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i ended up getting the sealed box 70 bucks. but only 18 for me. i had to glue it together but that was easy.

 
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why $18? giftcard?

 
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friend. haha

 
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what is the best gauge wire for subwoofer some stereo store only carried 12. i found another one that carried 8 for 75c a foot.

I talked to someone on crutchfield and they told me 16 would be enough... that doesnt sound right does it?

also i have 17 feet of positive wire (8guage) from the positive wiring from the amp kit. could i use some of that would i have enough left over? im installing in the trunk.

 
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Power wire is not the same as speaker wire

Subwoofer, I'd typically go with 8~12 gauge

16 is small, I would only use 16~18 for speakers

 
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Battery to amp, get 4ga power cable. Amp to sub, Get 12ga speaker wire.

 
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^ agreed

 
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im not saying ur wrong but why would you say power wire is different from speaker wire? I keep reading its the same, im now thinking i should go buy 4gauge wire and use the 8 gauge from the kit for the sub wiring.

 
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Well, if you want to get technical, yes, they are copper wires surrounded by plastic, technically the same

But, most power wires are not insulated/shielded the same way as speaker wire, At least the good brands of speaker wires anyways, and susceptible to noise and interference.

the thing is, youd have to run both pos and neg wires, not just one power line, which makes it messy

Speaker wires are usually bonded together making it clean and easy to route it.

Just honestly, I would do it properly one time, and never have to deal with it again.

 
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Easy answer, power cable is a single conductor, speaker wire is a dual conductor.

 
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the box that i got came with a cable terminal of 16 guage wire. so it would be easy to just connect the sub to the box and then to connect the amp to the box using the spring loaded terminal. kinda like this

and if im going to get something like 8 guage to actualy wire my sub in parallel. then end up using the terminal hence, using the 16 gauge wire wouldnt that just defeat the purpose of getting 8 gauge wire???? AHHH

anyways, what should i do. cut off the 16 gauge wire and re solder on 8 gauge wire to the terminal

or should i just get 16 gauge wire for wiring my sub...

 
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personally, i'd buy a roll of 12ga or 14ga speaker wire, get rid of the wires that came with the sub enclosure, make new pigtails for inside the box with the 12 or 14ga, and use the remaining to wire the box to the amp. get some good wire like this
http://www.crutchfield.com/p_211UCT1...e.html?tp=2917

and if you got the Kicker 1000.1 amp, i'd get a 4ga power kit, not an 8ga. get something like this.
http://www.crutchfield.com/p_142PA41...FGauge|4-gauge

 
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^ Yep

And that's why I didn't suggest buying from best buy.

 
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i decided on getting the 500.1 since i only needed to power that one subwoofer. For a car as small as ours I thought two 12" speakers would be over kill. =P
(I wanted enough "boom" to feel it, not to kill my ears =P)

i dont have a soldering kit, i would need to buy it, so is 16 gauge sufficient for my sub to amp?

 
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Yeah....
But I'd still go with at least 12 gauge

 
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could you point me in the right direction for soldering kit?

 
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radio shack

 
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Pretty much any soldering iron will work...
Walmart, radio shack, anything, I'd get one more than 35W though

 
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i did it! thanks you guys! now all i need to do is put all the panels back together again lol.