I'm very pleased. The Kenwood rocks! Unfortunately, Crutchfield doesn't sell it any more. The best price on the web currently for the Kenwood is $41.99 at:

http://www.abesofmaine.com/viewprodu...l=Pricegrabber

As far as wiring is concerned, I think the factory speaker was connected with spade lugs, which I had to cut off to connect to the Kicker. Then, when I got the Kenwood, I think I had to crimp some new spade lugs on the wires to connect to the speaker.

Remember to put the spacer that comes with the speaker on the underside of the speaker so that the spacer comes between the speaker and the woofer box. Also, there is a rubber washer, metal washer and bolt that come off the rear of the factory speaker through a hole in the rear of the woofer box. Removal of the bolt is necessary to get the factory speaker out of the woofer box...in fact, this is the infamous "mystery bolt" that prevents you from being able to remove the woofer from the woofer box without removing the woofer box from the rear of the Expy. Anyway, this leaves a hole in the rear of the woofer box that must be sealed up. I found that the easiest way was to use the bolt, washer, rubber washer and another large flat washer with an appropriate nut to seal the hole. If you don't seal the hole there is an air leak in the woofer box and performance will be compromised.

 

I'll being buying that same sub--thanks for the info!

 

Me too, mine died out last week as well.

 

Will this work?

 

You will not be happy with it. The sensitivity is 83 db. To work with the factory amp and provide sufficient bass response, you need to get a speaker with a sensitivity rating of around 90 db or higher. If you read all the way through this thread, you'll see that originally I tried a Kicker that was rated at 83 db and I sent it back. It just wasn't loud enough. Also, remember that you shouldn't go below 4 ohms if you're using the factory amp or it will get too hot and shut off.

Ken

 

Just so you guys know, you should never hook up just one voice coil of a sub and leave the other one with no power. It's a sure fire way to blow the sub.

 

Now see, that's what I get for reading these things while at work. I don't pay attention to the smallest details.

Thanks, I'll go back to shopping.

 

So something like this?

Budget is tight, but got to have my tunes sounding nice.

 

I bought a MTX T4508 subwoofer and put in my 98 Expy and it sounds good.

 

Here's one of those here. MTX T4508-44 Subwoofers

 

Yep, that's the one. I thought I saw one on ebay for a reasonable cost. I paid $70 for mine from Crutchfield last fall.

 

Thanks to Tyger! The link of the pics for the install was awesome!

My amp just went out and I think I'll replace the sub while I'm there and update my amp also.

I wonder what the true mount depth is in the stock box? That first kicker he installed was 3-15/16 and was tight. I thought we had 4"

Was thinking about these:
Kicker CompVT 08CVT84 Shallow 8" subwoofer at Crutchfield.com

Pioneer USA - Shallow Series

Definitely will update amp also.

 

I repaired the cone with silicone caulk 2 years ago and it sounds and works great. cost was 2 bucks

 

You don't have the slightest idea what you're talking about.