I started installing the audio system in my son's car.
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From 16 to my early 20's I installed audio systems in all of my cars (and did it professionally for a short time). My friends and I also built custom speaker cabinets, door panels and consoles. Having a quality custom system was great, but designing and building it is what I enjoyed the most.
I've never installed subs or amps in any of my cars, farthest I've gone is to replace speakers and head units. Do you have to worry about extra strain on the alternator to power the amp?
Built a custom box with Alpine subs and amp for my caddy back in the day, good times. Not a fan of swapping out the head units in modern cars though, its just looks out of place. Don't you lose a lot of the system integration also?
Lieutenant Dan wrote:I've never installed subs or amps in any of my cars, farthest I've gone is to replace speakers and head units. Do you have to worry about extra strain on the alternator to power the amp?
Yes. That's why I'm installing an isolator relay that will allow the cars alternator to charge a second 680 CCA dry cell battery without overloading the factory charging system.
shaft wrote:Built a custom box with Alpine subs and amp for my caddy back in the day, good times. Not a fan of swapping out the head units in modern cars though, its just looks out of place. Don't you lose a lot of the system integration also?
They sell interface modules that allow the factory controls to work with aftermarket radios. That's the "RadioPRO 4" pictured above.
Lieutenant Dan wrote:I've never installed subs or amps in any of my cars, farthest I've gone is to replace speakers and head units. Do you have to worry about extra strain on the alternator to power the amp?
Yes. That's why I'm installing an isolator relay that will allow the cars alternator to charge a second 680 CCA dry cell battery without overloading the factory charging system.
