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Does anyone have a decent guide on how to wire this car up? I really dont know where to start

Wire what up?

Well i need to wire up the power leads and remote leads but have no idea how to wire them from the battery/headunit to the boot

you need to know how to wire a radio?

You dont need 4 gauge wire for a head-unit

This post has been edited by D-Man: Aug 20, 2008 - 4:09 PM

no but i need the 4 gauge to be wired up to the battery to lead to my boot where my amp is waiting right ? And i also need to know how to get the remote wire from the back of my headunit to my boot where again my amp is waiting ..Any ideas?

Wow, a 4 gauge remote wire would be insane! SO you pretty much need to run your power (4gauge wire) from the battery to the correct terminal, and the same with the remote (ACC) wire? But dont know how to do it, or where to run it? What do you mean by boot?

Thats correct about the wires. I dont know how to run them through the car..does anyone have a guide i could use?

Boot = The thing ppl put their subwoofers/amp/shopping in. Usually located at the rear of the car

the boot is what us americans call the trunk of the car. I thought that there was something in the stickies about an amp install but I couldn't really find anything. I think most people run it through the firewall by either drilling a hole then using a grommet or just running it through the big bundle of wires going through there anyways. then they will run the power on one side of the car under the door sills and the output cables on the opposite side to avoid interference. You could always just pull up the carpet and run it that way as well.

Here's a link to the sticky on how to relocate the battery to the trunk/boot you could follow as well.

just take out the amp for the speakers...


go to crutchfield.com they have everything!!!

This post has been edited by CelicaST_CALI: Aug 20, 2008 - 9:43 PM

I could do this but I still wouldnt know how to get the remote wire to my trunk?

Run a wire from your head units ACC (red usualy) thru a toggle on your dash and then run it under the carpet/back seats to the trunk/ "boot"

lol, the Boot

Sorry, i've never heard it referred to a boot before, but it does make sense. lol.

lol.

My remote lead is blue ..what do you mean via a toggle? im assuming the dash and centre console come off easily?

A toggle switch, so that you maintain manuel control over you amp. And yeah, it all comes off pretty easy. Just drop that panel under you steering wheel.

I believe its a total of 4 philips and 4 10mm bolts, and 2 "clips" that just click in and out of place. Easy easy.

And the blue wire off of a head-unit is normally to a power antenna, witch will not give you the power to turn on your amp. Just FYI.

thanks for the advice..il try that tonight

Also to get the power cable from my battery to my "trunk" im going to have to remove the glove box right?

I didn't. I ran threw a hole in the driver side fire wall. Right next to the steering column.

EDIT: oh nevermind, you're UK, you cab is mirrored. My fault.

IDK if you'll have to remove it or not. You'll have to ask some UK guys.

This post has been edited by D-Man: Aug 21, 2008 - 9:07 AM

Thank you for your help so far ..il let you guys know how i get on tonight

I think im going to refer to my trunk as a boot from now on, just to confuse people stateside.

So i took my glovebox off..


No sign of a hole for the power lead


Engine


found this hole on the top left of the engine..wire went in but had no idea where it went to

Anyone got any ideas..i dont really want to pay £100 to get this done at my local audio place:(

Dude, you realy just gotta figure it out. That's EXACALY what a shop is going to do, they'll just figure it out

now if you want to deal with the hassle, then from your battary, you can follow some black lines into the fender, (remove the fender) and run them back into the cab. This is a massive PITA, but if you cant figure out anything else, it's pretty sure-fire. (it'll just take a while )

But i reccomend getting under that glove box, and reaching for that wire. It's where mine is wired thru. Right on the firewall, it's the best place to run it IMO. But IDK if you gotta drop the glove box or what, you'll have to figure that out on your own. Just remember where all your screws go.

whats this firewall you talk about? and what is a fender?

im such a noob:(