Post your Stereo Installs... Really where you Mount amps
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Post your Stereo Installs... Really where you Mount amps
Alright everyone. i am about to install my system and i am screwed. i planned on mounting an amp where i usually do on teh back of the seat. My dilemma is that i want tokeep the spare. Where are you guys mounting your amps? I was planning on maybe tomorrow making a new floor of thin MDF and making a custom door for the spare. Thats all i can think of. i looked on sound and car domain for ideas but most people have fiberglass custom stuff. I will do that if i have to but i never have and not in teh mood to. thanks. if you have pics it woudl be great.
before you flame me i have searched and found nothing that helops every nice setup has the spare gone. Also if it helps i will have 2 amp a 4 channel and a 2 for teh subs and 2 caps. i have a feeling this is going to be a lot of work.
before you flame me i have searched and found nothing that helops every nice setup has the spare gone. Also if it helps i will have 2 amp a 4 channel and a 2 for teh subs and 2 caps. i have a feeling this is going to be a lot of work.
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what turned you away from using the seat backs? All you need to do is slide a piece of wood under the seat fabric and your good to go. Sounds like you could keep your spare and still mount all the equipment
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Originally Posted by grenloch101056
what turned you away from using the seat backs? All you need to do is slide a piece of wood under the seat fabric and your good to go. Sounds like you could keep your spare and still mount all the equipment
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I am by no means a pro and i woudl like to think that i have some skills so when i do my install i will make sure to get a site up and yake pics and hopefully make a DIY for everyone who wants to install a full stereo. I hope that my trunk just looks ok. I am sure that there are other people who will be doing installs soon and are having similar dillemas to me. I just want to make sure i do it once and only once. I hate doing things twice.
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yeah using the backseats is easy. If you take the seats out, or just fold them down. Look at the bottom and you'll see two plastic pieces running the width of the seat. One is a straight piece and the other is u shaped that locks the straight piece into place. Once you seperate those two, their are zippers on each side. If you need some pics, lemme know and ill go take some.
Originally Posted by SpecialEdCivic
Alright everyone. i am about to install my system and i am screwed. i planned on mounting an amp where i usually do on teh back of the seat. My dilemma is that i want tokeep the spare. Where are you guys mounting your amps? I was planning on maybe tomorrow making a new floor of thin MDF and making a custom door for the spare. Thats all i can think of. i looked on sound and car domain for ideas but most people have fiberglass custom stuff. I will do that if i have to but i never have and not in teh mood to. thanks. if you have pics it woudl be great.
before you flame me i have searched and found nothing that helops every nice setup has the spare gone. Also if it helps i will have 2 amp a 4 channel and a 2 for teh subs and 2 caps. i have a feeling this is going to be a lot of work.
before you flame me i have searched and found nothing that helops every nice setup has the spare gone. Also if it helps i will have 2 amp a 4 channel and a 2 for teh subs and 2 caps. i have a feeling this is going to be a lot of work.
You need to use the search button. This has been covered very effectively in another post. tons of people have chimed in with install examples in trunks and whatnot. In fact, it may be the most viewed thread in the forum's history. I'll spoon feed you a hint - I started the thread, and it's called something like - "Post pics of your trunks, amps, whatever". After you view the visuals, edit this thread and ask your questions here. But don't request people post more pics of stuff that's already in another thread, cool?
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I want an install that looks smootyh. All i care about is being able to get to the spare i know the odds are not great that a tire will go but i have to drive a shitty commute to work and i live in the NE so i want to be able to have it in case. i just want ease of install and it to look good. I know i will not get an easy install though.
Originally Posted by SpecialEdCivic
Sorry master i will look harder next time. 

I start'd this almost 2 weeks ago and haven't have the chance to finish it yet cause i had other things to do on the car but here it is...
http://www.tonysauto.org/images/jeff...ure1%20016.jpg
this was before i changed it
http://www.tonysauto.org/images/jeff...ffs%20shit.jpg
http://www.tonysauto.org/images/jeff...ure1%20016.jpg
this was before i changed it
http://www.tonysauto.org/images/jeff...ffs%20shit.jpg
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This is my setup:


It is still a work in progress. I plan on building a new box this summer with 2 10's that fits up against the back of the seat like a glove. But the amp mount come out nice. You cant see any of the wires or anything.


It is still a work in progress. I plan on building a new box this summer with 2 10's that fits up against the back of the seat like a glove. But the amp mount come out nice. You cant see any of the wires or anything.
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Originally Posted by J187
I hope you mean that with humor and not sarcasm. Anyway, I was directing you toward that thread because it sounded as though everything you were hoping for was already in there.
Yeah i was trying to be funny. Guess i was not all that funny. I tried to put the emoticon on to show that. Sorry if you think i was trashing you.
On another note are the harnesses to connect the civics teh same as teh metra 98+ one i looked somewhere and it only went to 05 i assume it was an old package.
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Originally Posted by gearbox
nothing special. spare could prolly fit under there, but too much weight so I keep it at home.




yup them spares are a big helpa t home
i jsut got a flat 3 hoursf rom home..a nd guess where my spare was. hahahah
120 bucks later i made it home
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Originally Posted by Jeff B
This is my setup:


It is still a work in progress. I plan on building a new box this summer with 2 10's that fits up against the back of the seat like a glove. But the amp mount come out nice. You cant see any of the wires or anything.


It is still a work in progress. I plan on building a new box this summer with 2 10's that fits up against the back of the seat like a glove. But the amp mount come out nice. You cant see any of the wires or anything.




