In much need of audio advice...

[Lincoln Luebbe]

02 LS w/ Apline system. I have been toying with the idea of upgrading my rear deck speakers and possibly the stock amp. I have two thoughts; replace rear deck speakers or get a 10". I am not into mind blowing bass it gives me a headache (in fact a friend gave me two 12 JL Audio subs in a box and they have sat in my garage for years). What is the better choice? I want more bass than what I am getting, maybe 30% more. Also I don't want to have to run cords from my battery and pull my headunit either. Any suggestions? Anyone added 6x9's and perhaps a more popwferful amp to the existing wire set-up? Anything would be helpful. THNX

 

[SPY]

I replaced my rear 6x9's with a 10" sub, it's vrey simple since the battery is in the trunk. You would just need a line output converter, RCA's and some 8G wire.

I would look for a sub that requires a small sealed box. I use a JL 10w6v2 because it needs less than a 1cuft box and also hasd an RMS rating of 400w so a small amp will power it fine and the whole setup won't take up too much space.

 

[Kevin O'Connell]

MK VIII sounds

What are the dimensions on the box for the 10"? One 10" or two? I need the area kept to a minimum. I ran a new JVC head unit with the factory amp and it sounds pretty good but its lacking on the bottom end too.

 

[00_slow_5spd_ls]

there was a thread here awhile back. it was a link to some site that had these 6x8 subs that held like 200watts rms or something like that. if you could find that site, i would go with 2 of those and upgrade the amp. there is a schematic on the wiring going to the factory amp. so grab those for you and a small alpine and and i think you will see 30 percent more bass

 

[Lincoln Luebbe]

I want to keep the factory head unit. Can I run a 10" off of the wires coming to my existing factory amp (which I will replace)? Or do I have to run the wires to the head unit?

 

[Eric0508]

there was a thread here awhile back. it was a link to some site that had these 6x8 subs that held like 200watts rms or something like that

i would be interested in this also if anybody knows what this is refering too.

I want to keep the factory head unit. Can I run a 10" off of the wires coming to my existing factory amp

yes you can, sorry i dont know which wires. You'll need a line out converter to do this.

 

[SPY]

yes you can, sorry i dont know which wires. You'll need a line out converter to do this.

There is a thread on this also, explains exactly what wires and what you will need.