right. I got my SMD DD-1 in, hooked it up to the amp, it was shit. Produced a distorted signal with gain turned all the way down. Good to hear you're getting some positive results by modding the box tho

I think I understand this part ... I was looking forward to using my stickers when I ordered my sub, but come to find out it's the words Fi with the website, and a white background ... don't look good on a tinted window. Had to use a razor blade and cut the white background out but hey that mighta been the plan all alone. Was expecting it to be a peel off, stick to window, then peel a see thru piece off and it left the words on window type of deal. :S

Yeah, basically LAWL

Shexay! Grats brotha. Can't wait to see it!

How it worked for me, I got the tracking info I think it was, the same day of order, then allow said day build time.