Sub install in an XJ

[myvwrock]

ok so not sure if this should go in "the lounge" or in "diy" because technically .....I did do it myself.

Thought I should post something of me and my father putting my 12'' inch JL audio sub in the back of my jeep. The other speakers are NEW kicker KS5250's, and A new JVC head unit(KD-HDR20). I routed the power cable for the sub through the fuse box and put a new fuse(dedicated to the sub) in the fuse box. This is a cleaner way of going about this , than having a random fuse in my engine compartment. I also do not have to worry about any corrosion on a connector that would have been on the battery terminal.<span style="font-size: 13px;"> feel free to ask questions</span>

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^^ this is what the fuse box looked like before^^

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^new sub power cable going in^

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alt="" /></a>^the new 30 amp fuse^

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alt="" /></a>^pretty much done^

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alt="" /></a>^DONE^

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alt="" /></a>^the sub^

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[william1]

Very clean install man....

 

[myvwrock]

Thank you sir

 

[curtis mitchell]

looks good but a word from the wise move you amp off your box 1 if it is broken in too it's way too easy to grab and go 2 heat is traped 3 bass will affect your soider and cause a short . just a few things i have learn the hard way. and remember if it's to loud your to old

 

[weaglereefer]

Curtis Mitchell;476838 wrote: and remember if it's to loud your to old

I took my 2 JL 15s out of my truck because I was having hearing problems at 18. Ringing, hours of silence, etc...


Nice clean install!

 

[myvwrock]

i don't have it turned up very much at all . like the comtrols on my head unit go up to 10 and i have it on 2

 

[crab0000]

Are you sure that power wire is big enough? I have a 500 watt JL mono sub amp and ran 4 AWG power wire and felt that was a minimum. JMO It looks very clean though!

 

[myvwrock]

it's 10 gauge. the maunal says 10gauge or higher, my dads an Electrical engineer , i trust what he did

 

[crab0000]

Okay, just checking.

 

[weaglereefer]

Haha, I guess I'd trust him.

I remember having to run the 0g and drill a hole in the bottom of my truck to run the wire into the cab. Fun times.

 

[myvwrock]

it also is not that big of an amp( less than 30 amps power draw) and the sub is no that big either i think 360 watts...i think

 

[crab0000]

Oh, okay, my amp suggests 4 AWG wire and a 60 amp fuse.

 

[myvwrock]

my amp has two 20 amp fuses on it. my dad had the same set up in his little mazda protege when he had that car and it worked great