Jesse-James, I was looking at the VDP setup. Its bouncing sound in to the floor, right? (it looks like it has rubber footpads; so, if those are face down to support weight, the speaker will be face-down too, right). Does look like a pretty sweat setup.
I just bought one of those Bestop trunks. I may send it back and get your setup - the VDP gear + the top cover. Or I might just keep the Bestop trunk and just put a powered 8" bazooka (don't think they make the marine versions 'powered,' unfortunately) in there and see if that rounds things out
Me, I'm kind of looking for strong bass + security + no change to my center console - both of the above seem to offer this at various prices.
Edit: They do actually make the Marine Bazooka in powered versions; but these get pricey - an eight inch powered Bazooka Marine runs around $400.