show me your installs

[Grant]

i am looking to install some subs/amps/speakers etc..
just interested to see ppl installs ie where did you mount your amps? boot? bonnet?

also like to see pics of how they mounted them bonnet board?, and some pics of there sub boxes etc..

Thanks
Grant

[Ian Geary]

ok here goes:

2 pics of the amp under the front bonnet. I've mounted it to some MDF, but haven't finished off securing it in position yet - a case of function over form until I get some spare time.






And here's 2 of my 10" sub behind passenger seat. I'd prefer to mount it behind my seat, but this position blocks the engine hatch lever...

I made the box myself from some MDF and plans from this site, but it does mean the passenger seat has to be vertical if slid back at all, so a slimmer design would have been better. In hindsight I'd make the top surface narrower, but the 0.75cu feet volume is perfect for my sealed sub ( a 12" sub would need 1cu ft volume if sealed). Ported, my 10" sub would need 1.25 cu ft, so not an option.





For wiring it all in, there's a big bung in the firewall next to the clutch pedal. I've routed all the wires through this, as I couldn't find a decent alternative that's as easy to access from both cabin or front bonnet area.

hth

Ian

[pecky]

sub box


amp rack under bonnet



plans for the sub box

[cbaynes]

*pulls archived pictures from nowhere!*

Here she was two years ago ...





Two Amps on a Hinge Mechanism (Spare wheel accessible) .. not sure if she it still exists!!!

c

[Grant]

any piccys of ur sub boxes
nice to see u on here again

what you doing one lunchtime this week? fancy meeting for drink / chat?

[Vindezal]

Mine is as follows:

Amp Rack



Sub



12" Kenwood sub which is neatly behind passenger seat allowing the seat to recline back ok. Sealed unit. nice sound. And the amp is 4 channel pheonix gold Tantrum series, 2 channels bridged to run the sub and the other 2 running my front components which have their own Xover in the doors, Mac Audios.

No wires showing, and the Headunit is a 60W 4V Alpine 3 outs.

[Grant]

where you get ur subs / amp from? did you make box yourself? design for it?

[Ian Geary]

got mine amp, sub and connectors from www.caraudiodirect.com

pretty cheap, a good range and next day delivery.

I made the box myself (you can tell from the poor quality), but I used the sub design posted above from a sheet of MDF that cost a tenner.

ps the volumes I stated of 0.75cu ft and 1.0cu ft were for my JBL GT series sub - others may well be less or more.

Ian

[Grant]

Vindezal
what power is your amp/subs how much it set you back if you dont mind me asking and what components are you using?

[carlmr2]

*pulls archived pictures from nowhere!*

Here she was two years ago ...





Two Amps on a Hinge Mechanism (Spare wheel accessible) .. not sure if she it still exists!!!

c

how did you mount those amps so neatly under the bonnet. whats the secret lol

[cbaynes]

The MDF that the Amps are screwed to are resting on the top of the spare wheel, all the distribution boxes are screwed on the under side of it ..

The whole lot hinged forward so I could still get the spare wheel.

Thanks

[cbaynes]

any piccys of ur sub boxes

On My Dad's PC, I'll dig them out ..

nice to see u on here again

I come on here from time to time, boy has it change .. not one unmolestered MR2 left

what you doing one lunchtime this week? fancy meeting for drink / chat?

Hey Ho!

[Gareth Hill]

Batty boys beware

[Sidewinder]

not one unmolestered MR2 left

Nah - there are one or two. They just never post any pictures! Give it another five years and we'll all forget about what a standard MR2 looks like...



Cbaynes - what did you stick your front number plate on with? Any problems from the law?

[cbaynes]

what did you stick your front number plate on with? Any problems from the law?

Double sided Sticky pads, you can buy them off the service desk at halfords, about £1.99 if memory serves.

Never got pulled for them

Thanks

[Gareth Hill]

Ive never been pulled for not having a front plate haha

[Pimp Juice]

I mounted my amp in the passenger-side floor.

Tried to upload a pic but the image is too large.