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wiring kit worth the money?

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Forum Name: Car Audio
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Printed Date: July 24, 2025 at 10:36 PM


Topic: wiring kit worth the money?

Posted By: JTMann16
Subject: wiring kit worth the money?
Date Posted: December 25, 2002 at 10:44 AM

Alright, i have decided on getting the Rockford Fosgate Punch 700X, but now i'm not sure about the 4-gauge wiring kit. The site i'm ordering it from(crutchfield) suggests the Rockford Fosgate kit(https://www.crutchfield.com/cgi-bin/S-unbQ9CL9pxm/ProdView.asp?a=0&s=0&g=711&id=essential_info&i=575RP1732), probably for obvious reasons, but it is $160 and made for hooking up 2 amps, i believe, which i do not need, as opposed to a Lightning Audio kit(https://www.crutchfield.com/cgi-bin/S-FI0OeXSfG9K/ProdView.asp?a=0&s=0&g=711&id=essential_info&i=495SXPK4I) from the same site that is only $70.  Will the Lightning be a good enough kit for my amp, or does it not really make that much difference. I'd rather not spend $120 more for something i don't really need. I'm going to be placing my order today, so if you could give me any feedback the sooner the better, Thanks again.

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Each to his Own...



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Posted By: Velocity Motors
Date Posted: December 25, 2002 at 11:08 AM
I think that you can use your money a little more wisely than spend $ 100 on this type of install kit. Are you competing or is this judt for your own pleasure ? If your not competing, then to spend anything more than $ 50.00 on the necessary wiring is extraneous and not worth it. A decent 4 gauge kit with respectable RCA's will run you about $ 40 - 50 . If you want higher end stuff then about $ 75.00 will more than sufficient.

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Jeff
Velocity Custom Home Theater
Mobile Audio/Video Specialist
Morden, Manitoba CANADA




Posted By: bberman1
Date Posted: December 25, 2002 at 11:18 AM
Would not waste my money on the Fosgate one. The lightning Audio one is more practical for your amp but wouldn’t waste my money on that either.  I would suggest saving some money and looking on eBay https://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?cgiurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2F&krd=1&from=R8&MfcISAPICommand=GetResult&ht=1&SortProperty=MetaEndSort&query=+4+gauge+amp+kit especially at this amp kit from Audiobahn https://cgi.ebay.com/dll?ViewItem&category=32808&item=1946212900 have used it and is defiantly worth the $39.00 the only thing you will need is a fuse because both the Audiobahn and the Lightning Audio you were looking at have fuse holders but no fuses. Fuses are cheap only couple of dollars.   https://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?cgiurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2F&krd=1&from=R8&MfcISAPICommand=GetResult&ht=1&SortProperty=MetaEndSort&query=AKIT4Q




Posted By: JTMann16
Date Posted: December 25, 2002 at 12:50 PM

alright, thanks.  I ended up finding a pretty good one at sounddomain for $45.



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