How do you wire a sub and an amp in a 1995 Chevy silverado?

Answer 1

The amp has connections for a "hot", "ground", and "remote" wires. I have a 95 extended cab. I put my amp behind my back seat and screwed it to the back of the cab. The hot wire, typically red, needs to be no smaller than 8 gauge wire depending on how powerful the amp and sub are. This wire needs to hook into the "hot" or "+" port in your amp. You might have to splice the wire and crimp a connector to the end of it. The other end needs to connect to the hot or +(red) side of your battery. The ground can be connected to any metal bolt that is directly connected to your vehicles chassis. The remote wire can be ran from your amp to your fuse box which is on the dash board on the drivers side. it can be a really small wire as is doesnt provide "power" and you can take a 10-20 amp fuse out of its place and wrap the (blue) remote wire around one of the 2 prongs of the fuse, it doesnt matter which one. Then simply plug the fuse back in. The ground wire is usually black by the way. Now get some Monster Cable speaker wire and run it from your amp to your subwoofer. It doesnt really matter which terminal you plug the wire into, (the + or the -), just be certain you do it the exact same way on the other end of the wire. next you need another speaker wire but it needs to have plugs on it, like an RCA cable. It plugs into the output terminals in your amp and runs to your stereo. Stock radios will not have plugs for this, but most after market decks do. There are ways to hook it up if you have a stock deck, but I would recommend getting an after market deck to maximize sound quality.