Can someone help me install an amp in my civic??!?

[Bojangles69]

Ok lets put it this way, i know its simple, i just dont know what im doin.
I have 2 amps in my garage and all kinds of speakers and i said shit might as well take advantage of my day off.
So this is the thing, i cant (dont know how to) take the factory cd player out of the car nor do i want to, it works fine. I just want to connect an amp to the back 2 speakers and than bridge out the last 2 channels to a woofer.
I know how to wire the 12 volt to the battery and find a ground.
But theres a another part on the amp that says "ac". What the hell is this and do i need to connect it to anything?? Will the amp work if i just connect power and ground than tap it into the speaker line?? any help would really be appreciated. thanks!!

[onehundredk]

haha no, sorry for laughing, but ....ac...is like remote...its what will turn on the amp. if you have an aftermarket cd player, then you pull that out, and hook it up to the BLUE wire..thats the remote......you also need to hook up your L+R RCA cables...so.
1.disconnect the negitive battery terminal
2. run power from the battery to an inline fuse 12" away from terminal. to the amp
3. drill a hole in your metal frame(this is for the ground)
4. remove the cd player from the dash
5. for aftermarket- plug in RCA cables and run back to the amp, from the amp wire the speakers wanted
5. for factory cdplayer- you will need RCA female plugs to wires, tap into the speakers (all) for the rca female plugs
6. put everything back
7. mount your amp
8. connect the neg. battery terminal
9. BUMP AWAY

this DIY is very vague...i suggest you go to a civic forum and get more detailed directions.

[Bojangles69]

ok good thing you posted.
i thought if you skipped rca you can cut the speaker lines already in the car and run those into the amp input than the output side would wind up with stacked wattages... ok you know what. i have no idea what im talkn about.
but yeh im going to start with what you wrote cause i have all the equipment so if run into problems like if i get electrocuted ill post it and someone can tell me what to do, thanks!!
ill start by trying to pry the cd player out and lookn for a blue wire..

[Surfstud18]

also when amping depending on what gage you use you can add the + to the battery then connect it to the amp then ground it in the truck but most skip this if you are running something bigger then a 8 gage you want to ground the battery as well like a gaint circle + from battery to amp Ground from battery to truck

[onehundredk]

ok good thing you posted.
i thought if you skipped rca you can cut the speaker lines already in the car and run those into the amp input than the output side would wind up with stacked wattages... ok you know what. i have no idea what im talkn about.
but yeh im going to start with what you wrote cause i have all the equipment so if run into problems like if i get electrocuted ill post it and someone can tell me what to do, thanks!!
ill start by trying to pry the cd player out and lookn for a blue wire..

dont break the dash bezel tho, tryin to pry it out haha...im not sure what you mean, by wiring the speaker wires into the amp, then out of the amp into the speakers...never seen this before...its usually just RCA cables into the amp, then wires out to the speakers.

[MAJOR25]

first of all....What kind of amp do you have. 2 channe, 4 channe. I need to brand and model number that way I can give good advice.

Electronics is my World.

[onehundredk]

first of all....What kind of amp do you have. 2 channe, 4 channe. I need to brand and model number that way I can give good advice.

Electronics is my World.

ha if electronics is your world...youd notice how he said he wants to hook up the back 2 speakers..and then bridge the last channel to the subwoofer...hense would leave you with a 4 channel amp... and if we want to get technical we would wanna know how many ohms the speakers, subs, and amp...

[onehundredk]

bojangles-
if i were you, id hook up a 4 channel amp to all of your speaker (doors/rearshelf)
and then hook up ANOTHER amp to just the sub....OR get a 5 channel amp (id recommend for you) if you have it..and hook up the sub channel to the sub..and then the other 4 channels to your door and rear shelf speakers...that is more of a correct way to hook it up...but i get your idea..you have a 4 channel amp which obviously is an A/B amp...which you COULD hook it up how you are saying, but most people dont...you wont ruin anything unless your amp is too powerful for your rear speakers.

[MAJOR25]

ha if electronics is your world...youd notice how he said he wants to hook up the back 2 speakers..and then bridge the last channel to the subwoofer...hense would leave you with a 4 channel amp... and if we want to get technical we would wanna know how many ohms the speakers, subs, and amp...

I'll make it easier for him. is not recommended to run all subs and highs with a 4 channel amp together. run the subs with the 2 channel amp and get u a small amp for the highs. you can run all your highs with a 150-200 watt amp. Use the 4 channer amp with your highs

Problem solved

[Surfstud18]

Brilliant!!!!!!!!brilliant!!!!!!

[onehundredk]

I'll make it easier for him. is not recommended to run all subs and highs with a 4 channel amp together. run the subs with the 2 channel amp and get u a small amp for the highs. you can run all your highs with a 150-200 watt amp. Use the 4 channer amp with your highs

Problem solved

no cuz with his and the woofer...if your talking a component set up...it comes wih the crossover...hense needing you to use a 4 channel amp. where did you use to install car stereos?

[MAJOR25]

no cuz with his and the woofer...?

?????
What's this.

[onehundredk]

a component system comes withe a tweeter (highs) and woofer (5.25", 6", 6.5")
it comes with a crossover as well. so you have a 4 channel amp, wires go to the crossover and then the wires from the crossover goes to the tweeter and the woofer (its considered a woofer, but its not a SUB)...like i said..whered you use to install stereos...i worked at bestbuy for year and half..and then audiotoyz a custom install center. would of stayed in the car audio business, but now i have a professional job.

[Bojangles69]

ok thanks people im going to the electronics store right now with a friend, ill adress all the questions when i get back. the one amp is 2 channel the other is 4 channel, im going to get a price on installation and if it isnt to bad ill have them do it, otherwise ill need to hassle you people more when i get back.

[J-Dogg]

I actually did have documentation with pictures on how to install an amplifier. When I was a young lad I opened a mobile electronics shop, operated it for 2 years….their is not money in it though, lesson learned.

I’m assuming your amp has a crossover so it should work. The resistant of the speakers is probably not really needed, I’m assuming they are all 4 ohm so you’ll get double the power when you bridge (using 2 subs I’m guessing) the last 2 channels to your subs. Just make sure your amp is 2 ohm mono stable (1 ohm). It seems you probably are not concerned with the amp anyway, so just install it :P

You’ll need the RCA’s unless your amp has speaker level inputs.

I pretty much have to agree with 100k’s recommendation, with exception of drilling into your frame. Just remove a seat bolt bolt, it will take a large torque to get it out, but it is the best spot to ground.

Also make sure you run your RCA’s down a side with no other wires. Run your Power/Remote turn on lead down one side, and your RCA’s down the other. If you run them all down the same side, you’ll induce static noise into your system. Your ground can cause noise as well, but use that seat belt bolt and you’ll have no problems at all. If by chance you HAVE to cross paths with your power lead and your RCA’s do it so they intersect perpendicular.

[J-Dogg]

Oh, componet systems are nice. Q-Logic sells nice kick pods, but they are expensive.

But unlike best buy, I use to build my own fiberglass kick pods for cheaper and better quality! Sorry if you are a guru, you know about everything best buy sells is mediocre quality at best.

I’ve just always hated installers who toss a box in the trunk, replace some speakers in the rear deck and put a component set in the door and call it a professionally installed system.

I’m sure they have capable people working their, but you can’t make a lobster dinner when you have peanut butter and jelly in the cupboards.

[shortie]

Ok lets put it this way, i know its simple, i just dont know what im doin.
I have 2 amps thanks!!

First off you're gonna need waaaaay more than two amps for any kind of decent cycle, really, prolly like 5 or 6. And yes it is simple just crack the tops on those bad boys stick in your pin and fire it up! But you really should read the stickies first and do some more research







Sorry that's all I could think of after that first sentence.

[onehundredk]

First off you're gonna need waaaaay more than two amps for any kind of decent cycle, really, prolly like 5 or 6. And yes it is simple just crack the tops on those bad boys stick in your pin and fire it up! But you really should read the stickies first and do some more research







Sorry that's all I could think of after that first sentence.

im confused

[onehundredk]

Ya, good point if you can find where there is already a hole...like a seat belt...that is great for ground...but since most cars, they paint it...you want to scratch away at the paint so you can get a good connection...i love drummel tools for that...i also agree with you, on the people who throw in some speakers a random box and say it sounds good...thats why i think i left bestbuy...i went to audiotoyz in california for about 10 months where we did custom boxes, cusotm fiberglass work. IMO ill never use a prefab box again. you get much more quailty with something custom for your sub..like for my two 12w7s they deserve the best

[onehundredk]

ok thanks people im going to the electronics store right now with a friend, ill adress all the questions when i get back. the one amp is 2 channel the other is 4 channel, im going to get a price on installation and if it isnt to bad ill have them do it, otherwise ill need to hassle you people more when i get back.

if you choose to install yourself...ill help you, this will be a very good DIY for you...since you got the 2 amps, youll use the 4channel amp for your interior speakers (make sure you wont blow your speakers from the amp power)...then your 2channel amp to your subs...

this is what youll need:
basic tools
20ft of 8-4AWG power cable (depending on amp power)
10ft of 8-4AWG power cable "" ""
speaker wire
3 pairs of RCA cables or 1 4channel RCA cables and 1 2 channel RCA cables
some ring terminals...grab extra incase you mess up
distribution block + inline fuse

1.First remove the negitive battery terminal
2. Remove the cdplayer out of the dash (PM me if you need to know how to do this, with what year your civic is)
---make sure you have front and rear RCA outputs/ subwoofer output...(Alpine usually has all these...PM me on what headunit you have)
3.run your power cable (tap the power cable 12" away from the battery)
4.run the power along the same side of the vehicle as your battery. I think its on the right.
5. run the remote wire on the same side. connecting to the blue wire behind the cdplayer
6.run the RCAs along the opposite side of the vehicle
7. rewire the speakers. professionally you would get rid of the stock wires, and put new. in your case, you could resplice your speakers...behind your cdplayer the harness already splices, this is what youll do, youll cut the speaker wires should be a total of 8(+/-) you cut it so they dont go into the cdplayer anymore, then youll splice longer wires to go into the right amp (this will be a quick way to get your amp to amplify the speakers. The RCA will give the amp the signal. and then the amp will make your speakers sing.
8. connect the distribution block to the power cable. this will allow you to split one power cable into two lines for both your amps. Connect to your amps
9. connect the remote wire
10. ground the amps, find a hole that is already available; if there is paint, scratch it off. so youll have a good conection.
11. before you put all your panels back, trial and error. put the negitive termial back, and turn on the system to see if your install was sucessful. if they sing, turn it off. And put everything back together.

if your amps are powerful, youll drain the battery, you might want to look into a 1.0 farad capacitor..and you would put that right before you connect the distribution block...capacitors are tricky...the capacitor gets it its own grown, youll grown the capacitor the same way you would ground the amps.


if anything is confusing.. PM me

[Bojangles69]

if you choose to install yourself...ill help you, this will be a very good DIY for you...since you got the 2 amps, youll use the 4channel amp for your interior speakers (make sure you wont blow your speakers from the amp power)...then your 2channel amp to your subs...

this is what youll need:
basic tools
20ft of 8-4AWG power cable (depending on amp power)
10ft of 8-4AWG power cable "" ""
speaker wire
3 pairs of RCA cables or 1 4channel RCA cables and 1 2 channel RCA cables
some ring terminals...grab extra incase you mess up
distribution block + inline fuse

1.First remove the negitive battery terminal
2. Remove the cdplayer out of the dash (PM me if you need to know how to do this, with what year your civic is)
---make sure you have front and rear RCA outputs/ subwoofer output...(Alpine usually has all these...PM me on what headunit you have)
3.run your power cable (tap the power cable 12" away from the battery)
4.run the power along the same side of the vehicle as your battery. I think its on the right.
5. run the remote wire on the same side. connecting to the blue wire behind the cdplayer
6.run the RCAs along the opposite side of the vehicle
7. rewire the speakers. professionally you would get rid of the stock wires, and put new. in your case, you could resplice your speakers...behind your cdplayer the harness already splices, this is what youll do, youll cut the speaker wires should be a total of 8(+/-) you cut it so they dont go into the cdplayer anymore, then youll splice longer wires to go into the right amp (this will be a quick way to get your amp to amplify the speakers. The RCA will give the amp the signal. and then the amp will make your speakers sing.
8. connect the distribution block to the power cable. this will allow you to split one power cable into two lines for both your amps. Connect to your amps
9. connect the remote wire
10. ground the amps, find a hole that is already available; if there is paint, scratch it off. so youll have a good conection.
11. before you put all your panels back, trial and error. put the negitive termial back, and turn on the system to see if your install was sucessful. if they sing, turn it off. And put everything back together.

if your amps are powerful, youll drain the battery, you might want to look into a 1.0 farad capacitor..and you would put that right before you connect the distribution block...capacitors are tricky...the capacitor gets it its own grown, youll grown the capacitor the same way you would ground the amps.


if anything is confusing.. PM me

wow some great feedback in this forum.
i just went to interstate electronics and i felt like they were tryn to hussle me. guys like you cant get anything decent for under $500. i was like "dude, decent is a matter of how obsessed you are with this shit" i just want something classy, solid and affordable.
my brother is sayn f the amp period, get a real nice head unit and 4 quality speakers. right now in his car thats all he has and i really cant imagine the point of being much louder. his freakn rearview mirrors have seizures when he turns the shit on. so i think i may just get a head unit with some good output and 4 nice speakers.
anyone know of any good brands and prices before i do something stupid. guy was saying rocksford and xplod are good as well as jbl. thoughts??

[onehundredk]

wow some great feedback in this forum.
i just went to interstate electronics and i felt like they were tryn to hussle me. guys like you cant get anything decent for under $500. i was like "dude, decent is a matter of how obsessed you are with this shit" i just want something classy, solid and affordable.
my brother is sayn f the amp period, get a real nice head unit and 4 quality speakers. right now in his car thats all he has and i really cant imagine the point of being much louder. his freakn rearview mirrors have seizures when he turns the shit on. so i think i may just get a head unit with some good output and 4 nice speakers.
anyone know of any good brands and prices before i do something stupid. guy was saying rocksford and xplod are good as well as jbl. thoughts??

for sures man, i understand how they try to hussle...get an alpine headunit, very good, reliable, and you can get one for under 200, and itll pretty much do everything. for speakers, its all taste...for me i ONLY use JL audio speakers and subs...but thats because like the bass that JL gives...VERY expensive...like you said. you just want something solid, classy and not for an arm and a leg....for something your looking at id, get a alpine headunit, and maybe alpine speakers the S type alpines will do...this will give you something that your looking for...speakers would cost about 300. and then the headunit say 200...so what the guy was gonna charge you to just install. you can get brand new high quality stuff for around the same price..PM me for further info...

[T3/T4 GSR]

Haha where in jersey are you...I install for a living maybe I could help you. Don't wanna see you **** shit up.

[NOREGRETS]

Just what Jersey needs, another obnoxious car system. Have fun cruising in Seaside when your done.

[T3/T4 GSR]

Haha don't make me come down there with my pair of 13W6s

[NOREGRETS]

Haha don't make me come down there with my pair of 13W6s

ROFL

[MAJOR25]

If you choose to install yourself...ill help you, this will be a very good DIY for you...since you got the 2 amps, youll use the 4channel amp for your interior speakers (make sure you wont blow your speakers from the amp power)...then your 2channel amp to your subs...


Isn't this what I suggested and you said no.

[MAJOR25]

if you choose to install yourself...ill help you, this will be a very good DIY for you...since you got the 2 amps, youll use the 4channel amp for your interior speakers (make sure you wont blow your speakers from the amp power)...then your 2channel amp to your subs...

Isn't this What I suggested to him?

I said

I'll make it easier for him. is not recommended to run all subs and highs with a 4 channel amp together. run the subs with the 2 channel amp and get u a small amp for the highs. you can run all your highs with a 150-200 watt amp. Use the 4 channer amp with your highs

Problem solved

THEN U SAID

no cuz with his and the woofer...if your talking a component set up...it comes wih the crossover...hense needing you to use a 4 channel amp. where did you use to install car stereos?

like I mentioned

Electronics is my World.

[Kale]

I read the title of this thread and I am thinking, why does this guy want to install a little glass bottle filled with juice into his Honda

[MAJOR25]

wow some great feedback in this forum.
i just went to interstate electronics and i felt like they were tryn to hussle me. guys like you cant get anything decent for under $500. i was like "dude, decent is a matter of how obsessed you are with this shit" i just want something classy, solid and affordable.
my brother is sayn f the amp period, get a real nice head unit and 4 quality speakers. right now in his car thats all he has and i really cant imagine the point of being much louder. his freakn rearview mirrors have seizures when he turns the shit on. so i think i may just get a head unit with some good output and 4 nice speakers.
anyone know of any good brands and prices before i do something stupid. guy was saying rocksford and xplod are good as well as jbl. thoughts??

Bro you can have a system that would make the block thunder but the secret is in the enlosure and how you wire whole system. you don't need to spend lots of cash to make heads turn. Alpine headunits are good but overpriced. I have a Pioneer Headunit DEH-P6800MP and its the shit. If you get a good unit the rest shoud sound 10 times better.

[MAJOR25]

I read the title of this thread and I am thinking, why does this guy want to install a little glass bottle filled with juice into his Honda

I have a Honda Civic. With 2 amps, Capacitor, Crossover, and 3 hx2 in a seal box.

Outcome is a sick system. People think I have 15*s in my car.

[Just t]

when my mate fitted his amp he had to get a new battery! a power cap and various expensive cables to power it and run it at its full potential!

Im no expert tho!

[MAJOR25]

for sures man, i understand how they try to hussle...get an alpine headunit, very good, reliable, and you can get one for under 200, and itll pretty much do everything. for speakers, its all taste...for me i ONLY use JL audio speakers and subs...but thats because like the bass that JL gives...VERY expensive...like you said. you just want something solid, classy and not for an arm and a leg....for something your looking at id, get a alpine headunit, and maybe alpine speakers the S type alpines will do...this will give you something that your looking for...speakers would cost about 300. and then the headunit say 200...so what the guy was gonna charge you to just install. you can get brand new high quality stuff for around the same price..PM me for further info...

Alpine Type S don't have deep bass.... That's y my friend sold his. they suck.. Cheap and great sound--would go with Kicker L5, Cerwin Vega, ample, kove-audio, Orion, Audiobahn, etc. Make sure the subs are DVC

[MAJOR25]

when my mate fitted his amp he had to get a new battery! a power cap and various expensive cables to power it and run it at its full potential!

Im no expert tho!

I don't know about getting a new batery but a good cap should of the job unless the battery is going bad.

[NOREGRETS]

I don't know about getting a new batery but a good cap should of the job unless the battery is going bad.

Holy Jesus Crist, I'm about to jump on your avy.