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Originally Posted by wh0rsep0wer
I read on another post that the cigarette lighter 12V outlet is switched by the ignition. I plan on piggybacking off that and running wire to the trunk to get my remote lead for the amp.
+1 would love to get an answer on the pre-amp outs though.
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I have quite a bit of knowledge when it comes to installing car audio and I highly don't suggest "piggy backing" anything off your cigarette lighter, even a remote wire.
To solve an issue in my gf's car of needing a remote wire and installing an amp with a factory head unit I got a piece called the re-Q5 from reqsound.com. It turns on when it senses music so you don't have to run a remote wire and once it turns on it has a remote wire out to turn on your amplifiers as well. It counteracts the factory head unit lowering the bass at higher volumes too so it sound much better than just using a high to low converter.
I installed it myself into my gf's car if you have any questions on it. Oh yeah, for input signal all you have to do is tap off your front and/or rear speakers which can be done directly at the speaker if you want so if you're just adding a sub it's much simpler to just tap off the rear and be done with it.