New amp install help

[demon666]

Hi guys am trying to install a new amp and sub this is my first time i would normaly take my car in but in alaska you have to do it your self...


i have a few questions one i cant seem to find a good place to run the power cable throw the firewall am sure some one here has done this already i can use a few tips is there an opening some were that am not seeing or do i have to drill a new hole to run the cable?

my second question is i cant seem to find a good bolt or somthing to ground my amp under the seats were is the best place for the ground.

am stuck on this , like i said my frist time but ill give it a try. Had the amp and sub for 4 weeks now would like to install them soon..

[chris15]

First off, do you have a manual or an auto trans? If you have an automatic, you can remove and drill a hole through the plate that's covering the hole where the clutch pedal would go through. Just be sure to use some sort of grommet afterwards to prevent the metal from scraping away at the insulation on the wire. That's the way a few people I know with PTs have done it.

Second, if you go ahead and remove one of the bolts holding the seat bracket to the floorboards, you can use a ring terminal that's either crimped onto or soldered to your ground wire, just place that on the threads of the bolt, replace the bolt in the bracket and tighten. That's how I have mine wired as well.

If you go this way, and you find that you have a small amount of whine or interference, it's because this particular method grounds the amp to the car's common ground, meaning you're grounding to the same point that all electrical devices in the car are grounded to, so the solution for this is to grab a couple ring terminals and some 12 (or so)-gauge wire and run a few cables to some grounding points in your engine bay directly from the negative terminal of the battery. This is commonly referred to as 'hyper grounding'. If you do a search, you'll find a much more comprehensive guide on how to do it, and if I get a chance, I'll take some pictures of what I did.. because I didn't understand at first either.. I'm a very visual learner.

[demon666]

i was hoping not to drill and how hard would it to get a drill down there? from what i can see theres no room to move around let alone fit a drill .
the cluch hole do i drill from the inside of the car or engine area?

i do have an auto trans.

[chris15]

You can remove the part from the firewall and drill your hole through it. You don't have to do it while it's attached to the firewall. There should be two bolts holding it to the firewall.

[Duster]

Originally Posted by demon666

Hi guys am trying to install a new amp and sub this is my first time i would normaly take my car in but in alaska you have to do it your self...


i have a few questions one i cant seem to find a good place to run the power cable throw the firewall am sure some one here has done this already i can use a few tips is there an opening some were that am not seeing or do i have to drill a new hole to run the cable?

my second question is i cant seem to find a good bolt or somthing to ground my amp under the seats were is the best place for the ground.

am stuck on this , like i said my frist time but ill give it a try. Had the amp and sub for 4 weeks now would like to install them soon..

Juicing the inside

[demon666]

Like always great feed back , I ran the cable with out a single problem all i need to do is run the rca cables to the amp and am done started to rain..

thanks for the help.

[chris15]

Originally Posted by demon666

Like always great feed back , I ran the cable with out a single problem all i need to do is run the rca cables to the amp and am done started to rain..

thanks for the help.

Good to hear. Sorry I wasn't more graphic in my description, but I was posting from my phone and couldn't reference the post that Duster did.

[darkpt06]

I found a Good Ground Point in the back hatch were you bring down the Spare tire. i have both my amps grounded there and i have no feed back at all. so if ur still looking for a ground you can try there.

[demon666]

the bolt on the cluch plate the same one were i drilled a hole for the cable wire is the one i used for a ground i ran both cables to gether to the amp no problems so far

i was unable to remove any bolts from the lower seat looks like there welded down

so far so good its working nice.