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It doesnt matter what kind of rca cables you use but the better you buy the better sound quality. the engine noise you hear is you placed the rca cables near a power cable. my uncle the car audio master told me to run the rca on one side of the car and the power wire on the other so oyu dont get that humming noise.

 
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I used 8 leds that are stuck onto the top of the trunk where the speakers are. Its hard cause the surface isn't flat, and a few have fallen off occasionally. I need to get some mounting tape and redo a couple sometime. But its those bright apc leds that come in an 8-pack of 4 connected to each other. I tried bottom lighting and really wasn't very visible. I think it would look good on yours since the amps all have silver/chrome to reflect light off.

That setup with the pioneer amp on the seat back looks nice, but you could prolly get a bracket and paint it flat black to put over the wire part where it connects to the amp.

 
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Sure it matters which RCA's you get. The one's I have are triple shielded. It is a common problem to have extra noise if you run the power cable on the same side as the RCA's.

I actually have my RCA's and power cable running on the same side of my car. I hear no extra noises coming from any of my speakers or subs for that matter. I think you should stick with at least double shielded RCA's, triple is even better for that matter. I'm pretty sure my RCA's are touching my 4 gauge power cable along the side of my car. Still no problems at all.

 
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well, maybe we should keep this thread on trunk installs, so noone gets the wrong idea about debatable topics, such as alternator whine causation and neccessity of RCA quality. (not to mention definitions of RCA quality!)

 
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Good idea, post pics of trunk installs, with subs amps and whatever, just as the title states.

 
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Link to my thread

 
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xRiCeBoYx: You do that yourself? Pretty cool, how does the sub sound though, doesn't look like my air space. You see my fiberglass install? Not done yet, i will post finished pics on Thursday.

 
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i wanna see yours when its done. It already look sgood.

 
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The matching paint is whats gonna make it happen, I can't wait, damn i wish it was Thursday. Gearbox, you should head down with me to Nopi.

 
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yep.. i inclulded the link to the thread where i 'unveiled' my fiberglass enclosure. i didnt have exact calculations of how much airspace the box is, but i measured and estimated, and its just about .6-.75 ft³ of airspace, whatever it is, it falls in the airspace range that alpine recommended for a sealed box ( between .5-1 ft³ or so). it still sounds pretty good for having what little airspace it has. it sounds a whole lot better than the old *** rockford phosgate 10's i had in a gigantic box.

 
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i bet, what kind of amps you running? My box is 3.25 ft³, thats the maximum for a ported box for the Kicker S12L7. You can't see the port, its underneith the left amp, hidden very well.

 
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I wish i could make it to nopi to usaci sq, but its to far and i would have to miss school. Good thing i already have my points for finals. Cant wait to see the finished project.

 
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yep thats wat i did when i changed my rca.....

 
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Man i thought i posted mine in here o well guess ill take some new pics after i clean it up a little

 
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hey xRiceBoyx how much power do you have going to that type r?
i just got two of them.
i've heard of a lot pf ppl putting the type r 12's into big ported boxes (2.5 cubes) with a thousand watts (rms not peak) going to them and hitting crazy numbers with these things.

 
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2.5ft³ just doesn't seem like that would be big enough for the 2 subs. I have a 3.25ft³ for my 1 S12L7 and its ported. You check the specs on them to see the maximum ported volume for a box?

 
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alpine specs say 1.3 NET each, and ppl r doing 2.5 NET each (not for both) which is very wierrd to me.

also they are rated at 500rms and people are putting over 1000 easily.

 
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Thats fine then, It just didn't sound right to me. You can putt more watts to a sub then the RMS, they just won't last as long.

 
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I think you may have a real problem quantifying that claim.

 
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WhiteRabbit, /\ to me? I saying if you push the max watts of subs they won't last as long, vs. pushing them at their RMS.

 
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yeah. I dont think that can be quantified.

 
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gettin a little off topic here huh?

 
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oops!

 
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Car is back from paint, and the amps will return this evening, and everything should be wired up by tonight if not early morning. Then i must pick my baby (my car! not a real baby) up and drive her around! Feels like its been months without her.

 
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how far did u get done ???? post some pics dude..

 
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i just got done with computer setup. i got the 8 street glow stobes in the car also. all i really need to do now is the system, but now the football season and college it might take me extra weeks.lol

 
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let me see wat u got done sofar..... cool keep it up

 
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my system is going to be back up and running soon.

Kicker kx1200.1 powering 1 12" Alpine type R or i may throw both type r's into the bo.