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Old Aug 21, 2006 | 01:00 PM
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um look in the manual and see which one is which, i used the wiper blade fuse, but many people use the sunroof. if you install anything like that it will prolly void your electrica warranty but nothing else should be affected, but dont quote me on it
It's not going to void the warranty!!!! Unless you run the wire to the wrong side of the fuse (like you said the left, which I believe is wrong) and it shorts out and melts......if that happens you won't be covered.
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Old Aug 21, 2006 | 01:12 PM
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But the wire connects to the fuse tap hole, there is no left or right, so what are you talking about?
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Old Aug 21, 2006 | 01:42 PM
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left or ride side of the fuse, put the connector on the fuse so that when you look at your fuse panel its on the right side of the fuse
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Old Aug 21, 2006 | 02:05 PM
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But the wire connects to the fuse tap hole, there is no left or right, so what are you talking about?
We're talking about which leg of the fuse the tap attaches to. You put the leg of the fuse through the fuse tap, then re-install the fuse so the tap is on the right side of the fuse when looking at the fuse panel. It's very important that you put the fuse tap on the proper side of the fuse or the new circuit won't be fused.
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Old Aug 21, 2006 | 08:06 PM
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so bascily just put the fuse back in the exact same way it came out, right?
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Old Aug 21, 2006 | 11:45 PM
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have you even went outside a tried it. do it, then we will help
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Old Aug 22, 2006 | 08:37 AM
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have you even went outside a tried it. do it, then we will help
That's what I'm saying. Its really not that hard and if you're having such difficulties with this which is the easiest part of the job, I have a hard time believing you will be able to hook the rest of the stuff up yourself.
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Old Aug 22, 2006 | 09:02 AM
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Uhh yeah I went out and took a look at it, sorry for wanting to be 100% clear on something before I start poking around in my new cars fuse panel
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Old Aug 23, 2006 | 05:54 AM
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if you pull a fuse out of your car its not going to hurt anything, the part wont work. all the fuses do is protect your electical system from blowing up.
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Old Aug 23, 2006 | 09:34 AM
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Yeahh so I got my amp and wiring kit yesterday and my sub and box are still coming, gonna start working on the install this week, ill keep you guys updated =P
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Old Aug 23, 2006 | 07:13 PM
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Ohh hahah you have to flip the manual upside down and then everything matches up...bastards lol
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Old Aug 23, 2006 | 07:23 PM
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Originally Posted by xspyder85x
left or ride side of the fuse, put the connector on the fuse so that when you look at your fuse panel its on the right side of the fuse

Last question, the fuse for the sunroof is the one you drew out actully, its one of the 15 amp fuses, however for some reason the two 15 amp fuses are flipped upside down, does that matter? Look at the picture, which side should the fuse tap be on?

http://michaelcivitillo.com/myspace/DSC00687.jpg
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Old Aug 23, 2006 | 11:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Xavipheus
Last question, the fuse for the sunroof is the one you drew out actully, its one of the 15 amp fuses, however for some reason the two 15 amp fuses are flipped upside down, does that matter? Look at the picture, which side should the fuse tap be on?

http://michaelcivitillo.com/myspace/DSC00687.jpg
The right side, towards the front of the car. Whether the "15" faces up or down doesn't matter.
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Old Aug 23, 2006 | 11:29 PM
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Maybe you should just take your car to a stereo shop and have them do it for you.
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Old Aug 23, 2006 | 11:34 PM
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Sweet good stuff man, thanks....I mounted the amp to the back of the seats, crimped the power and ground lines. Im going to use that terminal on the ground, just gotta take out that bolt. And then the little terminal for the positive. The Sub box is coming tomorrow and the sub is coming in a few days, Amazon is so MIA about there shipments...The only thing that im wondering about now is how my amps speaker input works, and how im going to slice into the existing wiring. Im thinking about running the wires directly to the speakers after the point of the connection and just sodder right onto the lead. Ill post some pictures soon when im done
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Old Aug 24, 2006 | 08:01 AM
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amp input speaker?
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Old Aug 24, 2006 | 08:58 AM
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Sorry, to clarify, the speaker inputs on the amp.
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Old Aug 24, 2006 | 07:35 PM
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Where the hell do you get fuse taps? I went to Radio shack, autozone, and home depot and nobody had them
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Old Aug 24, 2006 | 07:40 PM
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You're seriously going to run Type R subs with that Amp? No offense intended, but you're going to burn the voice coils out if you don't get some more power to those baby's. Type R's are very good subs, but they need juice.
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Old Aug 24, 2006 | 07:45 PM
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Im using this sub instead actully http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...240756?ie=UTF8

its within the RMS rating of the amp, the type R one wasnt so I went with this one instead
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Old Aug 24, 2006 | 07:47 PM
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Oh, yeah those are good too. I listened to a set one day and they suprised me. Alpine kicks ass.
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Old Aug 24, 2006 | 09:57 PM
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Originally Posted by StinkBOMB
You're seriously going to run Type R subs with that Amp? No offense intended, but you're going to burn the voice coils out if you don't get some more power to those baby's. Type R's are very good subs, but they need juice.
Wow. Sorry bro but that's totally wrong. In your words; you're seriously going to tell someone he's going to "burn the voice coils out" if he doesn't give a sub enough power???? No offense intended, but you should know what you're talking about before you reply with something like this.......
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Old Aug 25, 2006 | 07:37 AM
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i want to see your setup when your done Xavipheus
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Old Aug 25, 2006 | 09:14 AM
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Yeah of course, I hitup my girlfriends step dad whos a mechanic and hes getting the stuff today to do the remote line, were doing it on Saturday, so at this point im just waiting on the sub and him now. The sub should be in by Wed the latest
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Old Aug 25, 2006 | 09:16 AM
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the remote line is just a wire
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