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i am about to either build an amp rack, or relocate my spare and build a custom enclosure in the trunk floor with a window where you can see through to the amps, but i am awaiting a response from a company or two and some other people before i decide which i will be doing...
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[hr]Originally posted by: DizWikedCivic
never mount the amp on your subs box becuase components in your amp has mass, and the vibration from the box well cause the components to break loose.[hr]
[hr]Originally posted by: DizWikedCivic
never mount the amp on your subs box becuase components in your amp has mass, and the vibration from the box well cause the components to break loose.[hr]
Best argument imo, crooks love sub boxes with amps attached. It's like a nice little present all ready for them to just pick up and walk away.
Mount it to the back seat. Unzip the carpet and attach a piece of plywood to the medal bars. Zip carpet back up and screw amp in.
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[hr]Originally posted by: Mbow
That's the subject of huge debate if I have ever seen one.
Best argument imo, crooks love sub boxes with amps attached. It's like a nice little present all ready for them to just pick up and walk away.
Mount it to the back seat. Unzip the carpet and attach a piece of plywood to the medal bars. Zip carpet back up and screw amp in.[hr]
[hr]Originally posted by: Mbow
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[hr]Originally posted by: DizWikedCivic
never mount the amp on your subs box becuase components in your amp has mass, and the vibration from the box well cause the components to break loose.[hr]
[hr]Originally posted by: DizWikedCivic
never mount the amp on your subs box becuase components in your amp has mass, and the vibration from the box well cause the components to break loose.[hr]
Best argument imo, crooks love sub boxes with amps attached. It's like a nice little present all ready for them to just pick up and walk away.
Mount it to the back seat. Unzip the carpet and attach a piece of plywood to the medal bars. Zip carpet back up and screw amp in.[hr]
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[hr]Originally posted by: Mbow
That's the subject of huge debate if I have ever seen one.
Best argument imo, crooks love sub boxes with amps attached. It's like a nice little present all ready for them to just pick up and walk away.
Mount it to the back seat. Unzip the carpet and attach a piece of plywood to the medal bars. Zip carpet back up and screw amp in.[hr]
[hr]Originally posted by: Mbow
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[hr]Originally posted by: DizWikedCivic
never mount the amp on your subs box becuase components in your amp has mass, and the vibration from the box well cause the components to break loose.[hr]
[hr]Originally posted by: DizWikedCivic
never mount the amp on your subs box becuase components in your amp has mass, and the vibration from the box well cause the components to break loose.[hr]
Best argument imo, crooks love sub boxes with amps attached. It's like a nice little present all ready for them to just pick up and walk away.
Mount it to the back seat. Unzip the carpet and attach a piece of plywood to the medal bars. Zip carpet back up and screw amp in.[hr]
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Rep Power: 0 I like that, I just need some room for the baby's stroller, so the sub enclousure will not work for me. Can you tell me how to attach the board to the car so when the seats flip down , it looks like yours. Do you have measurements for your board. I will have to go to Home Depot and get it cust or something.
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Rep Power: 0 I used to have two 12's in there .... no room whatsoever. Man, what a pain in the *** ....
The board is just a 1/2" thick somewhere around 16" x 38" pine board, laminated i think .... basically a bunch of small boards all glued together to make one big one. The advantage here is it doesn't warp like a large one peice board would.
* Cut the board to fit, remember it leans at an angle .....
* Lay it all out, amps, crossovers, etc .... visually and mark where you need holes drilled. Power, gound, remote, RCAs, and speaker wires.
* Drill the holes for the wires first. Don't forget any wires or it ****s it up. I actually forgot my RCAs .... but I got lucky that the amp ends covered the abortion it turned into to get holes in there after the carpet was already on. Let me put it this way .... it was ugly. I almost redid the while carpet.
* Cover it with carpet. Spray glue w/ special carpet from a local shop. Forgot the exact name of the stuff.
* Bring the board into the car and attatch the hook and eyes and attatch the board to the car. Line it all up etc. and put it all together.
* Take it back out of the car by just unclipping the hooks and lay it down so you can continue working on it.
* Cut an X over any hole for the wires you drilled. This lets the wires poke through while keeping the hole covered in carpet.
* Mount the amplifiers etc on the board.
* Now go put it back into the car by just rehooking the hooks.
* Shove in the wires and start connecting it all up. Poke the carpet around the hole into the hole so it looks better.
* This leaves it so that the front looks great, and all the wires are sticking out the back.
* Here I just covered a piece of scrap paneling in carpet and leaned it against the backside of the board. The wires end up hidden between the two pieces of wood that are back to back.
You should be good to go.
I attatched the board top to the car w/ hook an eyes. Any hardware store will have them. This way you can move it (without tools) if you get a flat tire or something. They had a tendency to come unhooked on big bumps but I just wrapped tape around them quick.
Depending on the stroller you never know. Maybe a Bazooka bass tube would work well for what you need. Might be easiest to put out of the way ... and it tough so if it gets hit a few times you should be ok.
The board is just a 1/2" thick somewhere around 16" x 38" pine board, laminated i think .... basically a bunch of small boards all glued together to make one big one. The advantage here is it doesn't warp like a large one peice board would.
* Cut the board to fit, remember it leans at an angle .....
* Lay it all out, amps, crossovers, etc .... visually and mark where you need holes drilled. Power, gound, remote, RCAs, and speaker wires.
* Drill the holes for the wires first. Don't forget any wires or it ****s it up. I actually forgot my RCAs .... but I got lucky that the amp ends covered the abortion it turned into to get holes in there after the carpet was already on. Let me put it this way .... it was ugly. I almost redid the while carpet.
* Cover it with carpet. Spray glue w/ special carpet from a local shop. Forgot the exact name of the stuff.
* Bring the board into the car and attatch the hook and eyes and attatch the board to the car. Line it all up etc. and put it all together.
* Take it back out of the car by just unclipping the hooks and lay it down so you can continue working on it.
* Cut an X over any hole for the wires you drilled. This lets the wires poke through while keeping the hole covered in carpet.
* Mount the amplifiers etc on the board.
* Now go put it back into the car by just rehooking the hooks.
* Shove in the wires and start connecting it all up. Poke the carpet around the hole into the hole so it looks better.
* This leaves it so that the front looks great, and all the wires are sticking out the back.
* Here I just covered a piece of scrap paneling in carpet and leaned it against the backside of the board. The wires end up hidden between the two pieces of wood that are back to back.
You should be good to go.
I attatched the board top to the car w/ hook an eyes. Any hardware store will have them. This way you can move it (without tools) if you get a flat tire or something. They had a tendency to come unhooked on big bumps but I just wrapped tape around them quick.
Depending on the stroller you never know. Maybe a Bazooka bass tube would work well for what you need. Might be easiest to put out of the way ... and it tough so if it gets hit a few times you should be ok.
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Rep Power: 0 I used to build and fly r/c airplanes for 6 yrs or so, the servos used to control the aircraft were always mounted with rubber gromets between the screws to avoid damaging the servo's due to vibration, would using some type of rubber grommet when mounting an amp to a subwoofer box make a diference.....maybe....maybe not
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Rep Power: 0 Speaking of screw holes in sub boxes.....people have to be careful when purchasing sub boxes that are used, one of my friends was selling his sub box, he probably screwed his amps 5 different ways into the box, the box had holes all over the thing.....of course some idiot bought it, probably didn't even notice it looked like swiss cheese upon further inspection.
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