Trunk sub advice
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So I have poured through the audio posts in this forum and have found a bunch of good information on options. I think I'm pretty certain on what i will do on the interior side. My question is on the subwoofer side, I'm looking to put a box in the trunk. My concearn is the amount of bass that will work its way into the cabin. I do not have a ski pass through to help the cause. So I'm looking for opinion on what types of subs/enclosures are going to yield the best.
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I have a 500W RMS mono sub powered to a ported 12" P3 and it barely reaches the front seats. Problem with turning it up is that people in the back cant hear a thing.
Not sure what the solution is... I don't think you can turn it into a fold down style.
Not sure what the solution is... I don't think you can turn it into a fold down style.
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I'm wondering the same thing actually, in about to put in 2 tens and still trying to figure out what box to do, sealed vs vertical port tuned to a certain frequency? Will it still get threw? Heard of people taking off some of insulation on the back seat, also getting into package tray, in really hoping there is a solution because alot of people say on here they were really disappointed after installing subs in their trucks.
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I have a JL Audio 8W3v3 with a 250 JL mono amp in a ported box in the trunk. The bass makes it into the cabin just fine probably because I think JL makes a top of the line sub because honestly 250 rms is nothing i think it may depend on the quality of the sub. If your looking for your mirrors to shake it wont do that but that not what i was looking for. The bass is deep and tight with this setup and suits my needs.
i run the amp set at about 150 hz (the dial goes to 200) and i have the bass boost turned up to 6 (goes up to 9) below is the tutorial i used to tune the amp from JL. I also have the factory settings on the idrive set to plus 3 clicks on bass and treble. hope this helps
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i run the amp set at about 150 hz (the dial goes to 200) and i have the bass boost turned up to 6 (goes up to 9) below is the tutorial i used to tune the amp from JL. I also have the factory settings on the idrive set to plus 3 clicks on bass and treble. hope this helps
Tunning
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My sub gets to the passenger cabin just fine. Almost too loud at times, and my amp gain is almost all the way down.
Granted its in a big, ported box... but no fold down seats and no ski pass through, and plenty of bass.
Granted its in a big, ported box... but no fold down seats and no ski pass through, and plenty of bass.
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I have a solid back seat, an old school 10" kicker competition sub in a boston sealed enclosure with a 10" passive radiator, and I have to turn the gain on my punch 300 down to about 25% otherwise it overpowers the L7. I don't know what you're looking for, but plenty of bass gets through to the cabin. box is roughly 14 x 14 at the bottom.