Installing a Sub in to a k10

[alien10]

right i need some.

first off a cheap good sub

second, could i take out the spare wheel in the boot, cover over with some mdf and then cut out a hole in the mdf for the sub and wire it up.

iam thinging of using the space for the spare wheel, cos my wife if pregnant and i'l need the space in the boot for when i take the baby out.

so a sub box is out of the question.

at the moment i have a jvc cd player with 2 6" 9"'s in the parcel shelf.

would this work or not

 

[Retepetsir]

A JBL GT4 would be a good choice of sub for a budget price

Yes you can use the spare wheel well, but it needs to be sealed with the mdf mount for the sub to create a sealed box, unless you buy a more expensive sub thats designed to run 'Inifinite Baffle' (IB) where you dont need a sealed or ported sub box.

 

[alien10]

right so its ok as long as i seal the spare wheel well with mdf, could i used stirafoam or not

 

[Ed]

Best way to do it in a K10 is like this:

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lol

 

[alien10]

that looks realy good m8

but it wouldn't fit a pram or a push car in would it

plus my wife would kill me for doing it

ok, so next silly question

does the sub have to plug'd in to an amp or can it connect in to the back of the cd player

 

[Arnold]

The sub should be amp'd really! Head units only really do about 15w RMS and subs are alot more than that

 

[alien10]

excellent, right pay day its amp and sub time, and mdf and some car carpet

 

[Arnold]

Check your head unit has preouts though! will make installing an amp a whole lot easier

 

[ollyc98]

Fibreglass the tyrewell to the MDF, it'll get a much better seal.

 

[alien10]

ok, right not got a clue with fibreglass or in fact installing the sub and amp in to the well, here's the cd player i have JVC KD-G431

here's the manual for it manual does this have what i need to install an amp and sub

does it show it thick at this

 

[ollyc98]

I'd do it for you but there is a bit of a distance isssue, lol

 

[alien10]

dame it, i live near worksop S80 post code m8

might see if there's some one round here that is good at it

 

[ollyc98]

Yeah, find someone that will do it free lol.

 

[Arnold]

Halfords do installations, but its so easy! especially on a K10. I didn't know anything about it until i did my own, and got some advice from here (mostly from retepetsir). You should do a bit of studying!

Also check out the Talk Audio forums. They've probably got some tips

 

[Retepetsir]

Yep, look at the FAQ's/Tutorials section over at:

www.talkaudio.co.uk/vbb

 

[alien10]

cheers for the help guys

going to read up on that link and see how easy its going to be