Subwoofer help

[Loco_Coco_Bo]

I recently put a new head unit into my 2000 celica gts and i want to hook up my subs, but i only have one wire left and i have two subs. So i need to somehow hook up my two subs... i dont really know what to do.

[garrisonboobs]

what do you mean by one wire left?

[Loco_Coco_Bo]

when i put in the head unit i had to take out the stock amp. so what i did was connect the wires going into the amp and the wires coming out of the amp. So by the time i did that and got all of the speaker wires done, the mute wire, and the ground wire all i had was one wire that i didn't use.

I dont know if i should be adding a wire? i dont know how to do that tho. or should i just not use the back 2 speakers and use the wire from those speakers to power the subs?

[garrisonboobs]

sorry kind of hard to understand. you have a separate amp powering just the subwoofer right?

[Loco_Coco_Bo]

Yeah ill be getting an amp for the subs

[Jasonhughes2009]

then what's the problem. all you need is the remote wire going to the sub amp to turn it on. then run power cable ffrom the battery and RCA cables from he head unit to the amp then signal wires from the amp to the sub

[garrisonboobs]

yea you need a separate amp to power your sub. that will take care of your problem with running 2 subs. pretty much what you were doing before was running a subwoofer as a speaker in the trunk. subwoofers are used to make the bass louder not as another speaker that plays music lol. that is unless you want it to then buy a speaker amp for it.

[Loco_Coco_Bo]

alright so what kind of amp should i get? like how many watts? i have 2 12" polk mono subs

[garrisonboobs]

Originally Posted by Loco_Coco_Bo

alright so what kind of amp should i get? like how many watts? i have 2 12" polk mono subs

i would go with at least 1000 watt. those polks handle about 800 watts each. it all depends on how loud you want it to be. more watts the louder it will be. i think alpine amps and hifonics are good amps but it all depends on how much you want to spend. some of the ok brands like dual will still work fine but won't be the best. good luck!

[Loco_Coco_Bo]

Alright thanks everyone! Ill post pics when i get it hooked up