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[quote=”Phoenix-9-7″ post=146117]How many watts RMS are you feeding the sub’s? I’m thinking of going the two 12s route or even two 10s to save some space.[/quote]
its something like 200 watts per sub, i got a small amp pushing them but its a good amp. want to get a bigger 500+ watt to push them but cant afford it yet
“theft lock” on GM Delphi radios only applies to the radio itself, its not connected to the alarm of the car, i did a install on a Buick a few years back with the “theft lock” had no issues what so ever, now, if your car has on star you do need to get the control module for it, but other wise just get your wiring adaptors and a dash kit and go to town,
really would not recommend cutting any wires in the dash tho, and the speaker replacement can be a pain sometimes, buick likes to put the rear speakers in from the top as opposed to all other GM cars where its from the bottom and u can pull them out of the trunk.
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well got a different sub setup now, pair of 12″ kicker comp VRs in a sealed box. way more bass now, thank god, that big explorer was eating all my lows before!
love your truck man, but i know that the electrical system in one of those can take a aftermarket system, that what i had all my gear in before i got this explorer, 77 c10 and before that i had it all in a 85 c10 love having huge amounts of bass in a single cab pickup.
i have found that a 6×9 has more bass note than its round speaker friends, why is that? well i think because it has more surface area in which to move air, kickers old montra with the L5/7 the big squares, was more area in our speakers means more bass in your ride. well ive found that to be true with everything but their subs. lol 6×9 is a good speaker, and you can usually pick up a good set cheaper than their round counterparts. i love some 6x9s i keep a set in stand alone boxes for when i dont have a factory place for them, you can usually find a place to stick a box.
02 does it have onstar? it could be an issue with that, or a wiring issue, i know you have checked them but for some reason its like the amp is staying on and getting signal for that speaker, ive never seen that before, in almost 20 years messing with car audio and electrical ive never seen that.
dont have experience with your setup. buttttt i do know that they make a standalone unit that takes speaker output wires and turns them into a rca output for your amp. and as for a aux input. well i dunno if they still sell them in the real world, but i have a old sony aux input that works trough the antenna input on your radio, install it and tune to the radio frequency like with the new crappy ones, but this is not a new crappy one, by installing in the antenna line it over powers any thing else on that frequency so it never cuts out and its as clear as a usb cable from a ipod, provided you use a good line jack to rca cable. they may have something like this out there today but i have not seen it, i found it installed on our van when we bought it used, it was a conversion van with a radio in the rear as well. it was kinda cool to find but was never hooked up and used in the van, didnt know it was there until i took it out. lol
lets see currently, a pioneer head unit, factory amp and door speakers, coustic 241se amp pumping a massive audio pm 12 dvc sub in a (unfortunately) ported box. all in a 95 explorer but the head unit is about to be switched to a jensen double din dvd navigation unit. and the box is getting changed for a sealed box. and a second amp with 2 power bass 6x9s will be added
dunno if you got it done already but for real, go to a car audio shop and ask for a box with the same air displacement, they can tell by looking at your manual which box you need, i have had tons of boxes, most from audio shops, few homemade, and audio shop boxes, if made using good materials, will do you better than making one yourself, unless your going crazy with a custom fibreglass box thats formed to your car, big audio brands have their own boxes too, my MTX Sledgehammer enclosure was the best dam thing i ever had, every sub sounded good in it. they no longer sell the sledgehammer enclosures, but you can get ones that are similar from audio stores.
best $20 i have ever spent, it just works, maybe better out there cause this is harbor freight, but this will work for you.
http://www.harborfreight.com/21-pc-sae-metric-go-thru-socket-set-62305.html