Phu

I wanted more bass when listening to hip-hop so I rolled up my sleeves and set out to make my own enclosure. This is the first time I had ever tried making a custom enclosure. This definitely gives much more bass then the stock system. I still have the stock 8" for the midbass and the new Solobaric 8" for extra sub-bass when I want it. The Solobaric S8L7 puts out quite a bit of bass for such a small sub.

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Side view of the enclosure

Phu

The bass remote is running to the kicker 400.1 amp in the trunk. I installed the amp next to the navigation computer underneath all the trunk carpeting. Now I can control as much bass as I want from the new sub.

jcramair1

Excellent work Phu.....nothing better than doing things yourself at least you know they got done right.

Gojirra99

Awesome. !!

1NICESC430

Oh, great, Phu ... now you'll be able to get only two people in the back seat.

Phu

Thanks guys.

jcramair1 my sentiments exactly, no one cares more about my car then me.

1NICESC430 you're right, now i can only fit 2 paraplegics back there.

Letsride

Thats pretty good for a first attempt at doing this to you bro.

GLGTOY

That looks great. The color matching of the leather is great.

JCtx

great job man.

Any problems with amp. heat down in the trunk area without ventilation? How involved was the wiring, and where did you get the power and ground for the amp? Just curious.

JC

Phu

Thanks for the kind comments.

No problems with heat so far. I ran the amp for about 30 mins under the carpet and it felt cool. The amp is actually mounted at an angle with only the upper edge of the amp touching the plastic underneath the carpeting, most of the amp has about a 1" clearance from the carpet.
Wiring was fairly simple. I ran 4 guage power wire from the battery to the trunk (tucking the wire under the lighted door sill). There are holes to run wires to the trunk behind the rear backrests. I grounded the amp in the trunk compartment into one of the predrilled bolts. The kicker amp has a high level input so I just tapped into the factory subwoofer speaker wires for the signal. I tapped into the cigarette lighter power wire for the remote wire. The amp is not very difficult to wire, it just takes a little time to make everything look nice.