big 3 upgrade kits

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Topic: big 3 upgrade kits

Posted By: bigjohnny
Subject: big 3 upgrade kits
Date Posted: March 21, 2009 at 9:28 PM

Are there any good ones that wont break the bank? I'm looking for some 1/0 wire.

My alternator positive wire runs from my alt, to my starter then to my battery, so I need a fair length of positive wire.

No I won't be just adding wire, I'm going to remove the old wire and replace it all with new wire.

I cant seem to find any decently priced wire anywhere, and there are practically no audio shops in my city.... I don't want to use welding cable.

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Posted By: airhed692005
Date Posted: March 21, 2009 at 11:40 PM

This is what I would do is got to ebay and buy the wire. You can get 10'-100' 1/0 wires from $20-$100 all different colors. Get the cables and just buy how many connectors you need and solider them on. I get Lots of big wires cheap on there.

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Ronald Bailey Owner/ Installer of VIBRATION CUSTUM SOUNDS. CUSTOM BOX DESIGNER AND BUILDER
TID-896 7" screen,Amp-BX1206d
4/0power/ground cables
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Posted By: bigjohnny
Date Posted: March 22, 2009 at 8:04 AM

What's shipping cost on something like that? it's no doubt quite heavy.

The biggest problem is conversion to Canadian dollars makes stuff like that more expensive to me, not to mention I pay more fees for duty and tax when his stuff crosses the border, AND if its shipped with UPS, they will also charge you an extra brokerage fee because they paid the taxes for you at the border.

So, a $20 product, costs me about $25CAD, then shipping, lets just say $15 USD/$20CAD (that's $45 already for a $20 product)

Crosses the border, an item like this may not have any fees or taxes, or it may be small, probably $10. UPS brings it to my door, they charge me the $10 they paid at the border, plus about $35 for their brokerage fees.

Roughly $90 CAD for my $20 USD item.

Posted By: carguy411
Date Posted: March 22, 2009 at 10:04 AM

https://www.edesignaudio.com/index.php?cPath=1_76_28_56

try them. pretty good wire used it before

Posted By: airhed692005
Date Posted: March 23, 2009 at 12:16 AM

Got to look for the deals most of the seller will have FREE SHIPPING on things like that. just got to look. I bought 4/0 cable 50' for $50 with free shipping on ebay. That is what I have in my mini van running my system. Just check the web for 1/0 you will find deals

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Ronald Bailey Owner/ Installer of VIBRATION CUSTUM SOUNDS. CUSTOM BOX DESIGNER AND BUILDER
TID-896 7" screen,Amp-BX1206d
4/0power/ground cables
4-12 mofos 12ft3 box tuned 40hz DB:163.1

Posted By: bigjohnny
Date Posted: March 23, 2009 at 6:54 AM

ya a lot of guys have free shipping, until you calculate shipping to Canada..... then it isn't so free anymore heh.

I was looking at that stuff from eDesigns, the price difference between red and blue is stupid. I found out previously that its because the red and black is Tsunami wire, and more expensive.

I actually don't like the see through wire, I think it might look better with a solid color.... anyone got any opinions on that? I can't really picture in my head which would look better under my hood.

My alternator will be painted blue and red..... maybe I should keep the wire colors the same. Red for positive, and blue for negative?

Posted By: 3002steve
Date Posted: April 16, 2009 at 4:27 AM

you should be able to find cable at a local audio store or a welding supplys place , welding cable is beefcake and cheap

take it home and cut the lengths you need...remember its thicker and may not bend around corners so well , then get the audio shop to crimp the ends on for a few beers

Posted By: bellsracer
Date Posted: April 18, 2009 at 4:36 PM

I love using KnuKoncepts! VERY FLEXIBLE with TINY strands. Excellent for transferring power. KnuKoncepts.com

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Posted By: tcpmeta
Date Posted: September 11, 2009 at 6:23 AM

Welding cable for straight shots and typical audio power cable for tight turns and curves.

Gold plated terminals and connectors are also a key factor because gold is a better conductive metal.

For interior use you can use some soldier with a settling torch and solder the connections. You can use a hammer to crunch down on the connections for the engine bay but be careful bot to over crunch the cable or the strains will break.

For positive leads make sure to heat-shrink or tape up the exposed wire or metal portion of the connector. At the same time you don't want to go too big of a gauge of wire. If it's too long it could weaken the resistance. If it's too small of the gauge the cable can heat up and become a fire hazard.