Size of speaker wire

[polar]

Well I think I am going to replace my speaker wire from the headunit back. What is the gauge of stock wiring? What gauge should I go with?

 

[MSCustoms]

I think stock is 16 or 18 gauge

 

[Half Assed]

stock is around 20 i think, maybe 18

I pulled some 16 when I added new speakers and an amp.

 

[JAW's]

Depends on what you want to spend. When I pull mine I am leaning towards 14 ga. Probably overkill though

 

[sewlow]

Depends on what you want to spend. When I pull mine I am leaning towards 14 ga. Probably overkill though

I don't think that that would be overkill. If you ever want to upgrade, then you don't have to rewire everything all over again.

 

[Mean Green]

14 AWG isn't overkill at all. I never install less then 14 gauge speaker wire on a audio install! And I never re-use factory wiring either, your speakers will get a bit more wattage to them with the upgraded wire as well.

 

[JAW's]

I don't think that that would be overkill. If you ever want to upgrade, then you don't have to rewire everything all over again.

14 AWG isn't overkill at all. I never install less then 14 gauge speaker wire on a audio install! And I never re-use factory wiring either, your speakers will get a bit more wattage to them with the upgraded wire as well.

Thanks guys these are things I was thinking of... now just to get it done lol

 

[polar]

The speaker wire goes to the wiring harness and all I would have to do is take the the pin out of the connector and put the new wire in the pin.

 

[ChrisAU]

Good luck getting 14 gauge in a wiring harness connector. Speaker wire like that is meant to be wired to an amp that gets its signals from a headunit via RCA cables.

 

[polar]

So how would I go about upgrading the wiring from the speakers back