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allright i'm sure i am freakn retarded

but i want to add a sub or two to my contour. Currently i have 4 pioneer 6x9's installed in the doors already and a panasonic mp3 cdplayer headunit that has like 40-50 wats x4 channels or something like that (can't remember don't have the book)

my question is... i want to add a sub or two and i'm not sure how to go about doing it. do i just add a sub and amp to the sub and feed that to the headunit or do i fead the door speakers to the amp as well as the sub then back to the headunit or what?

i'm not quite sure what you guys normaly do but i want it to sound nice,

anyboyd have any suggestions on subs, amps, and setup?

i looked at that basslink (yes i did go back several pages looking before i posted) and its out of my price range

any help is appreciated thanks

First and foremost you will have to run a power wire straight from the battery to an amp for the subs. Probably at least 4 gauge. You will have to ground the amp to the chassis, run a remote wire and RCAs from the radio to the amp. Remote wire is to tell the amp to turn on, the RCAs send the signal to the amp. That is the basic jist. If you don't feel comfortable doing it yourself you can always have a shop do it. It shouldn't cost too much. But look to spend at least $60 on a complete amp wiring kit, all be it not the best stuff but it should get you bye if your on a budget.

As far as equipment recomendations. My advice is to audition as many amps and subs you can before you buy. There will be a lot of different people recommending alot of different products, some of which you've never heard of. MOst of them are very good and cost effective. But in the end you'll need to choose something that sounds good to YOU and is within your budget.

P.S. STAY AWAY FROM AUDIOBAHN, You can thank me later

hmm i posted a reply yesterday odd how its not there hmm

anywho THANKS for the info

anybody else have any sub w/ enclosure / amp combo's and what not? i saw the infinity one and thats out of my price range

i take it those rca plugs power the front speakers after the hu sends it through the amp or something? anyway thanks

alright heres a question if you get a 1800w bandpass sub system how big of an amp do you need?

thx yah the thing said it was a over 1k wats at max power or some crap

alright lol sorry more questions would i need a mono amp or some crap or a 4 channel or whatever? i have no idea

the subs are 600 rms 4 ohms peak 1100watt

any ideas on what kinda amp i should get for those? and also to power my other speakers in the car? or do i need 2 amps or something? i have 4 6x9's that i would want 2 power cause the hu amp blows goat nuss. any suggestions?

made this real quick...maybe it'll help an audio virgin...

Make sure you use a fuse between the amp and the battery so you dont fry it!

that little picture is the bomb hehe