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E36 sub woofer placement
Hi All. I'm looking for a good sub woofer arrangement for my 1996 328Is.
Here's what I have now (it doesn't sound very good). 2 Nakamichi 8 inch in a cheap, but solid box. It looks like many that you see. Nothing special. My car doesn't have a pass through but both seats can fold inward. If I had a pass through, my problem would be solved (I would place the sub here) and I don't want to drive around with one seat folded. The trunk area is very well sealed from the cab and here lies the problem: I have to turn the subs WAY high to have a noticeable increase in bass. Plus I think the relatively large amount of air being moved is having an adverse effect on the 6x9s in the rear deck. With other cars I've had in the past, a single sub mounted on the rear deck between the two 6x9s has worked well for me. I think this arrangement would work well for me. I noticed that there is some structural reinforcement here but I have a friend who is a race-car chassis builder and could tidy things up for me. If you have a sub arrangement in your E36 that you really like, I'd be interested in hearing from you. TIA Chris |
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"Planar1" > wrote in message ... > Hi All. I'm looking for a good sub woofer arrangement for my 1996 328Is. > Here's what I have now (it doesn't sound very good). 2 Nakamichi 8 inch in > a cheap, but solid box. It looks like many that you see. Nothing special. > My car doesn't have a pass through but both seats can fold inward. If I > had a pass through, my problem would be solved (I would place the sub > here) and I don't want to drive around with one seat folded. The trunk > area is very well sealed from the cab and here lies the problem: I have to > turn the subs WAY high to have a noticeable increase in bass. Plus I think > the relatively large amount of air being moved is having an adverse effect > on the 6x9s in the rear deck. With other cars I've had in the past, a > single sub mounted on the rear deck between the two 6x9s has worked well > for me. I think this arrangement would work well for me. I noticed that > there is some structural reinforcement here but I have a friend who is a > race-car chassis builder and could tidy things up for me. If you have a > sub arrangement in your E36 that you really like, I'd be interested in > hearing from you. TIA > > Chris I don't know about the 328iS, I have a 1996 328iC (convertible). There is no passthrough from rear seat to trunk, but there is a recessed area in the seat, with a plastic box that is about 5" deep at top and 9" deep at bottom. I have a single 8" square Kicker sub mounted in the box, driven by a SoundStream Angina 200w single channel amp mounted behind the driver side rear seat. Does a very good job. the 8" square is about the same cone area as a 10" round. If I leave the leather arm rest (removable) in place, the sub is also totally invisible, which helps keep from someone breaking into the car to steal. The arm rest does absorb some sound, I usually keep it out and in the trunk when using the car. There is metal between the rear seat and trunk - with the convertible top folding behind the rear seat, there is metal there also. Trunk mounting would be useless, since it would have to be driven so hard as to be audible for blocks for me to hear it inside. My sub can be quite loud inside, but barely audible outside the car if the windows are up and the hardtop is installed. YMMV. Jim |
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C'mon folks! Someone out there must have done this upgrade! How did you
install your subs with rear seats like mine (mentioned below). Any thoughts or ideas are greatly appreciated. Thanks! Chris "Planar1" > wrote in message ... > Hi All. I'm looking for a good sub woofer arrangement for my 1996 328Is. > Here's what I have now (it doesn't sound very good). 2 Nakamichi 8 inch in > a cheap, but solid box. It looks like many that you see. Nothing special. > My car doesn't have a pass through but both seats can fold inward. If I > had a pass through, my problem would be solved (I would place the sub > here) and I don't want to drive around with one seat folded. The trunk > area is very well sealed from the cab and here lies the problem: I have to > turn the subs WAY high to have a noticeable increase in bass. Plus I think > the relatively large amount of air being moved is having an adverse effect > on the 6x9s in the rear deck. With other cars I've had in the past, a > single sub mounted on the rear deck between the two 6x9s has worked well > for me. I think this arrangement would work well for me. I noticed that > there is some structural reinforcement here but I have a friend who is a > race-car chassis builder and could tidy things up for me. If you have a > sub arrangement in your E36 that you really like, I'd be interested in > hearing from you. TIA > > Chris > |
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"Planar1" > wrote in
: > C'mon folks! Someone out there must have done this upgrade! How > did you install your subs with rear seats like mine (mentioned below). > Any thoughts or ideas are greatly appreciated. Thanks! Chris > Might be sacrilege in ICE circles, but I just bought one of these http://www.halfords.com/opd_product_...&type=0&cat=39 and shoved it in the boot. Ran some RCAs. Job Done for my needs. -- Lordy |
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Do yourself a favor, remove the 6x9's altogether. All they do is provide
some rear fill. The resulting holes will allow the bass to enter the cabin. I have MB Quart 215's (5.25" driver and a 1" tweeter) up front, and JL Audio stealth boxs in the rear, and it sounbds very good. Just try the speaker removal, it's only a 10 min job. |
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Do you this exact box in your car? What is your rear seat configuration?
Thanks! "Lordy" > wrote in message .. . > "Planar1" > wrote in > : > >> C'mon folks! Someone out there must have done this upgrade! How >> did you install your subs with rear seats like mine (mentioned below). >> Any thoughts or ideas are greatly appreciated. Thanks! Chris >> > > Might be sacrilege in ICE circles, but I just bought one of these > http://www.halfords.com/opd_product_...&type=0&cat=39 > and shoved it in the boot. Ran some RCAs. Job Done for my needs. > > -- > Lordy |
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Interesting option. I hadn't thought about that one.
Thanks! "Richard Sperry" > wrote in message ... > Do yourself a favor, remove the 6x9's altogether. All they do is provide > some rear fill. The resulting holes will allow the bass to enter the > cabin. I have MB Quart 215's (5.25" driver and a 1" tweeter) up front, and > JL Audio stealth boxs in the rear, and it sounbds very good. > > > Just try the speaker removal, it's only a 10 min job. > |
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What is your rear configuration? E36, right?
"Richard Sperry" > wrote in message ... > Do yourself a favor, remove the 6x9's altogether. All they do is provide > some rear fill. The resulting holes will allow the bass to enter the > cabin. I have MB Quart 215's (5.25" driver and a 1" tweeter) up front, and > JL Audio stealth boxs in the rear, and it sounbds very good. > > > Just try the speaker removal, it's only a 10 min job. > |
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"Planar1" > wrote in news:e1TJd.16987$gZ2.16647
@fe06.lga: > > > "Lordy" > wrote in message > .. . >> >> >> Might be sacrilege in ICE circles, but I just bought one of these >> http://www.halfords.com/opd_product_...&type=0&cat=39 >> and shoved it in the boot. Ran some RCAs. Job Done for my needs. >> > Do you this exact box in your car? Yup. Outer pattern has changed a little though. > What is your rear seat configuration? Standard 320i coupe. The seats don't have to be down or anything. I'm not sure what you're getting at here? -- Lordy |
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Lordy > wrote in news:Xns95EAD8718DCDFlordybigfootcom@
130.133.1.4: >>> Might be sacrilege in ICE circles, but I just bought one of these >>> http://www.halfords.com/opd_product_...&type=0&cat=39 >>> and shoved it in the boot. Ran some RCAs. Job Done for my needs. >>> >> Do you this exact box in your car? > > Yup. Outer pattern has changed a little though. > Oops. Mine had the amp built into the box. An all in one unit. -- Lordy |
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