Bt4180
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From: Indianapolis IN.
BT uses 18 ga. wire in their speaker wire harness, so I guess that would be what they would recommend, seemed small to me. I didn't use their harness and wired my speakers with 16 ga. I don't think the difference between 18 ga. to 16 ga. will cause the terminals to fail. I did not have to "force" the 16 ga. wire into the terminals. Chunngle when you talk to BT ask them which ga. wire to use. I actually wish BT would use screw terminals on their amp.
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It looks like 12 gauge. The amp has all the wire you need already attached, including fuse holder.
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Cruiser
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Thank you. Exactly what I was looking for. I will swap out the 8 ga. power for the 10 ga power this evening.
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Just checked my tracking number, my BT7.1's and my 2180 are sitting at my house, come on 4 o'clock. Seems like something that shouldn't take more than an hour or so should it? I'm fairly proficient in car stereos, never had the shark nose off though.
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Lol. . . If you've never taken the fairing off it's going to take more than an hour.
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Oh come on, the fairing is held by 4 bolts. It should take no more than 2 minutes to remove the fairing (along with the 3 screws holding in the shield). Probably the only challenging part is holding the fairing while disconnecting the headlight. (also reinstalling the fairing, the lower left bolt is always a P.I.T.A.
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I've had a batwing off a bunch of times, that one is easy, this is a road glide, which I have never done before.
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Oh come on, the fairing is held by 4 bolts. It should take no more than 2 minutes to remove the fairing (along with the 3 screws holding in the shield). Probably the only challenging part is holding the fairing while disconnecting the headlight. (also reinstalling the fairing, the lower left bolt is always a P.I.T.A.
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Ditto!