I know mounting the amp behind the rear seat (I have an 05 SCrew) is pretty popular..

But I'm curious about heat disipation, etc? Anyone have any issues with doing this long term??

 

I have had no problems whatsoever.
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Just make sure that your amps are mosfet, which most are, and they have a built in fan. If not, install a small fan to make sure they are cool. Plus you have the rear vents that are aimed towards the bottom of the rear seat. Open em' up and cool em' off.

 

Ive never had a problem with mine over heating. I wouldnt be concerned.

Good luck

 

Thanks guys.

 

how much room do you think you have between the rear seat and the amps? My amp says that i need at least 1" clearance.

 

I put mine in my 2001 in the enclosed compartment and I've never had a problem. I have an MTX Thunder 81000d pushing a JL 12W7 without a problem.

 

Anyone care to help a brother out and come out with some form of a "How-To" to get that damn seat out? I had a "professional" job done and my 450/4 and 500/1 JL amps are hidden behind my rear bench on my 05 Screw. The bad part is the dumb sh*ts didn't even tune them AT ALL and it sounds like complete CRAP.

Now I need to get in there and tune it and they claim it will take them HALF a day to get the bench back off (mind you, they've already done it once...).

To avoid the hassle of dealing with them I would like to consider doing it myself...

anyone have a CLEAR way to go about doing it without wearing things our or breaking stuff?

 

Its not that hard to get the seat out. Should take like 10 min at the most. Here is a pictorial on how to
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I think we need a continuous 1KHz and 50Hz tone recorded at 0dB to calibrate the JL amps. Anyone know where to find one or have a couple of .wav/mp3 tone files to share?

thanks

 

See if this will help you:http://www.ronelmm.com/tones/

 

For you comp. amp, your here is a 1000hz tone
http://www.ronelmm.com/tones/tones-m...tic/1000hz.mp3

And for your sub amp, any freq. that is in your amps playing range (i.e.-if you have your low pass x-over at 80 Hz, and freq. under 80 Hz will work.
If you have a ported box, use a freq. as close to what your box is tuned at.

http://www.ronelmm.com/tones/tones-mp3/static/55hz.mp3
There is a 55 hz one, it should work for most any sub amp, unless you have a ported box (you can still use it, you just wont be as spot on as if you used a tone equal to the freq. your box was tuned to)

Its not just the JL amps either, you should try to set any amp this way.

 

I have a big 5 Channel SoundStream back there. Works great. I did install two fans using a relay with the amp to be safe. When the tunes are turned down, you hear them humming, but with an amp and some good speakers, who plays it turned down!