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Old 01-27-2011, 04:48 PM
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Low Gauge Wire and Getting the big 3 done?

Does anybody know a good location to get 1, 2, 4 Gauge wire by the ft?
And is there any good shops that will do the big 3 in Northern-ish Toronto area? (I live about 5-10 minutes North of Newmarket) - I'll drive up to an hour each way for this so long as an appointment can be made to have it done in a couple hours as I won't be able able to get a ride home. Other way around if its 30mins or less away.

Thanks for any advice on this~

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Old 01-27-2011, 04:50 PM
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any welding supply store will have welding cable in those sizes....its cable to them not wire tho (or ull end up with mig wire...lol)

princess auto also stocks it. its usually cheaper by far than audio shops for actual audio cable but its ugly (in some peoples opinions) cuz its just a plain black jacket.
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Old 01-27-2011, 04:53 PM
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Doesn't have to be pretty, it will all be buried except under the hood, is it good quality? Functionality trumps looks in this case, heh
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Old 01-27-2011, 04:57 PM
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yes, its the best, welding cable, 100% oxygen free, better than a lot of real audio cable now a days
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Old 01-27-2011, 05:00 PM
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Alright then, that solves that. Princess Auto for the wire. Now for a shop that'll do the big three.. I considered asking my mechanic but I figured it'd be better to have it done by an audio shop that actually understands the purpose of doing it and make the connections as short as possible etc.

Hrmm..
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Old 01-27-2011, 05:02 PM
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Sadly most audio shop won't know what the big 3 is either, but they'll have a cap to sell you, that will do miracles. (according to them)
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Old 01-27-2011, 05:06 PM
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Bah, yeah.. Ive been to a couple shops, as soon as I heard them mention caps I ran for the door. Found a decent shop here where I got the second battery for my other install, might ask them, just figured Id toss it on here to see if anyone had someone that did it regularly or as an offered service for a set price
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Old 01-27-2011, 05:31 PM
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I find cable isn't as flexible making it more in a pain in the *** to work with instead of true 0 gauge wire.
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Eh, it should be a fairly straight shot, I really dont need it to be hugely flexible
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willing to drive to etobicoke? i'll do the BIG 3 for a fair amount. PM me for details
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