HOW DO YOU RUN WIRES FOR REAR AMP?

HOW DO YOU RUN WIRES FOR REAR AMP?

CAN U LAY OUT WHERE YOU PUT ALL THE WIRES?

What do you mean? Are you asking for suggestions as to where you would run your RCA's back to the amp or what? Please explain.

I am planning to install an amp either below the passage's seat or in the trunk as well.
I installed a whole system on my 88 vw but I kinda hesitate to do it on Corolla. Currently I just want to replace the head unit and all 4 stock speakers.

However, here is my assumpltion if I need to install an amp and re-wire the speaker wire myself.

1. Headunit, all the panel and trim between the driver's seat and passenger's seat, front seat, back seat, door panel, rear deck, need to be pulled out. Maybe the carpet as well?

2. Connect the RCA to the back of the headunit, go thru the middle all the way under the shifter box, to the end of the truck or wherever the amp is located.

3. Power cable go thru the firewall, under the carpet, to the end of the truck or wherever the amp is located.

4. Install new speaker wire from the amp to the rear speakers. It will be easy to do the rear speak wire if the amp is in the truck, but I haven't figure out a way how to install the wire all the way from the amp to the front door panel inside.

That's just too much hassle!! My local car stereo asks for $45 for amp installtion, but I am not sure if that includes install speaker wire as well. To me that's the trickest part. :shock:

cable routing

darrenwang, a couple ideas: 1st, if you put a amp under the seat, you'll block off airflow to it. It'll probably get hot enough to burn itself out, and I wouldn't be surprised if it melted some of the foam in the seat before it did it. Also, if you have the all-weather package, there's a vent there. In the summer the AC will help cool the amp, but in the winter, the heat...

Second, if your run your RCA's under the center console, make SURE they can't get into any moving parts. If you want a alternative, the drivers side kick panel comes off with a plastic screw and one clip, the door sills just unsnap, and there's room in the factory wiring channel for RCA cables (and a power cable too).

I strongly recommend you DON'T run your power cable under carpeting. Like you never run a extension cord under a carpet at home, it will get degraded over time, due to the carpet holding moisture, sand that gets thru the carpet will eat the insulation away, and (if your car is like mine) there's quite a few little sharp spikes where sheet metal panels meet. You won't know what shape your cable is in until it's too late, since you can't see it. Again, plenty of room in the door sill channel, where Toyota chose to run their wiring.

Power cable thru the firewall: just BE CAREFUL. Don't route it near hot parts, moving parts, and if you drill your own hole (you shouldn't need to, find a existing grommet and run it thru there), make SURE you protect the heck out of it from sharp metal! We're talking the possibility of frying your alternator, draining your battery, or worse yet, starting a fire under the dash!

I know both Best Buy and Circuit City "system" install jobs include running the speaker wires. Not to bad-mouth Circuit City, but when they did my alarm / remote starter install, they did a horrible job. May have just been a rookie or someone who just didn't care about quality, but they used no grommets, twisted wires together and wrapped them in electrical tape, just did a lousy job overall. I bit the bullet and brought it to Best Buy, they just about took the entire thing out and re-installed it, MUCH better job.