I finally got my 4-channel amp installed. I left the front speakers stock, just so I could listen for a difference between those and the 6 1/2" Infiniti Kappa's in the rear. I had a couple of installers tell me that I wouldn't be able to tell the diff between them. I thought they've got to be crazy (besides not trying to push a sale); how could a stock paper speaker sound as good as the high end plastic/rubber/silk materials of the aftermarket one? Well, with balances being equal, test results are as follows: the stock sounds cleaner but you can put your ear up to it; the Kappa is over twice as loud, with some "air" coming out of the grill and getting my ear within several inches on the grill is too loud for me to tolerate.
I also had my Pioneer stereo/cd controller installed and the 12-disc changer put in the console. The amp fit sideways under the passenger chair, and the Bazooka sub fits under the rear seat, or with the seats down, it fits under the flap that lifts up against the back wall on the driver's side.
Needless to say, I'm now going to replace the front speakers and I'll be all set.
I'm very happy that my roommate can once again hear me coming up the dirt road, and it's not engine noise!!!!

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2001 SuperCrew, Gen. II
**Dealer installed propane conversion. Delivery: Oct. 21
*Silver* XLT 4x4, 5.4L: power driver's seat, captain's chairs, lim. slip, skids, tow pack, cage, moonroof.
Additions:
-16x8" Galaxy Centerlines with 265/75/16 Big O all terrain XT's,
-Waag wheel to wheel nerf bars (black with chrome steps)
-Trenz billet grill
-Sprayed black rubberized undercoating on axles, etc.
-Ford locking gas cap
-Gray Husky liners, front & rear
-Black/chrome pedals
-Pioneer stereo/cd controller, Pioneer 12-disc changer, 4-channel Profile amp in parrallel runs 6 1/2" Infinity Kappa's in rear & stocks in front (will replace with Orion components) & Bazooka subwoofer
On order: 47 piece carbon fiber dash kit, bug deflector, Gray spray-in bedliner, window tint.
Future: Ravin exhaust, Airforce 1 FIPK, graphics, cap & rear Altezza lights when they come out

 

Tell us more about the sub, I have not heard great things about the bazooka, but it does seem appropriate for our trucks. How did you wire it so that you could put it under or behind the rear seat?
I would like a sub in my truck, but always want to be able to put the rear seats down and do not want to take any space in my console up front. Any other ideas out there?

 

Brossman,
I've had my Bazooka for a few years; I took it out of my "old" truck. I get really good thump out of it, maybe because I have a subwoofer control on my stereo. It does not sound like some vehicles with the constant distorted booming and it won't blow the doors off, but its the sound I want.
Since the amp is under the front seat, you could run the wires under the carpet (the carpet is already cut because of the heater vent)or under the floormat or under the carpet and then winding around the very rear of the truck coming out in the mid rear floor/wall. It sits under the seat secured with its tie-down strap. When I want to put the seat down, I just have loosen the strap, pull it towards the other "up" seat, put the seat down, then drop it into the space under the flap that lifts up at the rear part of the seat.
It works out great, because I'm always moving the seats up and down. I know that everyone I talked to wanted to put sub boxes under the seats, but what a pain to take them out or be w/o!

 

Thanks Femseadoo,
I'll have to listen to them myself. I am in the same boat, I will raise and lower the seats frequently and want to keep the sub in all the time.

 

OnBelay,
I have the baby size 6 1/2", non-amplified. It is hooked up to my amp in the "bridged format". If I run across a larger used one,
I'd probably buy it as long as it would still fit under the rear flap.

 

Femseadoo:
Which Bazooka do you have?
(what size, self amplified or not)
TIA

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