Some Car Stereo Advice

[MS_J]

Hey guys, I have a head unit and stacker for the ute both of which are Alpine,
Alpine CTA 1505E
Alpine 12 Shuttle

I am thinking of installing a Sub in the ute just wondering the best way to go about it, just something a little bit different and the extra weight in the back if we use a Sub box is always welcome

[gat5rodeo]

ms j, my mate has a vs ute and there's a couple of ways that you can put a sub in

1. do like my dodgy mate has done and just sit it in the passenger footwell (only till he mounts it properly)

2. make a box that fits in the angled bit at the front of the tray and then port it into the cabin. (you could probably fit 4x12 inch subs across the tray :D )

3. another way that i've heard of, is next to the fuel tank under that hatch in the tray, there is space where you can put a boxed sub in and then apparently there is already a hole to run a port up and into the cabin.

4. i reckon if you had a small enough sub, 8 maaaybe 10 inch, you could mount it under the seats, but it would have to be a free air sub

you really need a spacecab like my rodeo has, plenty of space for stereo gear :D ;)

[MS_J]

I like the 2nd option but there is no way I want 2 12's LOL

I like my hearing, I was thinking more along the lines of 1 12 even a 10 maybe

but the idea of the box is what I was thinking of

[turbohemi]

Stereo's slow your car down!

And when you've got a V6 ute I think you need all the help you can get!:D

[Kinks]

MS_J is upgrading the engine so she can run a bigger stereo though :rolleyes:

I would probably go for a 10" in a small sealed enclosure. ported enclosures always sound boomy IMO. You may be able to go for 12" if you have the room. I'm not exactly a fan of ported subs in cars, because 99% of them aren't done well.

[Boxer]

Originally posted by Kinks


I would probably go for a 10" in a small sealed enclosure. ported enclosures always sound boomy IMO. You may be able to go for 12" if you have the room. I'm not exactly a fan of ported subs in cars, because 99% of them aren't done well.

True, but sealeed enclosures are less efficient, requiring bigger amps and cant be tuned to specific freqs easily. A well made ported enclosure will be smaller than the equivalent sealed and should be able to be made to dial out unwanted boominess. (I agree with you 99% of them are shite though)

That said I prefer to leave quality sound to the home and just run 6x9's in the car with splits up front

[Forg]

Despite installers not liking them (because they can't charge you for the box), I don't see anything wrong with a powered sub; that should fit inside the cab, surely?

[EvilChief]

in times like these u gotta love Ford's SuperCab - the amount of space they got behind the seats u can fit quite nicely a subbox with 10 or 12" subs. :D

(I am not starting anything, just stating that the supercab has heaaaaaps of space)

[ViNcEnXo]

My friend has a VR ute and apparently there is room next to the fuel tank underneath and behind the passengers seat... he had his sub in there with a port to the cabin.

[Kinks]

Boxer, yes if a vented enclosure is done WELL then it can sound good - my hi-fi speakers are ported and I have put quite a lot of tuning time into getting them to sound good. Sealed is generally more idiot-proof though, and unless you're doing the work yourself and bother to read up a bit on speaker theory it's probably being done by an idiot :D

[Slain]

MS_J, i replied on CAA

[LJ38L]

Originally posted by MS_J
Hey guys, I have a head unit and stacker for the ute both of which are Alpine,
Alpine CTA 1505E
Alpine 12 Shuttle
I am thinking of installing a Sub in the ute just wondering the best way to go about it,
go to sound cell car audio in fyshwick. Peter has done heap of awesome stereo's and sub set ups in ute's
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