Subwoofer Question - Installed with Pics and Youtube

[garbo41610]

Nice one... Can't wait to see the pics. Did you put any Dynamat or the like on the parcel shelf???

[matt]

Good work buddy!
I figured your amp would do the job, glad your happy with it!

[mihai]

Nice one... Can't wait to see the pics. Did you put any Dynamat or the like on the parcel shelf???

ill be posting pics up tomorrow or sunday (when i get a chance) just got home from celebrating my 21st.

i did put some dynamat on the metal part of the parcel shelf...but i didnt think to put it on the bottom of the carpeted cover(this is doing my head in at the moment). Sunday i will be dynamatting my front doors, so i shall pull apart the parcel shelf to do the underside of the carpet.

Good work buddy!
I figured your amp would do the job, glad your happy with it!

yep im really happy with it.

the gain setting at the moment is minimal and yet the bass is perfect for me

looks like i wont be needing that MRD-1000.

[matt]

Awesome mate,
Happy 21st too, hope it was a big one!!

[mihai]

ok guys, finally got around to uploading some pics. Didnt get any of the install, just the final product.


the top of the parcel shelf, looking from the backseat


the bottom of the parcel shelf from inside the boot.

[garbo41610]

Looks stealth, good work. Did the OEM Mac grill not fit??? I'm assuming not due to xmax and possibly a bigger drive etc.

How does she sound??? While the driver breaks in you'll find it will start playing a bit lower and smoother.

[mihai]

Looks stealth, good work. Did the OEM Mac grill not fit??? I'm assuming not due to xmax and possibly a bigger drive etc.

How does she sound??? While the driver breaks in you'll find it will start playing a bit lower and smoother.

sounds great really happy with it. Went to my mates place, he was impressed with the sound, n his mate thought i had a 12 or 15" in the boot. LOL!

didnt bother with the Mac grill. The vibe had its own grille so i just cut a hole in the parcel shelf and the grill fit in perfectly. Now i just have to find some rubber edging to give it a much neater finish.

overall though, im very happy.

and for anyone that does want to install one of these, a 3cm spacer is required due to the rods going across the boot.

[mihai]

by the way, thanks for the recommending this sub garbo41610.

[SUB4RU]

How did you seal up the spacer against the metal? As it not flat (well it isn't in the GTB). I was thinking of putting a spacer down on mine and sealing the gap up with silicon or something, lol.

[mihai]

How did you seal up the spacer against the metal? As it not flat (well it isn't in the GTB). I was thinking of putting a spacer down on mine and sealing the gap up with silicon or something, lol.

when i took off the parcel shelf, i found it to be quite flat there. It had a metal plate covering the hole, took that off and it was flat around the edges.

[garbo41610]

by the way, thanks for the recommending this sub garbo41610.

no worries bud, can't wait to get some funds together to replace mine. Glad your happy with it.

[mihai]

so after many weeks of putting up with a crappy rattling parcel shelf, today i decided to finally sound deaden it with the 2 sheets of dynamat sittin in my boot for the past month and a bit.

results are good, sounds much better, pics up later

[mihai]

Pictures of the Dynamatting.





The Subwoofer on the Spacer.

[mihai]

Heres a short clip of how it sounds from outside with the doors open. Will make a new vid some time soon. Probably after i get the RF 3Sixty.1 put in.

[aidz44]

bit of a dig here for a 1st post, but please don't think little of me for it.
I've done a bucket-load of searching fut to no avail, and this seemed like the best place to ask.

Now ... for the life of me I can't seem to find the actual output ratings for the stock Mcintosh amp. You see, my stock sub has split the cone and now sounds like Sylvester Stallone trying Opera. (i.e. not good)
The thing that really gets me is that the sub is rated to 35W RMS and 70 peak, but I read http://nzlamb.wordpress.com/2010/06/17/mcintosh-ef-1080i-information/ that the amp is producing 72W. so does that mean that I can actually use a new sub rated to 70W RMS and still get good sound? or do I just go for the smallest JL that I can find like .. http://mobile.jlaudio.com/products_subs.php?series_id=28..?

again, sorry if I'm flogging a dead horse here, but i can find no other concrete answers.