BigRedd

Planning to install this weekend the JL Audio PowerWedge+ sub (http://tinyurl.com/jsntpdc) that others here have installed. I have a couple of final planning questions that I'd appreciate help with. crewl1 and Racinghart03 have already been huge helps via PM. Thanks guys. 1) How have folks secured their subs (whether this JL or a different one) to keep them from bouncing around? -I have a one-piece Aries 3D floormat in the back that goes all the way under the seats. I'm going to cut out an area for the subwoofer so it can sit directly on the carpet and I'm going to use the salvaged material from the floormat to cover the door side of the sub (covering a fabricated piece of wood fit to the side profile of the gap between seat and floor). But for keeping the sub in place, what have folks done? Is there something I can use to stick the felt/carpet that is on the sub to the carpeted floor in the truck? 2) I'm going to tap the signal coming from the amp to the front speaker(s). Those wires are pretty small gauge (I think about 18 AWG). I'm planning to use the same gauge to run from my Posi-taps to the sub, based on an assumption that putting 12 gauge wire from my tap isn't going to gain me anything because the signal coming from the amp is already going into a smaller gauge wire that I'm tapping into. Anything faulty in that assumption? Thanks again! This place is great.

Thanks, Mike.

Mike - Any chance that you have any more detail on the specific strips you ordered from eBay? Specifically: - Color: It seems like the same manufacturer keeps popping up - but they don't provide K ratings for the color of their lights. They only provide their subjective terms "daylight white", "cool white", etc. - Water Resistance Level (IP rating) - This manufacturer offers indoor, IP65, and IP66 water resistance levels. I am focusing on IP66 water resistance, because I can see an awful lot of water getting splashed up on these strips at pretty high pressure from the front tires. In the absence of any more detail, this is the one I think I'm going to go with: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Super-Bright-600LED-5050-SMD-LED-Strip-Waterproof-IP66-Tube-12V-144W-Cool-White-/191307456299?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c8ad01f2b Thanks for the info already provided on this.

Thanks. My understanding is that what comes in the kit are ScotchLok, which nobody likes. I'm no car electronics expert but have used posi-taps in the few projects I've done without any issues. Though maybe it's time to finally suck it up and get a soldering iron and learn how to solder.

Does anybody know what gauge the wires are that we're tapping into? I want to get the right size posi-taps. Thanks.

BIGDOGx - I just ordered that exact truck on Saturday except in crew cab. Are those the standard All Terrain wheels with the grey painted inside surfaces? They look brighter/less dingy than other All Terrain wheels I've seen pictures of (or, for that matter, seen in person). If they are the standard AT wheels, did you do anything special in terms of detailing, etc. to make them look so good? Thanks.