Subwoofer amp install- tips?
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Subwoofer amp install- tips?
I'm planning to install an amp under my second row fold down bench. I was looking at previous threads and I was wondering if you guys had any tips.
Places to get through the firewall?
A place to ground my amp under the seat?
I'm planning on fabing up some kind of bracket so I don't have to screw the amp to the floor.
Thanks guys!
Places to get through the firewall?
A place to ground my amp under the seat?
I'm planning on fabing up some kind of bracket so I don't have to screw the amp to the floor.
Thanks guys!
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Getting through the firewall, there is a plug next to the master cylinder where the clutch master would go on a truck. I'm grounded to a seat bolt under the 60 part of the seat. I have my punch 300.1 mounted on 1x wood risers that are heavy duty Velcro'd to the carpet. No heat issues. My seat still folds and slides fine, no issues, all wiring is fished under the carpet from either side of the vehicle.
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Getting through the firewall, there is a plug next to the master cylinder where the clutch master would go on a truck. I'm grounded to a seat bolt under the 60 part of the seat. I have my punch 300.1 mounted on 1x wood risers that are heavy duty Velcro'd to the carpet. No heat issues. My seat still folds and slides fine, no issues, all wiring is fished under the carpet from either side of the vehicle.
Anyone else want to offer some other tips or tricks? Maybe how/where you guys routed your amp power cable etc.
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I'm planning to install an amp under my second row fold down bench. I was looking at previous threads and I was wondering if you guys had any tips.
Places to get through the firewall?
A place to ground my amp under the seat?
I'm planning on fabing up some kind of bracket so I don't have to screw the amp to the floor.
Thanks guys!
Places to get through the firewall?
A place to ground my amp under the seat?
I'm planning on fabing up some kind of bracket so I don't have to screw the amp to the floor.
Thanks guys!
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Power wire fits through the clutch plug, I found that easiest. Route it under the kick steps and then I poked a hole in the carpet for it to come up underneath the seat.
I grounded to a seat bolt into the floor, of course grind it down to bare metal first.
Why don't you install the amp on your subwoofer box?
I grounded to a seat bolt into the floor, of course grind it down to bare metal first.
Why don't you install the amp on your subwoofer box?
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I screwed the amp into the carpet and it holds well and doesn't overheat even with the seats folded down.
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That pic is after mounting, and all wiring was completed.
I mounted my amps to aluminum C channel that I screwed into the floor. Since the amps matched(4ch and mono sub), I only needed two rails running left/right to mount both amps. That gave just a little space to keep them off the carpet, and provided a void for wiring to be laid. All the source wiring comes from the dash, under the PS sill plate, under the carpet, and terminates. Speaker wires routed roughly the same, on DS side. I ran power from battery on framerail, and penetrated up under the larger amp. I grounded under the DS sill plate, after taking the connection point to bare metal. This keeps it clean, dry, and serviceable.
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What kind of motor do you have? Maybe I'm mistaken but I read somewhere that with a dual battery setup on the diesels youre not supposed to use one side for accessories, this is going back quite a few years when I had gotten my 97 F350. Never did a good explanation as to why either
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Power wire fits through the clutch plug, I found that easiest. Route it under the kick steps and then I poked a hole in the carpet for it to come up underneath the seat.
I grounded to a seat bolt into the floor, of course grind it down to bare metal first.
Why don't you install the amp on your subwoofer box?
I grounded to a seat bolt into the floor, of course grind it down to bare metal first.
Why don't you install the amp on your subwoofer box?
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I just thought of this important question.
Can I run my power lead along side my speaker wires down in the hick panels at the bottom of the doors? Just worried about interference
Edit: Just did a little google research- it looks like it should be fine b/c it is a relatively low voltage.
Can I run my power lead along side my speaker wires down in the hick panels at the bottom of the doors? Just worried about interference
Edit: Just did a little google research- it looks like it should be fine b/c it is a relatively low voltage.
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That pic is after mounting, and all wiring was completed.
I mounted my amps to aluminum C channel that I screwed into the floor. Since the amps matched(4ch and mono sub), I only needed two rails running left/right to mount both amps. That gave just a little space to keep them off the carpet, and provided a void for wiring to be laid. All the source wiring comes from the dash, under the PS sill plate, under the carpet, and terminates. Speaker wires routed roughly the same, on DS side. I ran power from battery on framerail, and penetrated up under the larger amp. I grounded under the DS sill plate, after taking the connection point to bare metal. This keeps it clean, dry, and serviceable.
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Either way it's preference and both work well.
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If you go to any auto store you can buy the quick connect fittings for larger gauge wire and then mount it all to your box, when removing just unplug that, unplug rca cable and make your remote wire quick connect too. It's what I did in my exploder before and worked awesome.
Either way it's preference and both work well.
Either way it's preference and both work well.
You could (if you wanted to) get a set of those for your power leads (they come in a bunch of sizes)...with a disconnect for the power, you'd just need to pop the RCAs and the speaker and amp would come out.
...not sure what kind of additional beating the amp would take mounted to a box though.