Br4den

My Soarer never came with a subwoofer, just has the blanking plate with the X on it. I measured it and its 8" in diameter. Does that mean I can't fit a 10" sub?

Studiogeek

iTrader: (6)

I don't know anything about the plate because my car came with a 10 inch sub already installed. If you are willing to modify the deck you can obviously fit a larger diameter sub in. I think the depth is generally the issue because of the gas tank. If you can find a big sub that is shallow enough, you should be good. :thumb up:

I'm no audio installer so hopefully others will chime in.

SCereal

iTrader: (4)

A dremel, an mdf ring and a shallow mount free air sub means your possibilities are vast.

Br4den

This is what it looks like. If the deck was flat it would be no problem to cut a bigger hole, but that area is raised

Br4den

I think the reason I'm confused and made this thread is because of this post

How did his 10" sub fit perfectly when his stock sub was 8"?

SCereal

iTrader: (4)

The listed cutout size required for that JL sub is 9" so unless the soarer and sc are different in cut out size I don't see how it would if you measured 8" diameter cutout. If you can't modify the opening gonna be stuck with finding a sub with an 8" mount hole. I could have sworn mine was 10" but it's been years since I ripped my stock stuff out and I just covered the whole. That does make me remember there was a plastic trim rim ring of sorts that was fairly tall. I remember cutting it up to make a better seal. Might have had provisions to get a larger sub mounted in it. Maybe someone has their interior out and can snap a pic.

ocr

iTrader: (2)

I have a 90 LS400 and it came with an 8" sub stock. It has been blown since I bought the car in 2011. I'm going to install a 10" JL audio sub in its place. I am going to try just taking a 10" MDF ring to space it up an inch and size it up to 10".