How many feet of power wire did you need to wire your amp to the batter? How long of an RCA? turn on?

I plan on mounting in the rear compartment....



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Thanks!

I believe I had a 25ft 4 gauge for power. You can run a 4 gauge through a hole right near the hood release cable- it will fit fine and you can even use the stock rubber grommet- just open up the hole a little more for the cable to slide through. For the ground, use a 0 or 1 guage and make sure it's not longer than 18". I originally ran mine with my power run up to the battery, and had some alternator whine. Read online about my mistake, shortened the ground, and now the noise is gone. My amp is in the rear trey area- you'll have to unbolt a support bracket, but other than that it will go right in and is a perfect spot. The amp turn on just needs to go to your head unit, so 25ft will be more than enough. RCA- same.

For reference, pics of my install can be found at:

http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/547845


Remember to also tie in your power antenna lead to the blue amp turn on wire as well so you can get radio reception. The Armada's antenna are in the rear windows and require power to work.

Good luck, and post some pics when you're done!

You the man once again, you already helped me through the radio install and everything works great, I got Polk Audios in the doors no its time for some Bass !

Please share what size Polk's you got and if you needed any adaptors. Thanks. :)

I just put the Polk three way 6x9s in the front doors and some pioneer tweeters in the dash.

I just put the Polk three way 6x9s in the front doors and some pioneer tweeters in the dash.

How do the tweeters mount?

The Pioneer tweeters I used have a little "cup" which I believe is for a flush mount, it happens to fit perfectlly in the hole the stock speaker comes out of, I used the little push pins that hold the stock speaker in to secure the cup that has the tweeter in it .....

Here are the tweeters I used http://www.crutchfield.com/S-GG43bSnXpAR/cgi-bin/prodview.asp?i=130TST110

and the 6x9s http://www.crutchfield.com/S-GG43bSnXpAR/cgi-bin/prodview.asp?i=107DB690

for those that have installed an amp in the back tray area, where did you run youtr ground to?

Great writeup, I just used this to do my brothers car and it helped so much.


I believe I had a 25ft 4 gauge for power. You can run a 4 gauge through a hole right near the hood release cable- it will fit fine and you can even use the stock rubber grommet- just open up the hole a little more for the cable to slide through. For the ground, use a 0 or 1 guage and make sure it's not longer than 18". I originally ran mine with my power run up to the battery, and had some alternator whine. Read online about my mistake, shortened the ground, and now the noise is gone. My amp is in the rear trey area- you'll have to unbolt a support bracket, but other than that it will go right in and is a perfect spot. The amp turn on just needs to go to your head unit, so 25ft will be more than enough. RCA- same.

For reference, pics of my install can be found at:

http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/547845parts (http://www.dpccars.com/auto-parts/auto-parts-section.htm)


Remember to also tie in your power antenna lead to the blue amp turn on wire as well so you can get radio reception. tires (http://www.discountpartcenter.com/) sport cars (http://www.dpccars.com/) The Armada's antenna are in the rear windows and require power to work.

Good luck, and post some pics when you're done!