I plan on installing a 6.5" 200 watt powered bazooka tube this weekend. I have never installed an amp or subwoofer before so I am looking for any advice that any of you may have. If any of you have installed a powered bazooka tube before, what connections have to be made. What wires on the headunit will I use, just the RCA's?

Thanks in advance for the help.

 

Do you have a stock or aftermarket HU (Im assuming aftermarket since you mentioned RCA's to the back of the HU)

Anyway, youll just need to buy an amplifier wiring kit. Id go for a 10 gauge one.
It will include-10 Gauge power wire to go from the battery to the 'Zooka, some 10 Gauge ground wire, a set or RCA cord to run from the back of the HU to the 'Zooka so it can get signal, and finally a small blue REM turn-on wire that will run from the back of the HU to the 'Zooka. This will turn the zook's internal amp on when the HU is turned on.

Thats it-a fairly simple install.

Good luck, if you have any other questions just ask.

 

Thanks for the info, i've allready got the amp install kit. I've read something about not running your power wire and your speaker wires together, whats the deal with that? And yes I do have an aftermarket HU, kenwood 7015.

 

What you heard would be keeping any wires that carry signal (speaker wires and RCA's) away from your REM and power wires, or you can pick up noise which will come through your speaker(cracking, fuzzy, poping sounds). Best way to do this is run the power and rem wires down one side of the truck, and your RCA's down the other side. Pop off your kick panels and sill plates and you can run the wires under them.

 

I re-read your first post and since your a first timer and said you want all the info you can get I figure Ill say a little more.

First, MAKE SURE you have a fuse on that power wire. Ive seen many times (not a lot on this site though) people who dont use any fuses, and end up getting their vehicle burnt down from a short. Use a fuse with a fuse rating very close to what the fuse on the amp is rated at. Cover your power wire with as much of the black convolated tubing thats in the kit as you can. If it doesnt have any, buy some, or wrap a couple layer of electrical tape over the wire till it at least gets in the cab.

Finding a spot to run the wire inside the cab is usually the thing that takes the longest(for me anyway) Plan your wire routing, make sure its not by anything that it will get caught on (steering or suspension parts etc) anything that will get it hot (exhaust) or so its not handing under the vehicle where something could catch it and pull it out.
You can probably find an existing grommet, or you can drill a hole in the firewall or floor. If you drill a hole dont forget to have the convolated tubing over the wire, or a grommet for the hole, and seal it up with some silicone.

For your ground, try to keep the wire as short as you can. Make sure its a good, solid ground, its one of the most important and troublesome areas. If you can, attach your ground wire directley to the truck body. Seatbelt bolts will also work. Scratch off all the paint so its bare metal, and put a ring terminal on the end of the ground wire to attach it with a bolt or self tapping screw. Some people even use "star" washers that dig into the metal a little and get a little better ground connection.

REM is easy, splice it onto the REM wire coming out the the CD player harness (blue wire with a white stripe) run it over to the side of the truck you ran the power wire down, then run it back right along with the power wire.

For the RCA's, again, pretty easy, just connect to the back of the HU, run to the OPPOSITE side of the truck that the power and rem wire are on, and run the RCA's to the back where your amp is.

Attach the Zooka tube to something so it doesnt move and slide around, and you should be set.

 

Let me know how it turns out and sounds. I have a kenwood 5028 and it has very little bass with my infinity and Polk door speakers.

 

Install went pretty smooth. As far as sound goes, its sounds pretty good. It doesn't blow the doors off but that isn't what I was looking far. Overall, I think i'm going to like it.

 

Looks good

Nice way to add a little bump.