Subwoofer In Rear Seat, Anybody Done This?

[r33freely]

just wondering if anyone has mounted a sub in the centre of the rear seat (flush) of a R33?

a mate of mine once had a 12" mounted in the rear seat of his vr comodore and it sounded great! also it didnt take up any space in the boot ect

[philta]

u can try, if u want to put it in the centre then u have to move the "rear fuse/relay"box it takes alot of shuffling around, i have tried and i just settled to take out the sheet of metal to let more bass through plus add metal grill on my arm rest (4-door skyline).

[r33freely]

cool, ill check it out... it wont be easy but ill give it a go and put some pics up when complete

give me a year or two thou...lol

Dave

[philta]

ill grab my mates cam and post some pics up to give u an idea of what it looks like, personaly i think it sound great just the way it is.

[Fhrx]

We've done a fair few center seat mounts but I should say it was usually in dual cab utes etc.

What did you want to know about them r33freely?

[r33freely]

well i was wondering if anyone has done it and thaught they might be able to let me know what they came across in the way of problems doing the job, ive had a good look at it and it looks quite plausible

im really suprised that knowone has replied sayn they have done it yet, i dont know heaps about sound systyms but i dislike boxes in boots as they take up room and for mine its like you may aswell put the sub in another car because the boot is a sealed erea

a freind of mine once had a vr comodore with the sub in the centre of the rear seat and it was awsome, it didnt take up too much space, it looked awsome and sounded even better!

i have also seen one in a car wich had a sealed box around it (in the boot) and ports going thru the parcel shelf?

maybee you need a certian sub to get the right effect? i was considering the alpine type R

do you install sound systyms fhrx?.... does my idea sound silly to you??...lol

Dave

Edited October 13, 2005 by r33freely

[wolverine]

r33freely, fhrx is the right guy to ask.

fhrx installed my system over 2 years ago and i would not hesitate to recommend him for his knowledge or workmanship.

[BreathLess]

i did this in my falcon once it's much louder in the boot cause the sub has less air to compress i think.

[Anakha]

You know, I've never actually thought of doing this to a skyline.. I'm about to put in a sub, sounds like a good idea.

If any1 with any pics of setup etc would be able to post some.. Would be very very appreciative.

[Freddy Kruger]

Yes, better sound in the boot. i have a Pioneer 121spl 12" sub in a ported box in my boot. sounds great compared to a mate who has one pointing into his car in his VT.

The things with the commodore is that the middle seat folds down (they dont in skylines do they?) which makes it easy as to just by a sub in a box and just throw it in. Yet i had to get a custom box made for mine to sit over the diff hump. its nothing fancy but it does the job.

[GRiM_05]

damn, and i thought i was gonna be original with it in my r32,

r33freely, have u heard of pioneers new shallow subs.. the use like a super magnet, and apparently they were made for this very sourt of thing, on the pioneer site they have a review on it, and like how it was designed for utes/cars with shit all space..

its worth checking it out,

as for the instillation, id love to help, but i have NFI on how its done

i also would love to see pics posted of anyone who has put this idea into reality...

[r33freely]

cool!, grim05.... ill check it out!!

dont worry im dead keen to do it because there is no way known im filling my boot up with 300kls of shit!!

and i will have pics up as soon as its done but i know it wont be for a while yet

i am talking to some trimmers to see what they think cause im sure i can mount it all but the trimming ect isnt my speciality!!

Dave

[GRiM_05]

good luck

[Skyracer [SE]]

I have subs in my back seat, well not in the middle and maybe you could say instead of the back set...

/Håkan

[dezz]

ahahha that looks mean as

[r33freely]

Skyracer....

are those subs sealed in there own boxes??

looks cool man!

[GRiM_05]

f**k YEAH!! nice work man, thats fkn sick!! nice ouch with the xbox to, i got mine modded so i have like 40 games on it, which would make it ideal for placement like that

but yeah, thats fkn sick, is that the skull from wildboys?

[Primordial]

Mounting a sub in the rear seat will never get you the same sort of sound as if you mount it in its own box. The reason for this is that you can tune a sub box to suit the characteristics of your sub. Most subs state an 'ideal' enclosure volume. They range from 0.5 cubic foot to 1.5 cubic foot. Your boot (probably about 3-4 cubic foot) is definitely not small enough to build decent reverberating pressure that would allow the subs to sound really great.

If your boot space means that much to you though, go for the rear seat install. Just be prepared to be disappointed if it's not done properly though. You will easily get 4-5db more out of a well built sub box (this is a lot in sound terms).