A bit stuck with replacing my kickpanel 5.25's and Amp wiring

[jonny116]

Goin to our local audio place this weekend to get:

MAC 500watt Mono Amp for my 12" Audiobhan 800W Sub (got the sub given ages ago)

MUTANT 4 x 160W Amp

Front Component 120 Watt 5.25's with tweakers and crossover.

sub box and a couple of 80amp wiring kits ---- All for 260 notes!!! thought that was quite good - what yous recon??

anyway im looking at my kickpanel today just so i know what to do... n i have no idea how to get at the speakers? do you literaly rip them off to get to the 5.25 and the tweeters???

Will standard 5.25's fit ok just because i heard you need the thin ones?

Also are there any links on the best way to wire up a sub on here? i getting the 500w amp just for the sub and the 4 x 160W amp to power the 6x9's and the front components. will this sound any good?

Any help on how to do all this without blowing something up is much appreciated.

(p.s. is my first install if i sound a but oblivious)

Cheers everyone

Jonny

[stormos]

i kept the foam front padding, no idea why, i just did :P

[Tyler]

Isn't there just 4 screws that you need to take out to remove it? I've nver looked closely on mine but i could've sworn i saw 4 screw holes and you take that out and the plastic cover comes off.

I just noticed ur in England so yours might be set up different if you have a euro one.

[Tyler]

I just took a look at mine and on the passanger side there is a plastic screw(flathead) i'm assuming if you remove that, the plastic cover should come loose if you wiggle it. On the drivers it looks like you have to take out the screw thats in you hood release handle. But the dead brake is attached to that whole assembly so i'm not quite sure how to take it out.

I'm just guessing by looking at it.

[aceyx]

fortunately, my haynes manual describes RHD cars (yeah, totally annoying for me).

you'll need to remove the lower dash panel, which has two screws and just unclips after that.

then remove the handle for the hood release-this will not detach the cable itself so no worries on that. underneath is a panel fastener you'll need to remove.

the panel then unclips, so pull towards the rear of the car, and a little to the center. after that, the 5 1/4 has four screws holding it in.

as far as wiring the sub, kind of depends on your head unit.

[stormos]

there's 2 screws and a plastic retainer screw too iif i'm right......

[jonny116]

Quality advice - thanks a lot. yeah i not getting the stuff untill this weekend so ill take a close look tonight and see if i can work it out. Should invest in the old haynes manual really!!

do you know if i will need two wiring kits or just one and buy a 2 way and a 4 way distribution blocks to send the wires where they meant to be.

head unit is Sony 4 x 50W

[stormos]

buy one wiring kit for the amp.... add an rca for each extra amp... just make sure your original kit can handle the additions....