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I've made it a personal goal of mine to *try* and do everything myself with my car. This includes wiring up my sound system. Ive purchased a monoblock and a suitable wiring kit and need to set it all up. I still have to buy a new headunit which i think i will do in the next month or so, so im just planning out what im going to do.

As far as i know, i have a thin wire which i should run from the amp to the head unit (this tells the amp to turn on when the HU is on, right?)

A thick blue power cable which will go to the positive terminal on the battery (i need to chop it and attatch the chunky ass fuse it came with)

A thick silver cable which is short (assuming this is the ground from the amp).

I'll have to purchase some rca's but they will just go from the HU to the amp, along side the power signal

Since the battery is in the boot of an r33, should i just chop up the power cable so that its much shorter than it currently is or just leave it wound up in the compartment near the battery? It seems like having the battery in the boot makes this install a ton easier.

I drew a terrible picture in mspaint to outline my understanding, please excuse how bad it is. I think it gets the point across though.

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edit: forgot to include rca from HU to amp

Anyway, any corrections to what i said or tips for when i do this are appreciated.

Edited by delljit
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