2X12″ Subs in My Subie!
I’ve almost always ran a sub (or subs) in my vehicles. The only couple I have never ran subwoofers in are my 1967 Comet and a 1997 VW VR6 we had back in 2001. Other than that; every vehicle since around 1990 has had some bass inside.
For the last few months (6 maybe) I’ve been running a single 12″ Kicker Competition sub in a pre-fab box. I use the JVC 7000 series Arsenal amplifier running Mono to the subwoofer (now plural).
The Amplifier is mounted under the drivers seat (so I can get a hold of the knobs easily since my music choices have very varied levels of bass). Tool; fire up the bass. Stuff You Should Know podcast, pull it down a bit.
Back to running the single 12 vs the new dual 12″ Kicker box. One of the guys at work was selling his minivan (Honda Odyssey) and needed a single 12 to replace the box he had in there (a band pass dual sub box with plexi-glass top). So I gave him my 12″ sub and a tube 8″ I had been using for the dual sub box he showed me. Today I get done teaching the Cub Scouts at summer camp how to GeoCache and there be these two thumpity thump 12″ Subs sitting in my mistakenly unlocked Subaru Forester STi.
I quickly “edited” my current speaker wires (with my teeth) hooked up the new box and whomp; loads of fun. Here is a picture of it after I moved everything around and cleaned it up a little.
I’m still debating on moving my AMP to the back of the car but I really do like getting my hands on the knobs when the bass isn’t there; or is over powering what ever I’m listening to.
Thanks for your time,
Justin






