K, so im parking my car and all of a sudden thick thick smoke starts billowing out of my steering column and later i noticed it in my trunk too. turned off teh car and left it alone for awhile.... opened up the dash to find this:
i left the pics big so it'd be easy to see...

the wire looks like that for as far as i can see... anyways.. i figured theres no point in putting the dash back together if im gunna have to gut it to get that wire out now anyway and replace it... so i go to open my trunk, only to have a cloud of smelly plastic smoke burst out. not as thick mind you. anyways.. heres whhat i saw:


-need to replace this asap i think.. what should i replace it with? <-thats key! i wanna do this tonite so im gud tommorrow..
in case u guys were wondering... the amp is a fusion 1211d, wiring is a 4gauge stinger kit, stock HU, stinger LOC, in an 07 civic.

 

Whoa... good thing that's the only damage done

 

honestly. specially since the cars brand new. but like wtf caused this in the firstt place?!?

 

looks like ure remote wire didnt like that

 

wow thats crazy. did it short somewhere?

id put a fuse on it next time. maybe it will blow the fuse instead of burning up the wire.

 

again. why would it do that? like im yet to find the cause... where do you suggest i place the fuse... im going down stairs to work on it in a bit..

 

the wire must have shorted...

the fuse on the ignition wire you tapped into is probably about 30-40amps.... obviously the wire you shorted couldn't handle the current that fuse let pass without burning up.... next time add a 5 or 10 amp fuse......

edit: where you tap in, lol duh...


this is where the installers could jump in and say pay us or have your car smell like smoke..... or worse yet feel pretty damn stupid cause you just wrote off your brand new vehicle and all ur equipment.... btw, aside from setting your car on fire the best ever is when you set off airbags... lol

 

see thats what happened last time.. and look at what happened. i ran the power, nd ground they ran my rem.. cuz i din kno bout it but like now its all gud, i spent the night redoing everything. im gunna check what fuse i wired it into.. i taped something that goes to the back.. i took pics.. ill post themm...everytthing is working mint now tho.. hopefully tonite or tommorrow ill get to postt the pics.. thanks to erry one whoo helpd!

gud call on where to put the fuse btw. lol cant beleive i even asked that.

 

k guyz. *prrostar noob" here. my lights are dimmin a bit.. i have a cap, but i havent installed it.. shud i go bout that?
what purpose will the cap serve? i think i have an idea.. but like u guyz are sooooo much more knowledgeable. do tell.

thannx in advancee