capacitor, yes? no? dont need?

Pauly

well the last thing i want is to kill the altenator or battery, or even worse, destroy the car's computer like i did with another car i had. thats why im not gonna get anything big, just want good sounds. im beginning to wonder if im the only person to destroy a vehicle via audio system, since nobody chimed in to share their own similar experience. im hoping i can get away with the alpine IDA X305S and some replacements for the 4 speakers without an amp. but if i add an amp im hoping it wont draw enough juice to necessatate a cap or a new altenator. thanks for all the input, all of you guys are awesome

mhcoss

I imagine I came pretty close to destroying my first car this way..

I had a 98 accord when I was 16... For some reason in my head I thought it was a good idea to install a 1600w amp that drew over 60 amps

I had no idea what I was doing, what ended up happening was my car could not keep up with those electrical power demands. Ultimately my amp blew out very premature as a result, most likely saved the car.