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Has anyone installed their own amp and if so how hard was it??

I installed my dads. (Ford F-150)
It depends if u go under the carpeting or not.(we did)
Its not really hard, its just tim consuming.

if you dont break anything its easy. for the wire through the firewall just look for an unused or exististing grommet through it and use that through the firewall. pull up any plastic bezels holding the carpet down and run it by the door. make sure your turn on lead and rcas for the amp are on the opposite side of the car from your power wire. its relatively easy just be careful with the plastic bezels

umm ya i have installed a Few amps in my lifetime...

not hard at all very easy..

Installing the amp is the easy part, for me, the only pain is running the wires through the car.

Running wires is the most time-consuming part, but it is easy if you read up on it. Know that if you try to go in and do it with no knowledge, you might hurt yourself :-D. It saves money if you do it yourself though. Hardest part is finding a space through the firewall, and finding a place to ground, but those become simple through experience. Mounting the amps is the creative part.

Where would be a good source on how to do the wiring?

through firewall


thats where i found how to go through the firewall....very simple, as for a ground i went behind the carpet on the drivers side in the trunk; there are a couple holes there, just sand off the paint and thru bolt.

one question....why should you run the RCA's and turn on on the opposite side of the car as the power?

doesn't really matter for Sub application but it can induce interferance..

Alternator whine.. Not good. you wanna keep RCA's away from any major power source or cross at 90 degree angles.. More important for Full range applications but i still run them seperate if getting paid what i want to do it.. otherwise its the Same side becuase its quicker.

Hey. There is a hole underneath the gas pedal or somewhere down there where i ran my power. Run it under the carpet and have it come to the back seat. Then kinda by the seat belt (inbetween the top and lower sections of the seat) you can jsut run the wire though there. Then for a ground you; Lets say your looking at your trunk from the back. peel of the carpet on the right side(kinda by where the gas tank is) There will be one plasctic screw you will need to take out and one plastic thing that holds the carpet in. Right behind the second plastic thing there are two holes, one about 1 inch in diameter and one maybe 1/3 inch. Sand around the 1/3 inch hole and run a bolt through there,Then kinda wrap your ground aroung the bolt and find a big washer and tightn it all up. Hope I helped