Basic ICE question

[no2lurch]

i will be running the power wire, amp wires and remote wires to the amp in my boot, but can i run then all together and tape them up together?

[dazleeds]

yes i have before with no probs,
think you only get interference probs when you run them along side the speaker wires
or from poor earthing, mine was fine anyway and that was in a tech 1

[pac1982]

as above just dont put any power related wires near your speaker wire i run power down one side and speakers down the other

[Joe-318i]

as above just dont put any power related wires near your speaker wire i run power down one side and speakers down the other

+1 , also makes it that bit easy to get the door trims back on

[maf260]

Ideally you should keep the power cable from the battery away from the other leads to avoid any potential interference. I've run them down separate sides of my car.
The last thing you want to do is have to unbolt everything again once you've put it all back together. RCA leads and amp remote power lead are fine together.

[pac1982]

If you dig deep and peel the black sticky stuff that covers in inner side of the sill you will find the recess where BMW run all the OE wireing makes for a much neater job when done this way instead of just stuffing the wires behind the carpet

[pac1982]

Ideally you should keep the power cable from the battery away from the other leads to avoid any potential interference. I've run them down separate sides of my car.
The last thing you want to do is have to unbolt everything again once you've put it all back together. RCA leads and amp remote power lead are fine together.

your speaker wire/rca's should be kept away from all your power wires inculding the remote and especially the power wire what you jsut said is the wrong way to do it.

You wont always get interference even if you do bunch them all together but its best to keep speaker wire and RCA's as far away from any power related wires as possible not put them together like this guy said

[Shaheenk]

Bollocks I say

If you have a decent enough set of RCA's you can bundle them all together . have done it many many times, use a reliable brand of RCA, something sheilded and you won't have issues, the old myth was when cars did not run the resistors in the spark plugs and this used to cause interferance.

[no2lurch]

where can i get a good earth in the rear of the touring?

[pac1982]

where can i get a good earth in the rear of the touring?

Try one of the rear seat belt mounting bolts thats what i use in my 2 door and it works a treat

[maf260]

Ideally you should keep the power cable from the battery away from the other leads to avoid any potential interference. I've run them down separate sides of my car.
The last thing you want to do is have to unbolt everything again once you've put it all back together. RCA leads and amp remote power lead are fine together.

your speaker wire/rca's should be kept away from all your power wires inculding the remote and especially the power wire what you jsut said is the wrong way to do it.

You wont always get interference even if you do bunch them all together but its best to keep speaker wire and RCA's as far away from any power related wires as possible not put them together like this guy said

Why don't you read this properly and check your facts before posting nonsense and stupid icons? Remote wires are absolutely fine to run with RCAs, to the point that there are a number of cable manufacturers who produce RCA leads with a third cable in between to use for the remote switch. I clearly said to run the power cable completely separately from everything else, so have not advised the wrong way to do it.

[pac1982]

Why don't you read this properly and check your facts before posting nonsense and stupid icons?

Your right remotes do come as part of alot of RCA's i have them in mine but didnt use them and ran a seperate remote along with my power wire, i did also say you wont always get interference its just how i roll

[maf260]

Apology accepted

[no2lurch]

well i ran the power lead down the drivers side and the rca/remote done the pass side.

thansk guys for your help.

[Shaheenk]

Sorry guys , but having worked in car audio a number of years, I can tell you the 3rd wire is not actually for remote , it is a drain wire, used to be used by companies to have a common ground between all the elements in a system.

This was used to reduce the engine noise which would come throught the speakers.