hey guys...im looking to hook up my speakers to my system...the only thing is that i need to know what gauge of female spades i need that will hook directly up to 1. all my 6.5 speakers and 2. my sub...i dont feel like soldering the connections and having this messy looking install..i was hoping that everything will be like POP and go..another question...the wiring harness for my HU has what gauge of wiring? because i want to do the exact same thing when i wire the radio harness to the car harness...i dont want to butt connect but im looking to spade/bullet connect them...lemme know if this is a good idea...will it recude the chances of having loop distortion in my speakers?...its generally for cleaner install and easy disconnection when needed. Thanks in advance

 

you don't have to solder the connection on your RL-p. they'll just take bare wire fine.

 

I would use butt connectors, not the bullets. You'll just have to look at the speakers and determine what size, but if you mean as far as the wire gauge I'd say 14-16gauge is fine.

 

what if i used spade conenctions?...i dont want to butt connect it because i had a bad expeirnce once..if i really have to i will..otherwise i want to spade conenct the harness from the HU to the nissan harness.

 

For the headunit harness, I would use the male/female quick-disconnects or butt connectors. In my set-up, I always use male/female because I tend to go thru a number of new components. This makes it convenient for a quick disconnect or swap, without doing any more cutting or splicing of the wires. If you want a more permanent connection, then use butt connectors or solder. As far as the wiring used in the harness, most factory connections are 18 gauge, so using anything 18-16 guage is fine. As far as the speaker hookups, I would use female spade connectors, depending on the connection (if it has male connectors). Again, this makes it convenient for disconnection, if needed. I would only use bare wire on connections like AscendantMax's sub. A good connection is only as good as its crimp....use a good crimping tool if you tend to use solderless connectors and you'll be fine. It will only cause phase shifting if the crimp isn't good. I hope this information helps you out any.

 

A bad crimp will cause phase shifting?? I think that depends on which wire is crimped poorly, and it can cause a number of problems, not just phase shifting.

 

Yeah, after reading my post again, what I meant was that if the connection isn't good enough from the crimp (from speaker hookups), sometimes it will cause shifting read fom the amp. With the loose connection, the speaker will fade in/out at times and the amp will not read the full amount of ohms from the speaker. I had this happen in my set-up once, and it was annoying as hell. I later found one of my speaker wire got stretched from the connection at the amp.