Question for anyone who knows how to wire up audio as I haven't a clue what I'm doing

Trying to wire up an active sub box with built in amp from my boot to my headunit.

Already routed the power cable to the battery, no problem with that.

The issue is the RCA cables that connect from the amp in the boot to the back of the head unit.

How do I go about routing this? Do I have to pull apart the dashboard? Or route it through the engine bay and back in again? What's the best way?

As in depth explanations as possible please

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Sold my GTI-6 now riding in a Scooby

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James

best way is to follow the route of the power cable if the cables are well insulated and just go up the back of the dash zip tieing in place

i edited my post.. i didnt read your first post properly

If you have the radio out get a wire hangar cut it open and poke it through the radio opening in the dash aiming towards the foot well (either one is possible), be gentle and with patience you will find a route down and you'll see where the hanger comes out into the footwell. Tape the cables to the wire and gently pull back through. Easy lol

If you've already routed the cables down the otherside to the power cable stick with that as it is preferable and I don't think running with the power cable necessarily makes it easier.

Also don't forget the remote power signal from the head unit to the amp (this can run with the RCA cables)

In my old car i ran the power cable along the n/s under the carpet and the RCA leads down the o/s under the carpet (and the remote power signal one along the middle of the car, was a nightmare to route )

When i got to the drivers footwell i ran the cables up under the carpet then out along the bottom of the dash, cable tied to the metal bar that runs along. I then just went up when i got to the centre bit and to the back of the head unit.

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Goldie the track car.

Thanks for the help.

Had a go this afternoon and it is now all wired up and working

Used the coat hanger trick to get the rca and remote cables down to the footwell- which worked well.

My power cable is routed down the passenger side so no problems with interference.

Only complications I had was a bit of tricky soldering for connectors for the remote cable and when I had wired it all up there was no power to start with but realised this was due to the earth cable not being secured in the right place.

Easy once you know how!

Only thing left that I wasn't sure about is to do with the rca cable. On one end of the cable there is an additional positive power connector. If I connect this to the positive power terminal on the amp- it has some LEDs that light up on the rca ends. But when everything is turned off- the LEDs stay lit- which I presume will drain the battery.

So I have left it disconnected- the sub and amp still operate the same without it.

Take it this doesn't make any difference? As not entirely sure what the point of it is.

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Sold my GTI-6 now riding in a Scooby

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James

I've got all this to do tomorrow. Unfortunately I have 3 RCA's to run down one side of the car.

I'm assuming I can run one remote and link this across both amps.

I'm gonna do a proper project thread if anyone else is going to attempt this.

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