Which amp wiring kit to use?

[VesperZ]

Hi guys, I am at the stage of purchasing a wiring kit for my VZ Berlina. I am looking for a good quality 4 gauge 4 channel wiring kit. I am not necessarily looking for competition wiring, my budget sits between $100.00 and $150.00. I was wondering if anyone could shed some light into which products would be suitable. Perhaps products they have used in the past and their experience with them. Thanks

[acarmody]

You could get a Cadence wiring kit for about $100, or if you look around hard enough maybe even a Stinger kit for a bit more.

[VesperZ]

I've seen Stinger kits for about $189.00, but that's without the RCA's which would be over my budget. Stinger is a good quality wiring kit, but expensive at that.

[bezz]

Not a kit perse, but a lot of people around here (myself included) use jaycar for wiring. Their 4ga is quite cheap and definitely does the job. I believe I spent just under $100 all up wiring my car from jaycar parts (bought the fuse holder and distro block off ebay however).

[VesperZ]

Yes I was definitely considering Jay-Car. With my custom wiring job I tend to require about up to 10 metres of 4 gauge as I tend to have both my amps opposite sides of the boot. And as you may already know, no amp wiring kit gives you 10 metres of power cable.

[StoneX]

I spent $600 on wiring and that was after a 50% discount

I'd just go into JB and ask for a complete wiring kits. You're not going to really notice any difference between kits except for cosmetics/looks.

[StoneX]

10m of 4ga??? It takes 6m max to get from battery to boot, then the boot is only like 1.5m wide... Why do you need over 3m more?

[VesperZ]

Ouch $600! I couldn't justify parting with that much for wiring. I bet it was well worth it though!

[VesperZ]

I need about 10 metres because I of the way I run it. I run it so you can't see it. Plus I have a capacitor, so I am running both positive and negative for both amps off it.

[StoneX]

You might as well buy Jaycar if you're hiding it. I just got Stinger because I wanted it to look fancy, had Jaycar and Aerpro in all my previous installs.

[VesperZ]

Yea I've had stinger before, never had problems with it, but I can't buy a Stinger kit because then I would have to buy 2, and that would get expensive.

[acarmody]

Holy hell 10 friggin metres?? Yep no kits gonna give you that.

What sort of system are you running? If 4gauge is only just going to cut it, you may want to think about 2gauge because of the amount of wiring you got there.

[VesperZ]

It's not going to be 10 metres from the battery, it's probably only about 6 metres from the battery to the capacitor and the rest will be from the capacitor to each amp.

[Fonzie]

Yeah you might want to look at a larger gauge... None the less, it's been mentioned here already, go with jaycar. The RCA's you can by separate from most auto stores, go decent quality on these...
Something a lot of people miss, make sure you re-ground your battery in the bay.

[acarmody]

It's not going to be 10 metres from the battery, it's probably only about 6 metres from the battery to the capacitor and the rest will be from the capacitor to each amp.

Ummm 4 metres of cable from the cap to the amp(s), for a cap to have any use (without starting the age ol' debate) I'm sure it has to be right next to the amp.

[VesperZ]

Yea I totally agree, no debate here. I want to buy 10 metres to have plenty to play with. Unfortunately for me, I will have an amp on each side of my boot, which means my cap will be on one side (with one amp), and my other amp will be on the other side. Unfortunately there is no way around this unless you have a better idea.

[acarmody]

2nd cap? Are they both monos, if yes then maybe 2nd cap, if not then the cap goes with mono. No need for cap on amp only powering door speakers.

[VesperZ]

Yea it's just one mono, so one cap only

[acarmody]

Yep cool like I said the cap only has to go to the mono because its the one that draws the power on a loud bass thump. Multi-channel amp powering door speakers would gain nothing from a cap as it doesn't draw enough. I would get a wiring kit or whatever and use a distribution block under the rear seat, one wire going to door speaker amp and other going to cap which should be literally right next to amp.

[HamaTime™]

You could get a Cadence wiring kit for about $100, or if you look around hard enough maybe even a Stinger kit for a bit more.

Cadence kits are damn good quality.

[Coxy2097]

get a kicker kit from jb hifi, they are about $160 last time i check and they are worth the extra $10, also its jb hifi you always bargain down the price.

[lethalduck]

I'm looking at using a:
Response Car Amp 4x100WRMS
Response Car Amp 4x100WRMS - Jaycar Electronics

With a:
Precision RESPONSE 12" Subwoofer
CS-2354
http://www.jaycar.co.nz/productResults.asp?FORM=KEYWORD

and some:
Component Car Speakers with Ribbon Tweeters
CS2338

Am I going to need a capacitor on the power line?
If so, what size?

[holdenboy]

You wont need a capacitor.

Use a 4AWG wiring kit for that amp.

[lethalduck]

I'm looking at using a:
Response Car Amp 4x100WRMS
Response Car Amp 4x100WRMS - Jaycar Electronics

With a:
Precision RESPONSE 12" Subwoofer
CS-2354
http://www.jaycar.co.nz/productResults.asp?FORM=KEYWORD

and some:
Component Car Speakers with Ribbon Tweeters
CS2338

Am I going to need a capacitor on the power line?
If so, what size?

[StoneX]

You wont need a capacitor.

Use a 4AWG wiring kit for that amp.