wire order check list help and suggestions please

[flomofo]

I'm about to order some wire after finally ordering the last few components of my system and need help to make sure I get everything I need after my setup just changed today, and if you guys have better suggestions for say a better battery terminal etc. just let me know.

Willing to get what I need the first time.

Heres the setup I'm buying wire for:
kenwood dnx 8120 h/u
kenwood kac-x4r
kenwood kac-x10d
rainbow 265.25NG (2 piece components running active)
ED 11kv.2 10" sub

And heres what I plan to order from knukonceptz:
1. kolussus 4 guage 4 channel amp kit
2. two fused distro blocks(not sure which ones but will match fuse rating in each one to the biggest max of the 2 amps) with 2 pieces of positive and negative wire that is 3 feet long in 8 guage and one more of 3 feet for grounding after connecting the first two through the second distro block so that they share a common ground?
3. set of 20 ft. rca's for the sub
4. 80ft. of twisted 16 guage speaker wire for speakers and use the 20ft. of 12 guage from the amp kit for the sub.
5. And finally some quality battery terminals(trying to find some bikini recommended on here before right now) to use this along with the big 3, and some recommended wire lengths for the big3 as well.
6. Also any tools I could use to make the job easier and where I should get them from...trying to avoid taking tools away from my dad starting my own little set needed for this project including the h/u wiring.

feel free to add or take away what you think is neccessary, trying to get whatever specific recommendations I can for our civic specifically

thx

[falkenbd]

Soldering iron, solder, heat shrink - i'd probably get red and black heat shrink in 1/4" 3/16" 3/8" 1/2" 3/4" - you could get away with less than that tho

Some wire loom, wire ties, something to attach the wire ties to, like those little plastic peices with sticky backs that you can attach down and slide a wire tie threw.

Some kind of grommet or pushing for where you bring the power wire threw the metal.

you can get a lot of this from partsexpress.com, home depot, lowes, radio shack etc.

[falkenbd]

wire cutter, wire stripper, ratchet crimper - remember with tools its always best to buy good ones than buy a crappy one now and a good one later when you realize the crappy one makes life harder.

gold female disconnects.

ring terminals

[MaXaZoR]

What are you using to tune the rainbow 265.25NG if your going active?

[Duce2k]

Techflex, or any other type of braided shielding

[bikinpunk]

Originally Posted by MaXaZoR

What are you using to tune the rainbow 265.25NG if your going active?

Think the 4-channel amp he has will take care of x-overs.

[flomofo]

hey falken where did you order stuff from?

most of the places near me just sell crap now, and the snap-on tools guy that used to be near me is gone too. Just all lowes and home depot and walmart, kind of depressing. So if theres an online source that would be cool.

I hope ace is still open though, I need some bolts to do the trunk mod with, maybe the kragen or autozone will have something too when I pickup some battery terminals, but kinda don't like those places either now lol I'm an asshole.

[flomofo]

oh and bikini got it, I'm using the kenwood 4 channel amp to do the tuning.

heres a little review of it against the alpine I had ordered. had to make the switch because of my h/u.

Review: Kenwood x4r - Diy Mobile Audio - The Ultimate In Sound Quality

[flomofo]

Just bought all the wiring it was 210 with shipping, my god this is out of control.

Was looking at spending around 150.

[falkenbd]

sorry for the late response, but knukonceptz.com and partsexpress.com as well as darvex.com filled my wiring/accessories orders.

[bikinpunk]

You're a month late.