Recent content by maylar

Thinking about this... Yes there would be a direct connection to the battery. The question is, how is that feed supplied? For 50 amps you would need the equivalent of 8AWG wire. Auto makers often use multiple runs of smaller wire in parallel. For instance, 2 x 14 AWG would be the same. If the...

Yes.

Typically there is a fuse "box" under the hood where the battery voltage gets distributed through big fuses to the vehicle. You would use a 30 or 40 amp fuse holder that attaches to your 8 ga wire and gets bolted to the distribution block with a big ring terminal. You don't have to go directly...

Bad idea. 16AWG is a 10 amp wire. Do it right - tap into the main power feed under the hood near the battery. Yes, it's a lot of work.

You don't need an LOC. Just use Y adapters and plug the rear HU channels into the amp's sub inputs.

Those tiny plastic enclosures are not a good thing. I put some expensive speakers in mine and they sounded awful. Ended up removing the boxes and mounting the speakers to the outside of the doors.

Thanks for that. Look like some bad azz 5.25's.

It also depends on your car. I find that big cars tend to sound "hollow" without rear fill. I drive big 4-dr sedans and a pair of 6X9's in the rear deck running on HU power can add volume and midbass. I'll second not having tweeters though. Speakers in the rear doors do nothing for the driver...

No. I'm still shopping. Hope you get it settled.

My car's stock HU doesn't have USB but it does have an Aux port. I plug an MP3 player into it. Ripping... of course. Haven't done that in 15 years. Thanks guys. A quick check of an audio CD shows .cda files. I wonder if you can "rip" the other way and turn MP3's into something that plays on a...

So it seems that modern head units don't play CD's any more. Is there a way to record a CD onto a USB flash drive? I have a lot of discs...

I'm considering getting an Alpine iLX-507 head unit that has time correction and comes with a microphone with 12.5 feet of cable. Is that the same mic that would be used for the Bluetooth phone functions? My car has a mic in the dash that I'd like to use for that.

I belong to a Cadillac forum and they're no help other than to agree with me that not including them was a another cheap-out by GM. I can't even find a part number or option code for the lights. Searching the web brings up generic lighting vendors or sometimes the whole "interior ambient...

I have acquired a 2010 Cadillac DTS and I want to add footlights to the front. Apparently they were only standard on the "Platinum" trim level, and mine is just a "Luxury II". Who would have guessed that a $50,000 car would not have them. Anyway, the factory parts are not available anywhere, so...

You might get some inspiration from the install that I did... Delta Audio Install