Laying Wire For Speakers
Laying Wire For Speakers
Okay so im redoing my interior and i bought a new carpet...everything is out and cleaned and i was going to put my new carpet in...i was wondering if i should leave my carpet out for the people installing my system to make it easier or should i just put my carpet back?....i have no experience with laying wire for speakers so i dont even no if they put it under the carpet?
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it would help them, usually they run the wire under the door sills, u pull the kickplate up and they lay them under there. This is what i did atleast when running my sub wires and what not. I would say just put it in if its more convenient for you
lol its not really convient for me i dont drive till september.. 
but im just really anxious to get the interior complete.....especially so i can do some pre-driving this summer!.....thats with my parents that is 
but im just really anxious to get the interior complete.....especially so i can do some pre-driving this summer!.....thats with my parents that is
oh yea just anwser my basic question is this convient for them will it be a great help....or should i take my car over and just ask them to lay down the wire (pay for wiring) and come back when my i get enough money for my system....
it's not hard. do a bit of reading online and when you buy the stuff, read the instruction manuals that come with it.
running speaker wires and RCA cables is easy.
If you want, go ahead and put the carpet and seats back in, just don't put the door sill plates back on. all a car audio shop usually does is pull the sill plates up and tuck the wires along the edges there..
you can see how I ran mine here: http://blehmco.com/pics/car/interior/stereo/wiring/
power wire (yellow) for the amps down drivers side, RCA cables (the large grey cable) down the center console and out to the door sills under the pass seat, and then the speaker wires going into each door from the trunk run along each door sill.
the big thing is to simply not run the RCA wiring directly next to your power cables or any of the car's wiring. If you have to cross power cables or car's wiring, you want to cross it at 90* angles any chance you can, but sometimes that's not possible in a car. crossing at 90* angles will minimize any noise transmitted from the car's wiring into the RCAs. running the RCAs along with the lines simply adds to the distance the wires are close to it, which can increase the noise in the system.
running speaker wires and RCA cables is easy.
If you want, go ahead and put the carpet and seats back in, just don't put the door sill plates back on. all a car audio shop usually does is pull the sill plates up and tuck the wires along the edges there..
you can see how I ran mine here: http://blehmco.com/pics/car/interior/stereo/wiring/
power wire (yellow) for the amps down drivers side, RCA cables (the large grey cable) down the center console and out to the door sills under the pass seat, and then the speaker wires going into each door from the trunk run along each door sill.
the big thing is to simply not run the RCA wiring directly next to your power cables or any of the car's wiring. If you have to cross power cables or car's wiring, you want to cross it at 90* angles any chance you can, but sometimes that's not possible in a car. crossing at 90* angles will minimize any noise transmitted from the car's wiring into the RCAs. running the RCAs along with the lines simply adds to the distance the wires are close to it, which can increase the noise in the system.
Last edited by Matt93SE; May 5, 2008 at 08:12 AM.
i would say since you have some time you might as well figure it out and do it yourself. there are several car audio forums with tons of info avaiable. you can get better than (most) shop's results for less than what they will charge. its also just pretty good stuff to understand.
should you decide to pay someone else to do it, the carpet isn't really going to matter either way.
should you decide to pay someone else to do it, the carpet isn't really going to matter either way.
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it's not hard. do a bit of reading online and when you buy the stuff, read the instruction manuals that come with it.
running speaker wires and RCA cables is easy.
If you want, go ahead and put the carpet and seats back in, just don't put the door sill plates back on. all a car audio shop usually does is pull the sill plates up and tuck the wires along the edges there..
you can see how I ran mine here: http://blehmco.com/pics/car/interior/stereo/wiring/
power wire (yellow) for the amps down drivers side, RCA cables (the large grey cable) down the center console and out to the door sills under the pass seat, and then the speaker wires going into each door from the trunk run along each door sill.
the big thing is to simply not run the RCA wiring directly next to your power cables or any of the car's wiring. If you have to cross power cables or car's wiring, you want to cross it at 90* angles any chance you can, but sometimes that's not possible in a car. crossing at 90* angles will minimize any noise transmitted from the car's wiring into the RCAs. running the RCAs along with the lines simply adds to the distance the wires are close to it, which can increase the noise in the system.
running speaker wires and RCA cables is easy.
If you want, go ahead and put the carpet and seats back in, just don't put the door sill plates back on. all a car audio shop usually does is pull the sill plates up and tuck the wires along the edges there..
you can see how I ran mine here: http://blehmco.com/pics/car/interior/stereo/wiring/
power wire (yellow) for the amps down drivers side, RCA cables (the large grey cable) down the center console and out to the door sills under the pass seat, and then the speaker wires going into each door from the trunk run along each door sill.
the big thing is to simply not run the RCA wiring directly next to your power cables or any of the car's wiring. If you have to cross power cables or car's wiring, you want to cross it at 90* angles any chance you can, but sometimes that's not possible in a car. crossing at 90* angles will minimize any noise transmitted from the car's wiring into the RCAs. running the RCAs along with the lines simply adds to the distance the wires are close to it, which can increase the noise in the system.
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