Amp installation

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ylwfvr

Discussion Starter · Apr 21, 2004

Greetings,
I am thinking about adding sub amp to the existing factory stereo. I will be using high level input so won' t need a LOC. Where is the best place to get signal and mount the amp? I would prefer to mount under passenger seat - is there enough room for a fairly small amp? Thanks

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vaBooM

· #2 · Apr 21, 2004

Yes, a small sized amp will fit under both front seats. Be warned, there is heating/cooling ducts down there, so you have 2 choices: Elevate the amp over the ducts or the back of the amp towards the ducts.

Best place for signal is behind the headunit.

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mdurg

· #3 · Apr 21, 2004

I loaded my amp under the driver seat. It is mounted on (2) 2 x 2 wood rails to clear the rear heater duct on the floor. They are spray painted black and have velcro mounted on the bottom to keep it from sliding around. I mounted the amp under the seat because I did not want to take up any "live" area in the car, like the trunk.

I took the wiring from behind the head unit like in vaBoom's guide and ran it underthe center console on the passenger side. The + power wire came from battery, through hood release cable hole and down the door side. The ground cable is a drilled hole in the column between doors, sanded to bare metal.

I took some pictures of almost everything. It may supplement vaBoom's guide a little showing a more basic set up than he has. If anyone's interested I can post them to my web site. I have to say his guide helped a LOT and wanted to thank him for posting it.

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wt12435

· #4 · Apr 21, 2004

Go ahead and post them. I have no idea what you're talking about but it never hurts to get a good look at something.

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morph860

· #5 · Apr 21, 2004

When I was reading the manual, I remember seeing something about "do not put anything under the front seats". I don't remember why, but I know I saw it somewhere. Probaby some sort of sensor...just be careful.

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mdurg

· #6 · Apr 21, 2004

There is a sensor under the seat along with it's wiring, but it clears the amp.

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loudboxer

· #7 · Apr 21, 2004

mdurg said:
I took some pictures of almost everything. It may supplement vaBoom's guide a little showing a more basic set up than he has. If anyone's interested I can post them to my web site. I have to say his guide helped a LOT and wanted to thank him for posting it.

In the interest of keeping all my HB's live space, I'm likely going to do a small amp under one seat and a pancake Kenwood WooX powered sub under the other... modest but I think it'll do. It'd be very helpful to see your amp install photos. Hope you can post them soon.
Thank you,
Ryan

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mdurg

· #8 · Apr 22, 2004

I wanted to go with the Woox too because of it's size... I'm a packaging designer and made a box to the outside dimension of the Woox. Tried to cram it under the passenger seat... no go :-( The Woox does have some rounded edges so maybe you could jam it, but I think it's mostly the thickness. The 4 3/8" is too much to fit between the heater duct and the bottom of the seat. Now maybe if the duct was removed... hmmm there's a thought.

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loudboxer

· #9 · Apr 22, 2004

Damn, I forgot about the duct.

Just found this: http://www.sounddomain.com/sku/CLASRV303

Maybe try a box with those dims and see? I just about hit 'send' on my Crutchfield order... guess I should check and make sure first eh!
Ryan

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mdurg

· #10 · Apr 22, 2004

Yeah that would definately fit under the seat, but I wonder how good it is? I saw this a while back and couldn't find any reviews on it. At least the Woox got good reviews in any of the ones I've read.

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loudboxer

· #11 · Apr 22, 2004

Found one review and it's not postive at all: http://www.bizrate.com/marketplace/..._id--7226250,review_id--24116,sort--date.html

Soooo.... maybe re-routing that duct is an option. Will have to take a look.

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ylwfvr

Discussion Starter · #12 · Apr 22, 2004

i can't imagine those things sounding good. I heard good things about infiniti's woofer/amp combo. I am sticking with separate amp/sub

Thanks all for the reply

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