So, is this with a ML stereo? Did you use the stock sub speaker leads to input to your amp? Where did you mount the amp? Pics? Do you have any seperate sub control? We need more details!!!

Jimbo

 

Not ML stereo....amps are mounted in the trunk....sub control is part of sony headunit...sorry i dont ahve any more details, i bought the car used and it came this way....the only thng i replaced was the subwoofer...

 

Is this upgrade any good, if you just upgrade the sub alone?

 

Wonder if i could get away using a KICK SOLO-BARIC 10". I have one of the OLD Round Solo_Barics from back in the day that just sits in my office..Hmmm might have to try it...Dont know about Free Air though LOL..I had it in a box long ago and would be using a FOSGATE 800 Punch

 

While this represents just about the quickest and dirtiest method of sub upgrade, it is not recommended. With a minor additional amount of work, the woofer can be much more secure. Zip ties are not a reliable method of fastening this, because they will tend to stretch, deteriorate over time, etc. Due to vibration over time, the deck metal may cut into the ties, making the woofer loose in its mount, or worse, placing the woofer on your trunk floor.
A better way to do the same job would be to cut a -double- baffle board out of MDF (1/2 or 3/4") to fit under the deck. Two layers - the bottom one would be sized to bolt in the woofer, and the top one would be a spacer to allow the lower board to sit down lower than the deck, to allow for woofer excursion so that it never hits the deck or trim. Sealing would be done with strip caulk. Both layers would bolt right thru the stock bolt holes. Much more robust installation. Also accounts for Percy's comment above.

 

^ i would agree

pardon my french but that is ghetto

 

in addition (not to say to say that im a know it all) but if the fumes on that great stuff is pretty strong it may do some damage to the subwoofers.. just what I hear..


J

 

resurrecting an old thread, engin_ear if i under stand you correctly the lip of the sub fits in between the two pieces of mdf and both pieces of mdf sit under the deck?

 

That's basically correct - the hole that you cut in the top piece must be just a wee bit bigger than the outer mounting lip of the sub, so that the sub fits up into it, yet is only mounted to the bottom piece. Yes, both pieces sit under the deck.

 

i still find this description weird. i will be doing this soon. engine-ear, can you draw a description of this?(if its not much trouble)

 

probably because you're thinking of the sub "dropping in" from the top, if i get time to do it this weekend i'll post pics.

 

thanks man. that would make my project easier.

 

Nice info engin_ear. I am going to work on custom sub MDF this weekend

 

me too

but please do post pics as it will help my project go smoother as well as i'm planning to do this upgrade real soon. . . also which subs will you guys be using? ? ? any suggestion would be greatly appreciated. . .

btw, thanks for the suggestion/recommendation engin_ear! ! !

 

didn't have time last weekend, i'll post pics whenever i get it done.