Well I decided that it is time to upgrade the Big 3, and am planning on doing it here in the next couple of weeks. I went to go print out the thread in the Do-it-Yourself forum and ran into a slight problem, it cuts off half way through step two (I don't know if something happen to it but i know it was there a month ago). Since it is not there I have a couple questions. First, what gauge wire should I get? Next, should I get ones that already have the terminals on it, if available? I have an Optima Red Top with both GM and standard peg style terminals, should I stick with the GM style, or go with the traditional peg style? Whill it really make a difference? Also, with my amp hookup, should I modify that to work with the peg style if I switch over to that? Any help will be appreciated, thanks in advance.

 

Big three upgrade How-To

 

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Does this make that much of a difference? My lights dim pretty bad now and I really dont want to buy a power cap.

 

caps are not for dimming headlights.

 

My lights dim as well...and everyone, even my mechanic told me to get a cap...then the dude at the pawn shop that sold me my system said theire useless...

I think this is worth a try, so im going to go ahead and do it when it stops raining.

 

if you dont understand what a capacitor actually does to your electrical system, I highly recommend you do NOT install it. Please do some research first. Installing a capacitor at the wrong times can actually harm other electrical components such as your battery and alternator. There should be some capacitor threads already on this forum.

 

Caps are for items that need a short burst of power (amps) and useless for anything that needs long term power (lighting).

 

I realize that,

It works a a quick release battery, but i still think its pretty much useless unless your drawing major loads and loads of power extremely fast.

Ive gotten many different answers to the light dimming problem, many of which i know wont work.

someone told me to get a high output alternator, but that won effect it since the lights actually dim when i press my electric locks when the car is off...as i tried to state earlier, i think the big 3 will make the biggest impact out of any of those possible solutions to this problem...

 

You sir need a bigger and/or better battery