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I've had an Eclipse EA-3532 installed for a while with hopes of it pushing fronts, rears and a subwoofer. Stupidly, I was using the power wire for the optional 3rd amplifier in the 13/300 system and when I installed a subwoofer a while back, it decided to shut off. Since the sub channel is 2 ohm stable and that's what the sub was wired to, I figured the amp must've been choking from a lack of substantial power.
I just got back from college yesterday and running new wire was my first priority. For those who haven't done so, but want to, it's pretty easy. There's a huge grommit right in between the pedals that you can reach from the engine bay, past and below the battery. Here's a picture of the wire going from the battery to the hole... you can kinda see it (it's the black split-loomed wire):
Here's a picture of where I zip-tied the inline Fuse. I got it for free from a hookup at Best Buy... woot.
This is a shot of the rubber cover that goes over the grommet. My friend, who actually crawled under there, used a knife to slit the grommet and we passed the wire through with a coat hanger...
Making the amp pretty with new split-loom (I never used RCA cables, just direct speaker-level inputs. It sounds fine and there's no noise)...
Now I just need to buy a subwoofer that sounds good with about 200 watts RMS. I'm thinking of a 10" IDQ from Image Dynamics or a 10" Resonant Engineering RE.
Oh yeah, I can't forget a shot of the garage!
I just got back from college yesterday and running new wire was my first priority. For those who haven't done so, but want to, it's pretty easy. There's a huge grommit right in between the pedals that you can reach from the engine bay, past and below the battery. Here's a picture of the wire going from the battery to the hole... you can kinda see it (it's the black split-loomed wire):

Here's a picture of where I zip-tied the inline Fuse. I got it for free from a hookup at Best Buy... woot.

This is a shot of the rubber cover that goes over the grommet. My friend, who actually crawled under there, used a knife to slit the grommet and we passed the wire through with a coat hanger...

Making the amp pretty with new split-loom (I never used RCA cables, just direct speaker-level inputs. It sounds fine and there's no noise)...

Now I just need to buy a subwoofer that sounds good with about 200 watts RMS. I'm thinking of a 10" IDQ from Image Dynamics or a 10" Resonant Engineering RE.
Oh yeah, I can't forget a shot of the garage!
