anyone ever get any subwoofers installed from best buy? how did they do?

[LOUISSSSS]

i have my infinity basslink already and am looking to have best buy install it for me.

has anyone ever done anything similar? like subwoofers + amp?

what can u say about their work? good bad? sloppy? broke after a week?

what is their warranty period on installation?

 

[SithSolo1]

They set my car on fire.










j/k

But seriously I would find someone else. Worst comes to worst pay some high schooler to install it, same work but a 1/10th of the price.

 

[Ksyder]

It really comes down to how good the individual tech is that is installing the amp in your car. Obviously Best Buy has standards in terms of installation and the pricing is relatively universal but whoever is putting the amp in your car decides how good the install is going to be. I personally have uninstalled equipment done by Best Buy and it was the same type of install quality as any other professional installer. Sometimes pro installers take shortcuts to make their job easier, like using crimp connectors to wire various harnesses, when it would be better but more time consuming to solder and heat shrink wrap the connections. You can't really control whether or not the installer cares about your car.

I'm not too sure about the warranty period but in response to whether its good, bad, sloppy or broke after a week, please see the previous paragraph

Installing subs and amps isn't usually that hard, if you like to work with electronics you should give it a try.

 

[Ksyder]

Also where the big differences come into play is with what gauge wiring is used and whether or not you have a capacitor, or 2nd battery, or multiple amps. There is pretty much one "right" to hook up amps which is to run the + wire from the battery, through the firewall, underneath the carpet by the kick panel and back to where the amp is. Run the RCA's down the center of the car away from the + wire to prevent noise, and ground the amp in the trunk to the body of the car. You would want to use at least 8 ga. wiring or 4 or larger if you are running say more than 500 watts or multiple amps. I don't know if you are interested in the details of the installation, but this is pretty much what Best Buy would do. I've been on a car audio kick lately so excuse my obsessive need to post about car audio. I'd say my car audio obsession is nearly as bad as my computer one.

 

[Riverhound777]

I had Circuit City install a deck on my old car once, they did a decent job. But I would suggest a local car audio shop if you care about your vehicle at all.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: krwilsonn
It really comes down to how good the individual tech is that is installing the amp in your car. Obviously Best Buy has standards in terms of installation and the pricing is relatively universal but whoever is putting the amp in your car decides how good the install is going to be. I personally have uninstalled equipment done by Best Buy and it was the same type of install quality as any other professional installer. Sometimes pro installers take shortcuts to make their job easier, like using crimp connectors to wire various harnesses, when it would be better but more time consuming to solder and heat shrink wrap the connections. You can't really control whether or not the installer cares about your car.

I'm not too sure about the warranty period but in response to whether its good, bad, sloppy or broke after a week, please see the previous paragraph

Installing subs and amps isn't usually that hard, if you like to work with electronics you should give it a try.

:thumbsup: Agreed. It's not difficult to do yourself.

 

[RagingBITCH]

Do it yourself...I installed that same Basslink in the same car. (Well an 04 Accord, but same difference)

Here's a link to the install I did in mine:

http://www.melvinchu.com/coppe...humbnails.php?album=19

Hardest part was getting the wire through the firewall - there's already a hole/grommet for some other wires right above the foot pedal (assuming you have an auto), just trying to fish it through and then up into the engine bay where you can actually grab it sucks. Other than that, it's just removing the baseboards along the driver and rear driver side doors through into the trunk.

 

[hclarkjr]

best buy = rip off, find place that specializes in car installs and let them do it.

 

[Black88GTA]

Originally posted by: krwilsonn
It really comes down to how good the individual tech is that is installing the amp in your car. Obviously Best Buy has standards in terms of installation and the pricing is relatively universal but whoever is putting the amp in your car decides how good the install is going to be. I personally have uninstalled equipment done by Best Buy and it was the same type of install quality as any other professional installer. Sometimes pro installers take shortcuts to make their job easier, like using crimp connectors to wire various harnesses, when it would be better but more time consuming to solder and heat shrink wrap the connections. You can't really control whether or not the installer cares about your car.

I'm not too sure about the warranty period but in response to whether its good, bad, sloppy or broke after a week, please see the previous paragraph

Installing subs and amps isn't usually that hard, if you like to work with electronics you should give it a try.

This...

Some techs will do a great job. Others will cut all sorts of corners to get it out the door quick. It really isn't hard to do it yourself - the hardest part is running the battery cable + RCAs.

One thing - if you do do it yourself, make sure you fuse all of the power connections!! A 4 - 8 ga wire running to battery with no fuse on it WILL start fires if a short occurs.

 

[Ksyder]

One thing - if you do do it yourself, make sure you fuse all of the power connections!! A 4 - 8 ga wire running to battery with no fuse on it WILL start fires if a short occurs.

I learned this the hard way... I was 16 it was my first car. I had a pair of radio shack home speakers in the trunk with an amp hooked up to them. I decided the easiest way to run the power wire (which was without a fuse of course) was through the door jamb. Well later that day I was driving about at 3am and its pitch black and I smell burning plastic and smoke. I looked down at the kick panel and the wire was bright glowing orange all the way from the engine compartment to the trunk! It had shorted on the body of the car and there was no fuse installed. Luckily I was able to go under the hood and cut the wire off the battery. The wire was melted permanently into the plastic after that. Nice going by me.