After removing my backseat to mount my amp there I decided it would just be easier to mount it under the rear seat where the jack was. There's nothing too good to mount it to behind the seat and I didn't want to worry about it overheating or not being able to get to it easily in case I needed to adjust it or something. I ordered my box from HiFi something or other from ebay. It has a single 10" MTX sub from my old Thunderform in my Ranger. It sounds great! I also made a custom trim piece to go around the amp so it looks like one solid piece under the seat. Now I don't have to look at the ugly amp wires or worry about someone kicking it or getting dirt in it. It's all run by an Alpine 300 watt mono amp.



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Good looking and clean install? And it also gives you a little bit of more secured storage space - for your, uh, stash.

I went another route and suspended the amp from the bottom of the seat. I don't even notice it:

 

Pretty cool. I never even thought of that. Since I screwed mine into the floor the screws went through the bottom of the truck, but a heaping gob of silicone fixed that right up.

 

Looks great Tardmeister!

 

hey dudes,
i like what you have done. I've got the CD-6 MP3 factory head unit but not the audiophile system. I'd like to add an AMP... is there a preferred amp that just plugs right in, or can you use a Scoche or similar harness adapter.
Please advise.

Also, tardman91, did you build that carpeted box under the rear seats? My STX doesnt have that, just open.

 

I didn't build it, I bought it off of ebay.

 

Looks nice.

 

Thanks for the compliments guys. That amp surround was my first real attempt at building something with the new power tools I got for Christmas.

 

Does 1 10" give you alot of boom? Or just enough to know it's there? I'm debating on 2 10s or 1 10. Thanx

 

1 10" gives me enough boom to let the neighbors know it's there. It's very loud and sounds very good. It won't break any windows or make your ears bleed, but I wasn't going for that.

 

How big of a sub can you fit? Where? and how much?

 

I mean, I don't want to bleed my ears, I know I'm young and listen to rap, but I just want a little more thump, I think the right 10" sub in our trucks would hit enough that you'd feel it. Can you feel it if you have rap on loud?

 

It fits a 10". I'm not sure of the mounting depth. I just knew that my MTX would fit because the Thunderform isn't that deep. I got it from HiFiaudio something or other from ebay. It was $100. Shipped. I'm sure they would be happy to give you the mounting depth. I think they're open later because they're on central time. I'll get you the link.

http://cgi.ebay.com/AUDIO-ENHANCERS-...QQcmdZViewItem

 

Yeah, the change in my cupholder bounces about 1/8th of an inch when I turn up the volume.

 

So you can feel it eh.. Sweet, my dad is like I don't want you blaring that crap music so loud you're deaf by the time you reach 18 with that crap and how loud you listen to it. I figure 1 10" gives you the bump that you can feel it and it not be like shaking the hole truck lol