Hit up paypal for a full refund. Shipping costs ****, but getting most of your money back and starting over is a much better idea. Don't waste your time with broken stuff that you had no control over. Good luck man.
When I got my first amp I was so excited that I kept hooking up the ground and power up backwards and kept blowing fuses and I didn't know why until like 5 fuses later.
I have some for my Jetta. As long as you use the correct bulb then they should work. Some slight modification is probably required (there was in my car). Here was my "walkthrough"
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?&id=2659755&postid=29855529#29855529
3 hours work between me and a...
well it was -35 here a couple nights ago without windchill. My battery was dead.
I've had frostbite on my subs and amp.
If it's cold out, dont play your subs hardly at all til they warm up. Just a FYI. It ***** being in the Dakotas.
Should be alright as long as you're putting the tape over the covers and not on the crossover stuff lol. Tape the shtt out of it. Haha. Make sure they don't get warm in the first place though...I don't have them but use judgment.