Well I think I'm going to have a significant amount of 4 ga. wire left over from my amp wiring kit, and it's good wire, I don't want to waste it. The only problem is that my sub amp accepts up to 8 ga. wire for the outputs. Can I cut some of the strands out of the 4 ga. wire so it will fit into the 8 ga. hole and use the 4 ga. wire to power my sub? Or would that be dangerous? I know bigger wire is better, but I'm not sure if it would be safe in a smaller amplifier output. The sub will be approximately 2-3 feet from the amplifier, maybe less.

 

your gonna use 4ga wire for the speaker wire outputs? i would just go to some hole in the wall shop and be like hey i need some 8ga wire heres 5bux for X amount of feet. im sure you could find another use for the 4ga.

 

For the sub. I'm probably going to use 8 or 10 ga. for the speakers. I don't see any sense in buying more wire though if I can try and use some of the leftover 4 ga. I will have. I won't need all of it to run power for my amps I don't think.

 

I never heard of a 4ga but i think they make 410 12 20ga... lol

 

lol thanks Will

 

my ears are 00gauge? haha and jello shots kick *** weeee!
if your in san marcos or houston anytime soon i have a bunch of 8ga and 10ga wire layin around i could care less about, and i can get it for free to an extent...

 

Man go figure my sister just left San Marcos. My grandparents live in Conroe, but I won't be down there anytime soon enough that it'd make a difference. I appreciate the offer though.

 

Hey kyle in my looking around for other car audio things I found this adapter. Maybe it will of use to you and be the right way to go. I have done the same thing you were asking and just hate doing it that way.

Adapter

 

check out www.knukonceptz.com they have many adapters and blocks. also they have 10 ga speaker wire.

 

Thanks for the help guys! I ended up picking up some 8ga wire from Tweeter, the guy practically gave the stuff to me since they didn't have what I needed. I got a nice 20 ft. length of high quality JL Audio wire for next to nothin and used that instead!