# The Corret Way To Install Car Audio :) **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [January 6, 2005, 1:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-corret-way-to-install-car-audio/171546 "2005-01-06T13:59:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![juzwick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ab097/32.png) [@juzwick](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/juzwick)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 1:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-corret-way-to-install-car-audio/171546/1 "2005-01-06T13:59:53Z")
Step One: you need a good platform to work with…the Mitsubishi Eclipse will do rather nicely. ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/juzwick/01.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/juzwick/01.jpg) Step Two: get yourself some sassy seat covers. ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/juzwick/02.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/juzwick/02.jpg) Step Three: personalized plates are a MUST! ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/juzwick/03.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/juzwick/03.jpg) **_Now that you’ve given your already pimped out Eclipse some extra flair…it’s time to move our attention to the “junk in the trunk”…ya heard?!_** Step Four: you need to hook up the power wire so you can feed the beast. ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/juzwick/04.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/juzwick/04.jpg) Step Five: make sure the power wire is on…good and snug. don’t worry about that melted wire…it won’t affect your SQ. 🙂 ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/juzwick/05.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/juzwick/05.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![juzwick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ab097/32.png) [@juzwick](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/juzwick)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 2:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-corret-way-to-install-car-audio/171546/2 "2005-01-06T14:00:31Z")
Step Six: time to run the wire through the firewall. if you can’t get to the firewall, this’ll do. ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/juzwick/06.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/juzwick/06.jpg) Step Seven: make sure the wire follows the door jam at a good angle, we don’t want a wiring mess. remember, this is a professional job. ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/juzwick/07.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/juzwick/07.jpg) Step Eight: if you don’t have enough ground wire, don’t worry. just twist on some more wire. ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/juzwick/08.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/juzwick/08.jpg) Step Nine: same with the power wire…if you don’t have enough, twist some more length on. ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/juzwick/09.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/juzwick/09.jpg) Step Ten: make sure that your twist is good and tight. ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/juzwick/10.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/juzwick/10.jpg) Step Eleven: now that you’ve got your extra flair installed and all your wires are run, you’re ready to BLOW UP THE BLOCK!! this install gets Rick’s seal of approval!! ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/juzwick/11.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/juzwick/11.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Sight\_N\_Sound](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sight_n_sound/32/5950_2.png) [@Sight\_N\_Sound](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sight_N_Sound)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 2:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-corret-way-to-install-car-audio/171546/3 "2005-01-06T14:08:00Z")
lol, the sad part is I actually see people do that and think its a good install… 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![HaNnIBaL64](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hannibal64/32/5954_2.png) [@HaNnIBaL64](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HaNnIBaL64)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 2:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-corret-way-to-install-car-audio/171546/4 "2005-01-06T14:10:39Z")
> [@Sight N Sound](#): > > lol, > > the sad part is I actually see people do that and think its a good install… 🤣 :ugh2: id be ashamed… and i do all my own work when it comes to that shit… 100% of the stuff ive put in my cars and other peoples is usually 100% hidden wires and that atleast in the obvious places… ---
**Author:** ![Sight\_N\_Sound](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sight_n_sound/32/5950_2.png) [@Sight\_N\_Sound](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sight_N_Sound)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 2:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-corret-way-to-install-car-audio/171546/5 "2005-01-06T14:12:54Z")
> [@HaNnIBaL64](#): > > :ugh2: > > id be ashamed… and i do all my own work when it comes to that shit… 100% of the stuff ive put in my cars and other peoples is usually 100% hidden wires and that atleast in the obvious places… I totally agree, but some people thing they are do it yourselfers and can;t come to grips that its a fire hazard and they don;t know shit. Just because you know black is ground doesn;t mean its done right… 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Quik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/quik/32/5979_2.png) [@Quik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Quik)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 2:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-corret-way-to-install-car-audio/171546/6 "2005-01-06T14:15:22Z")
i love when ppl use house wire in a car and use the black wire as the hot wire and the white wire as the ground. DC is wired different then AC ---
**Author:** ![Stroker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/stroker/32/5948_2.png) [@Stroker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Stroker)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 2:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-corret-way-to-install-car-audio/171546/7 "2005-01-06T14:16:36Z")
looks like my car hey it was 10 min before dark what else was i suppost to do ---
**Author:** ![Sight\_N\_Sound](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sight_n_sound/32/5950_2.png) [@Sight\_N\_Sound](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sight_N_Sound)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 2:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-corret-way-to-install-car-audio/171546/8 "2005-01-06T14:17:01Z")
> [@Quik](#): > > i love when ppl use house wire in a car and use the black wire as the hot wire and the white wire as the ground. DC is wired different then AC LOL i forgot about that too… that is classic. So what kind of wiring you using, 12-2 romex…lol ---
**Author:** ![HaNnIBaL64](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hannibal64/32/5954_2.png) [@HaNnIBaL64](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HaNnIBaL64)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 2:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-corret-way-to-install-car-audio/171546/9 "2005-01-06T14:19:09Z")
buy a damn wiring kit for a car and keep reusing it on different cars not that hard… ---
**Author:** ![99CobraSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/9de053/32.png) [@99CobraSC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/99CobraSC)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 4:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-corret-way-to-install-car-audio/171546/10 "2005-01-06T16:11:50Z")
looks like the wireing they did in my ford probe… yeah and it started a little fire. They Wired the headlights into the hot on the radio. ---
**Author:** ![starboy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/starboy/32/5985_2.png) [@starboy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/starboy)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 6:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-corret-way-to-install-car-audio/171546/11 "2005-01-06T18:30:25Z")
> [@juzwick](#): > > **Step Six: time to run the wire through the firewall**. if you can’t get to the firewall, this’ll do. I mean i did that when I was 16 but whoa. ---
**Author:** ![juzwick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ab097/32.png) [@juzwick](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/juzwick)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 11:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-corret-way-to-install-car-audio/171546/12 "2005-01-07T11:32:07Z")
he story: dumb bitch bought a viper remote start a couple weeks ago and we installed it. she came in this week saying that it was killing her battery so she wanted it taken out. she pulled it into the bay and the condition of the car was um…how should i say it…not up to MECP standards… so we offered to fix all her wiring issues for $60 along with removing the remote start from her car. in the end, it turns out the dumb punta had the alarm removed and didn’t have the wiring cleaned up. so be warned, if you see a white eclipse with the license plate, “imsingl”, run for your life because you’ll probably go down with her when her car catches on fire. ---
**Author:** ![Pewter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pewter/32/5936_2.png) [@Pewter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pewter)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 11:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-corret-way-to-install-car-audio/171546/13 "2005-01-07T11:38:46Z")
> [@juzwick](#): > > he story: > > dumb bitch bought a viper remote start a couple weeks ago and we installed it. she came in this week saying that it was killing her battery so she wanted it taken out. she pulled it into the bay and the condition of the car was um…how should i say it…not up to MECP standards… so we offered to fix all her wiring issues for $60 along with removing the remote start from her car. in the end, it turns out the dumb punta had the alarm removed and didn’t have the wiring cleaned up. so be warned, if you see a white eclipse with the license plate, “imsingl”, run for your life because you’ll probably go down with her when her car catches on fire. pics of said chic ti watch out for? ---
**Author:** ![juzwick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ab097/32.png) [@juzwick](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/juzwick)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 11:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-corret-way-to-install-car-audio/171546/14 "2005-01-07T11:46:35Z")
unless your in cincinnati, i don’t think you’ll have a problem with running into her haha… and sorry, but i don’t have pics…my camera would’ve shut down if i had tried…_shivers_ ---
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 11:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-corret-way-to-install-car-audio/171546/15 "2005-01-07T11:57:57Z")
sounds like a beast. i for one, am known to use ethernet cabling as speaker wire 🤣 fuck it! ---
**Author:** ![Pewter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pewter/32/5936_2.png) [@Pewter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pewter)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 12:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-corret-way-to-install-car-audio/171546/16 "2005-01-07T12:32:06Z")
> [@fshowcars](#): > > sounds like a beast. > > i for one, am known to use ethernet cabling as speaker wire 🤣 fuck it! does wally help u? :bowrofl: ---
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 12:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-corret-way-to-install-car-audio/171546/17 "2005-01-07T12:39:26Z")
> [@8.1crew](#): > > does wally help u? :bowrofl: 🤣 he’d shit if he saw the way my cabby was wired :hsdance: ---
**Author:** ![fmfkid250](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fmfkid250/32/5973_2.png) [@fmfkid250](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fmfkid250)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2005, 8:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-corret-way-to-install-car-audio/171546/18 "2005-01-09T20:54:50Z")
LOL did her “kickers” still work when it came in? i am an installer at best buy too, this is for real i get it daily they always come in and tell me that there sounds stoped workn’ and “day only work when day want too” lol u made my night looks to my like she had the 771