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thats funny. i used to use those then i went to soldering. i know what you mean about cutting the wire shorter and shorter but since he is running them to the bolts, he will basicaly be making the direct connects longer. but you can just cut off the tape/heat shrink and heat up the solder. then you wouldnt be cutting it down. maybe i just like soldering or im too cheap to by some connecters when i can make it work for free. the other 2 options would be faster though.

id say to solder them but i dont want you to yell at me again.

you giving drunkin advice tacoma?

lol i couldnt decide what i wanted to respond with.

lol i am helping. just use the soldering iron to connect 2 wires into 1. run that one wire out of the box and into your amp. now you dont have to be worried about burning carpet. i thought it was good advice.

i didnt give a crap till i read that he was a member here. GO GET HIM WILDBEAST!!

dont know how to use a soldering iron?

why not just leave the bolt out and run the wire through the hole?

use this. http://www.the12volt.com/caraudio/woofer_configurations.asp or use a DMM and set it to ohms then check the speaker wire at the amp. almost every amp puts out different power and different ohm loads. so you could buy a 2000w amp but have your subs wired to 8ohm and only be getting 400w out of it. feel free to pm me if you need more help.

lol dude, a washer would be the same thing as the wire. unless its rubber.

ive never seen it on carpet but people use those bolts all the time. nothing wrong with it. im sure it wont cause a fire.

do you know what ohm load you are running them at? for lower end subs like yours, i wouldnt go much over rms. so when you pic an amp make sure it doesnt go higher than 700wrms at the ohm load you are presenting. like if you were at 2ohms, a sundown 1000d should work pretty well but if your at 1ohm itll give them a little too much power. no one likes to chime in on these questions unless you give more info. mostly how much you want to spend.

way too many screws.

itll charge faster if you drive around. keep the system off.

yep, a jump or a battery charger. be more careful next time

ya. i ment mine still changes the "volume" all the way up.

hold on now. are you running these wires to a back battery or do they run straight to the amp? if they run to the amp, put a 300amp fuse on the wire close to the battery. then put a 150amp fuse on each wire close to the amp. otherwise you have a 600amp fuse running to your amp. or you could just run the 300amp fuses and itll only protect against a fire. it wont protect your amp. its always a good idea to fuse the alt + as well. the idea here is to protect against a fire. if that + wire grounds out, itll dump a TON of current.

hmm... not sure whats going on. mine turns up all the way.

looks good. bass boost all the way down?

yes, thats the knob im talking about. so what was the output voltage when you set your gain? was the amp under load when you set it? what tone did you use?

did you really just put the DD Z in a list with a JL W7????

but those include the amp and box. so its not like its 12k for the sub.

do you know how to set the gain? did you use a DMM or an o-scope? if you need a lesson on how to set it i can help you out. but yes, when it stops getting louder, its because your clipping. it means you set the gain on the amp too high. but, if you dont believe me, turn that remote all the way up, go full tilt on your HU and play it for 10min. i bet you'll smell something stinky.

its not a volume knob, its a gain. very different. the reason it wont get any louder is because you are going into clipping. thats very, very bad.