I was thinking of switching the stock sub for an 8" CV or something comparable. This will only leave minimal space between the sub and fenderwall. If I dynomat the fender area, enclose the area with wood and caulk the area between the dynomat and wood box - will this adequately "enclose" the sub? I want to keep it stock looking and have no plans of adding aftermarket amps. I also plan on upgrading the door speakers to the much talked about Eclipse or Alpine's. Thanks, Nelson
Subwoofer enclosure stock location question...
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Don't have a pic here at work and may take a couple of days b4 I have time to take a pic, but I had a custom enclosure built that replaced the stock subwoofer. Had to cover the stock sub screen with black felt backing and sound now resonates out of the little slates below the 'speaker' screen. If you want a pic., let me know. It might give you another idea. Looks completely stock.
HELP!!
Well I thought I was on to something by following Bear80s thread, then he bailed and bought the Basslink!@!!
I was going to do that as well, but I am trying to still get something at least decent into the stock space. I bought a 1 channel Alpine amp to power an 8' sub. I'm keeping the metal bracket and will be securing a small homemade enclosure behind it. and have a woofer grill that will be painted to match the panel.
I've looked at the wiring diagram in Bear80s thread, and it just doesn't make sense to me. Speakers wired parallel, inputs into the sub amp from only R side.....arghh!
I'm keeping the stock head unit, have 4 door Eclipses, and have disconnected the front and rear tweets.
All I need to know at this point is which wires to use from that factory bundle that plugs into the stock amp to use as my high level inputs (Alpine accepts these instead of RCAs)....There doesn't appear to be a left signal in that bunch......I'm confused if I need to leave that stock amp in there because it serves as a common connection, or just maybe take leads from the rear tweets?
Braindead in Carolina
Well I thought I was on to something by following Bear80s thread, then he bailed and bought the Basslink!@!!
I was going to do that as well, but I am trying to still get something at least decent into the stock space. I bought a 1 channel Alpine amp to power an 8' sub. I'm keeping the metal bracket and will be securing a small homemade enclosure behind it. and have a woofer grill that will be painted to match the panel.
I've looked at the wiring diagram in Bear80s thread, and it just doesn't make sense to me. Speakers wired parallel, inputs into the sub amp from only R side.....arghh!
I'm keeping the stock head unit, have 4 door Eclipses, and have disconnected the front and rear tweets.
All I need to know at this point is which wires to use from that factory bundle that plugs into the stock amp to use as my high level inputs (Alpine accepts these instead of RCAs)....There doesn't appear to be a left signal in that bunch......I'm confused if I need to leave that stock amp in there because it serves as a common connection, or just maybe take leads from the rear tweets?
Braindead in Carolina
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Well if you are not going to use an aftermarket amplifier, all your efforts would pretty much be in a vain. I think that stock sub gets like 15 watts. In my last set up I was sending over 100 watts to my tweeters. Granted thats overkill and by no means necessary, you would still be wise to invest in an aftermarket amplifier.
I tried to fit an enclosure back there...i still have the fiberglass piece that fits back there perfect . Only problem was depth...to fit under the trim panel I could only get a max depth of around 3.5" which does not allow much of a speaker selection....I found that a Rockford Punch series 1 (IIRC) would fit but then I figured the rubbber surround on the speaker would rub the outside of the trim panel and create resonance so I abandoned the project and but in a regular speaker box and mounted my amp behind that panel using the stock sub bracket
Funny you mentioned the Punch series 1....bought a 10" Sun, figured out it would require way too much spacing.....Couldn't find an 8" Punch locally, bought a Sony instead. Has about a 4" depth. I'm surface mounting to front of box that mounts flush to backside of metal bracket....I'm keeping the top left corner of the stock hole and enlarging it down and to the right....
Not that it will have a lot of throw, but I can see what you are saying. I'm going to trim the panel to fit, and put an 8" Metal Grill, trimmed to fit the contour bump, painted to match the panel.....
Way too much work for an 8", but I am stupid that way!!!
Not that it will have a lot of throw, but I can see what you are saying. I'm going to trim the panel to fit, and put an 8" Metal Grill, trimmed to fit the contour bump, painted to match the panel.....
Way too much work for an 8", but I am stupid that way!!!
Yeah that seems like a lot of work and hassle and I would bet the results would be less than desirable. Even a $100 amp would enough to get some kind of response out of that enclosure. If done right, sealed nice, a little bit of power and some tweaking it could sound good if you can fit it in.
I'd scrap the stock amp idea though.
One other note, after 4 years of experimenting in an 80 any kind of subwoofer enclosure sounds best in the passenger back corner (firing back or down). I have 2 different enclosures I use depending on how much room I need, hidden in those generic cargo carrier type things to not draw attention while tailgating, etc.... I have my amp behind the back panel where the factory sub used to be and my subwoofer enclosures have connectors on them for easy removal. Just some ideas..
I'd scrap the stock amp idea though.
One other note, after 4 years of experimenting in an 80 any kind of subwoofer enclosure sounds best in the passenger back corner (firing back or down). I have 2 different enclosures I use depending on how much room I need, hidden in those generic cargo carrier type things to not draw attention while tailgating, etc.... I have my amp behind the back panel where the factory sub used to be and my subwoofer enclosures have connectors on them for easy removal. Just some ideas..
I'm putting in an Alpine 1 channel amp into the the little cubby storage hole next to the woofer location....
Nelson, Ill second the motion to forget reusing the stock amp.......slightly bigger than two decks of playing cards stacked.....I think you could get more power from a fresh set of AA batteries.
Nelson, Ill second the motion to forget reusing the stock amp.......slightly bigger than two decks of playing cards stacked.....I think you could get more power from a fresh set of AA batteries.
New question.
Can I use the stock headunit power on/off lead to switch the amp? I've ran 8 ga for constant from the battery...
Can I use the stock headunit power on/off lead to switch the amp? I've ran 8 ga for constant from the battery...
I would think that you can since there is virtually no power required to actually turn on the amp....just run some 12-14ga wireing as your remote turn on lead.
yep on the wire to turn the amp on, although 12-14 ga. is overkill, 18 ga. should do it, only needs .05 amps to turn on. Just be careful running the wire, it is a fused source, but if it grounds out by accident, you will be tuneless.
How does it sound?
I did something similar for an 8", listened to it for about 15 minutes, and ripped it all out, gave up on stock, and just put in a 12" with a Q-Logic box....
I did something similar for an 8", listened to it for about 15 minutes, and ripped it all out, gave up on stock, and just put in a 12" with a Q-Logic box....
Brentbba,
Looks great! Is that an 8" or 10" sub? I don't want to walk out of work to the parking lot to put this picture to scale, but I might have to! Please check your pm. I'll be thinking about shallow subwoofer options all day.
Looks great! Is that an 8" or 10" sub? I don't want to walk out of work to the parking lot to put this picture to scale, but I might have to! Please check your pm. I'll be thinking about shallow subwoofer options all day.
Brent,
Since I am planning on building a drawer system, is there room to move the sub higher with your setup? Also is that an amp in there as well?
Buck
Since I am planning on building a drawer system, is there room to move the sub higher with your setup? Also is that an amp in there as well?
Buck
Buckru said:
If you don't mind, I can tell you that a Sony 8" Explode will fit higher, I used the
stock location and expanded that hole down and to the rear. Anything above that, the curve of the quarter panel gets a lot slimmer pretty quick.
After I abandoned that route, i used that location to mount my amp.
I will selling the 8" dirt cheap if anyone is interested. I scratched to cover (you won't be using that anyway) and have another aftermarket grill I had planned on painting the trim panel cover.
