Topic: cheap sub for your jeep

[gomi]

Hey guys, I just got my self a great deal on a sub at walmart. I tried to post a pic of it but they don't have it on thier website. Anyways, if anyone is interested, you can get a 10inch sub, in an enclosure with an amp for $50. I just put it in the jeep and it sounds really good. It is also very small and fits perfectly in the little trunk space behind the rear seat. Takes up less than half the space. So just for anyone interested.

[dunklervogel]

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?dest=9999999997&product_id=5131709&sourceid=0100000030660804302498

Dont know if this is similar to what you're talking about or not

[gomi]

no, it's not a bazooka tube. It is a rectangular ten inch box and a seperate amp. It's actually smaller than the tube is and is $50 for both.

[Jeffy]

I currently have a 8" sub in a 12x12x13" box behind the rear seat.  It's ok but I'd like to eventually replace it with a custom box.  My current box is seal so it has very tight base.  It could use a bit more thump from a bandpass and a 10" mounted under the rear seat.  Still, a single box isn't bad.  A lot smaller then a bazooka too.

[Tall Boy]

I don't bump bass, I like other music. I remember that cop in Vegas this year that shot that guy for bumping his fresh bass in his face . Snoop dog was illin.   I got a blaupunkt or something speaker in a home stereo speaker box that is as loose as a goose in my trunk though.

[lanulos89]

i got a 10" pioneer, the new shallow on, its 3 inches deep

[chrisfranklin]

I bought some discos and a trunk the other day.  The trunk might screw up me mounting any kind of sub behind the rear seat.  

Use only two, 4x6 speakers now, which are the halfway decent Polk-Momos  (what can I tell you, Crutchfield had a deal a couple of years ago)
I'm doing this because I am under the impression that my Kenwood/Sirius Receiver can only power two speakers fully - adding rears or a subwoofer and making them sound worth a darn requires an amp for full power.  

Kind of keen on the idea of a subwoofer (hopefully securely mounted) for a Wrangler.  Seen the ones under the drivers seat, behind rear seat, in a hollowed out center console.   Guess I could do the under-driver's seat install + an amp - just that not really in to the idea of the seat directly muffling the flow of sound.  What to do (besides drive without a driver's seat) :?  

[Mozman68]

I used the Tuffy security console with slots for a sub....mounted the amp under the rear seat....two 5.25 speakers in the soundbar and 2 5.25 (with conversion bracket) in the front....all Alpine except for the sub as Sony was the only one that had a decent 8" at the time.  It's as loud as I ever need it...even with the doors off on the freeway!!

[chrisfranklin]

The Tuffy/subwoofer center console sounds like a good move.  Thing is, , in my case, I already bought a Tuffy center console - where I keep my receiver, too - a couple of years ago.   So, I'm looking for a way to just keep the thing in place and mount the sub elsewhere. Maybe some kind of metal speaker box that I can bolt/weld securely to the interior location above one of the rear wheels.

Perhaps I can cut a hole in the middle of the top of my new trunk and mount a 10" sub internally.

[chardrc]

sounds like a good deal.. tobad i still dont have a radio in my jeep.

[chrisfranklin]

Was looking at the Crutchfield site and the Bazooka Subs.  I wasn't really planning to go cheap on a Sub, but these low-priced Bazookas are apparently fairly small versus others.  They are also reviewed as providing decent bass - more than you'd expect given their size.  Any of you using them?

[gomi]

Was looking at the Crutchfield site and the Bazooka Subs.  I wasn't really planning to go cheap on a Sub, but these low-priced Bazookas are apparently fairly small versus others.  They are also reviewed as providing decent bass - more than you'd expect given their size.  Any of you using them?

Walmart has an 8inch sub for $99. The box I got for $50 is even smaller.

[Jeffy]

The advantage of the bazooka is that you can get a marine type which can handle water if you were no inclined to.  The regular bazooka is plastic and fairly robust.  Some of those knock off tubes are made from paper.  They use an industrial roll size tube.  If water gets on the carpet skin you can say goodbye to the tube.

The real down size to the bazooka though is the size.  Band-pass boxes and tubes are big.  The 8" is probably what I'd go with size wise.  A 10" is huge and the 6.5" is a bit small.  If anything you can go with two 8's or 6.5's.  For optimum interior space, you'll really have to look into a custom box.  There are a lot of places that can be sealed off and made into a box.

[dunklervogel]

I totaled the car I had before I got my jeep. it had a fairly large band-pass box with two 10s.  It was too big to fit behind back seat of the jeep so I contemplated rigging up something so I could still use the 10s and my amp but never got around to it.  

Then I got a 8'' bazooka bass tube as a gift.  I never really looked into one but it was real easy to hook up and didn't need any mounts at all just lay it behind the backseat.  I have to say after going from two 10s in a band-pass box and 1200 watt amp to this tube with an 8" and 50 watt amp... I was defintely surprised how much bass this lil thing puts out.

 I'm sure there are better fabrications out there but this seems like a fairly cheap and convinent alternative to buying a new center console or custom building a sub box to go behind the seat.  Another advantage I've noticed is since there is no mounting needed really you can move the tube around or even take it out without much of a problem.  Buuut that in itself could be one downside too... if you have a soft top and someone wants to be a jerk.

[Jesse-James]

I have one of these (VDP Enclosure)



With one of these in it (MTX Thunder 5500)



driven by one of these (MTX Thunder 4122)



I still have storage on either side of the box, I put weatherstripping around the edge of the top to seal it and it bolts to the floor so it is secure. Very nice setup. I am not a "boomer" but I like my music to sound full. It sounds like music should in a variety of music types.