Hi

Bike is a 13 road glide custom.
I got the bt2180 amp, mounting bracket and retro radio kit. I have arc audio 602 motor speakers and matching brackets on order from phat. Gonna order the Sony mex-70bt head unit soon.
Just gonna run the two speakers in the fairing only.

Having never played with this audio stuff before or had the fairing off on my bike, I assumed I wouldn't need to buy anything else. I thought the speakers would come with wire and everything else I bought or am buying should be plug and play with what comes in the box.

Am I missing anything? Lots of talk here about rca cables and all sorts of stuff.

Thanks

 

IF new the BT 2180 should come with all connections needed. I would advise getting some 10g IIRC ground to go to battery than run to the faring mounting screw for ground and replace the RCA's with a set of your choosing. Speaker wire I believe is also included but if not any decent 16g should work. Stinger 4000 are popular budget cables. Don't but over 1 meter length.

 

Thanks sly dog.

Is sound dampening stuff worthwhile or not? Is it stuck inside the fairing or around the speaker. Arc reckons no need to put it around the 602 speakers.

 

The sound damping can never hurt man.. What's the worst that can happen? Better sound? Haha System should really kick for you!

 

+1 on a better ground. Best bet is to run both power and ground to battery. BT recommends in the fairing and only gives enough wire length to do that, but I recently had to re-ground on an install last week after using the recommended spot. Granted, after a dozen BT amp installs this was the first issue, but best to avoid potential problems altogether.

 

Thanks guys