[MyFirstZ]

Ok i will start from the begining and tell you guys everything i know.


Sub - jl 10w2, pretty sure it discontinued
Amp - Kenwood KAC-8103D
Capacitor - 1 Farad
Wiring - 8 gauge
HU - stock

I had this system in my v6 camaro installed at a stereo shop, worked awesome no problems, put a capacitor in two years after having the system, charged it, awesome. No problems.

Took it out for a few months while i was trying to sell my car just incase i got another fbody which i did.

Put the system back into my new camaro with my pops, without the capacitor.

Since that installation every so often the radio would cut out, first thought loose conection, big negative. Overheating to small guage wire. Still up there. But to top it off when the radio cuts out i lost my power windows, both sides and the master switch window controls. Also saw i lost power to my amp in the back, along with the lcd display on the HU. the time never got ****ed up though. Only has happened once when the car was not moving without the engine on, most of the time when i am driving it happens.


Got into an accident and took it out since i had to have that driver side quarter replaced and that is right were the sub (may have been damaged).
After the accident the sub would cut in and out but still had power to the amp, was thinking that maybe it was a pinched wire or something but everything looked ok, took it out anyway.

Went to install it today with the capacitor got it all hooked up, right before i put the wires from the cap to the amp i turned the car on for a sec to give the cap a little charge. turned it off, took out the fuse just incase hooked everything up and turned it on i got one bass and next got a loud pop! im imagining i blew it since i still get power from the amp to the sub and from the radio to the amp.

Now i am less concerned with the sub going and all that since i am just going to get it tested and swap out if need be.

the questions are,

1. Is it worth having the cap
2. do you guys think the cap is what made it go
3. What is going on with the radio/window cutout

off the top of my head the radio/window problem, i thought maybe it is bad ground wire possbily, loose conections. but what eats me is that i have no idea where these two would share a source of power besides the ignition switch, and whatever tells the radio to turn off when the door opens.