i messed up my car

You're using what, a toggle switch to turn on your amp?  Why?

In any case, if you had wiring "start to burn up" I suspect at least one fuse somewhere in your car is gone, along with some wiring.  It's time to remove it all and start over with fresh wires.  Are you using a proper wiring harness adapter for your car?

But back to the switch question.  What are you trying to accomplish and why not use the remote-on feature of the HU to activate the amp?

Um, no, that never works unless you are dealing with a dumb (or very busy) officer.  If you are busted violating a noise ordinance, you are busted.

Sounds like your cousin needs to fix what he did... in any case, "some wiring from Radio Shack" may or may not be the proper kit for your car, and you are crazy to not use the proper kit.  Assuming, that is, that you want it to be done correctly.  If the RS kit is specifically designed for your 92 Civic, then fine use it.  If not, get the Metra 70-1720 and do the job right.

But you'll first have to track down whatever wiring was destroyed by your little fire and replace it, and find any fuses that might be blown and replace those too.  Then start over.

*sigh*  No.  He means a wiring harness for your deck.  If you had used a low-level fuse for your switch you would not be having this problem.  How did you run the switch?  Inline with the main power for the amp?  Off the remote turn-on coming out of the deck?  Off the cars turn on wire for the deck?

Besides, this is just a silly idea.  They make you pop your trunk look at you and say, "it was you, and here is your ticket".  On a misdemeanor the burden of proof is usually just your word against his, in which case the cop gets the benefit of the doubt.  Why don’t you just show some civility and turn the thing down when you are in a neighborhood?

I second that....I hate these jerks who drive around my niegborhood at 1:00am on weeknights with thundering bass for no reason.

There is definitly no need for that at 1:00am in a quiet residential nieborhood. Especially since these jerks just sit there idling bumping there cheap 2000 watt kmart system.

I actually made a phone call to the police the other night asking them to simply have a talk with these people and remind them that bass travels much further than than it needs to. I hope they do nab somebody spewing 150 db of bass in a dark wooded suburbon area after midnight and write them a nice ticket. If you're that ignorant...you deserve what you get.

Sorry fellas, if I wanted to hear cheap distorted extra loud bass at all hours of the night, I'd move to Lowell. Maybee you should move there too!

Clayton....you messed up your car man! sorry you had to learn the hard way, but just hang around here for a while, we'll straighten you out!