wiring speakers/stereo today, any tips or suggestions Options

[brianforster]

so after all of that trouble in my other thread I have figured out 3 things:

1.) one or both of my stock amps are blown or for some reason unknown to me not sending out power signals
2.) My head units CD portion is messed up (kenwood kdc-217, been through 3 cars now about time it died)
3.) If you buy a new car do not get any kind of sound upgrade because it makes it a million times harder to go aftermarket!

So today I am going to walmart and picking up a new pioneer 4600mp (i think thats what its called) and just wiring my door 6.5 pioneer and the stock 6.5's in the back.

I have never wired a car like this before I have always used stock wiring but since I have no clue where the problem is with the stock wiring I have decided to go around it.

What gauge wire should I buy?

For the fronts I was thinking about wiring the wires under the steering wheel in the back then for the door through that little plastic wire tube and for the rear up and through the top plastic pods. for the passenger seat same thing except under the glove box.

anyone see any problems with this?

also what should I do for power, should I just splice into the ciggarette lighters power and I assume the one thats not positive on the lighter is negative and that would be my ground?

Thanks all for your help in hte other thread and now in this one

[brianforster]

ok I need to find a constant power source to run the memory wire to, it is my belief that the ciggarette lighter only works with the ignition?

how can i run directly to the battery, we could not find a whole in my firewall?

also everything is running fine, I bought the pioneer 6600 and i am using pioneer 3 ways for the front and the stock 6.5s for the back.

the 4" and tweeters arent working as of now in the door, but thats ok it sounds amazing compared to ... nothing

thanks all for all the help , now I just need to find a constant power so that my cd player doesnt lose all its memory each time i turn the car on and off.

-Brian