This morning I cut all the wires to length, made sure everything was labeled correctly, and tinned all the bare wire connections. I also added a weatherpack connector for the amp trigger.
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At that point it was all plug and play.
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Turned everything on, looked for smoke (luckily none...
), and tested it out. Big difference in volume and clarity, and it drives the sub much better than it ever has before.
I am having an issue though - I'm getting some static when nothing is playing, and it increases and decreases with the volume. Not an issue that I've ever noticed before. I can really hear it when I turn the volume up high. I've checked all the connections, and walked through disconnecting all the input and outputs one at a time to see if it was any specific channel - with no change.
The manual for the amp recommended that the ground for the amp be in the same location as the ground for the head unit. They are not as the ground for the head unit is still in the stock location. Could that be creating the issue? Anything else I can check while I have access to everything?