Eg Amplifier Install

[Vtec_Power]

***********************AMPLIFIER INSTALL****************************

You now need your tools, wire cutters, and time and patience.

1.Take the red power cable from your amp wire kit. Then take a metal o-ring connector from the kit and strip one end of the power wire, i'd say around 1/4-1/2 inch will do the job. Gently cram the o-ring on the cable and make sure it wont go any further. then take the wire cutters, or a wrench whatever you have handy and crimp the metal part of the o-ring onto the cable, finish it off by Taping it very tightly with elec. tape, and connecting it to the battery terminal ring, DONT HOOK IT UP YET.

Now run the cable along the firewall across the car to the drivers side of the car. this is where you thank Mr. Honda for inventing this generation of cars. the 92-95 EG civic has a hole in the firewall just big enough for this cable already drilled and everything. Run the non-o-ring side of the cable through this hole. push it through the hole and keep pushing till you get some into your car. (Having a friend here would be handy), other wise grab the wire and pull it all the way back to the trunk of your car. Make sure the trunk is open and the seatback is down, It just makes things easier.

Now your part under the hood is amlost done...but for now, time for the interior. Now, take the light blue wire and strip about a 1/2 inch off both ends, take one end and wrap it around the RED HEAD UNIT HARNESS WIRE, see diagram below.


This is the Remote AMP wire, run that carefully behind the pedals and under the carpet along WITH THE RCA CABLES. So at this point you should have the RCA cables, the Remote wire, and the Power cable all sticking out of the driverside of the car, bundle them up over by the hood latch release, and zip tie them together. Make sure they are concealed and not in the way of your feet while sitting/getting in/out of the car.

At this point run everything to the trunk of your car, just to see if the cables will reach, most of the time they should, if not you just need to go out and buy longer cables, as a rule anything over 14' will do the job. (I would hope that you have your box with your subs in the trunk of your car by now along with your amp. To make things easier, bolt the amp to your subs, preferrably to a flat side on the back.)

Now is another time to bless Mr. Honda, Pull back the kick panels on the door sill, (err...the plastic thing that the carpet is attached to, dunno if thats what its called...) and place the cables underneath it, do this so that the cables go all the way back to the trunk. Now every 6 inches place a zip tie, it'll make things cleaner and easier to manage.

At this pont, everything should be done with the interior of the car, as long as the cables are all out of sight, not in the way, and not stretched to the max, you can replace the plastic doorway kick panels and move to the trunk.

In the trunk now you should have a few things.
1. Power cable, 1/2 inch stripped off
2. Remote wire 1/2 inch stripped off
3. Red and White( or black) tipped RCA cables

1, 2, 3 Zip-Tied Together.

4. Amp mounted to sub box
5. Sub Box
6. Ground Wire from the Amp Kit, (Brown or black moderatly thick gauge wire)

Strip the ground wire at both ends, On one end, put an o-ring connector, on the other a U-connector. repeat the power cable process on each side, crimp and tape tightly, take the end with the o-connector and find a bolt that is attached to the chassis, (try the suspension bolts if all else fails), and connect the side with the u-connector to the part on the amp that says "ground."

Now, Start putting the connectors on the other stripped wires. Put a u-connector on the power wire and connect it to the part of the amp that says "power" likewise do the same with the remote. Then connect the RCA cables to the corresponding parts on the amp and then you are done with the amp. Now to keep your subs from flopping around in the trunk, you can do a few things. Personally I have a Dual 12" Bandpass box and I had barely any room to get my box in my trunk, so I removed my spare tire cover, and my spare tire, and the trunk bumper gaurd, and slid the box in like that, then replaced the spare tire, and the cover after the sub was in by shimmying it into place. this left me liek like 1/2 inch of space between the decklid and my box, so i screwed in like 6 2" drywall screws into the top of my box right where the box was out of reach to my seat back so that even if the box wanted to move forward the screws would catch it.

After everything is said and done, re-install the plastic piece under the dash, then move back under the hood and if you really want, take that black rubber hosing that came with the amp kit and cover the power wire with it, you know, if you dont want a red wire just sitting there. NOW YOU ARE DONE!, congratulations!!

here are the pics of my subs installed.

pretty big, so i linked em.

My Subs Completed.

What I mean by the screws.

As you can see I have the trunk space of a Del Sol....but hey who cares I can feel my brain rattle in my skull

Enjoy and Drive and listen responsibly.