Considering new HU

chopin_guy88

So I'm still kicking around ideas on this upgrade and was wondering how much room we have under the passenger seat? Would something like this sub fit underneath there:

Rockford Fosgate PS-8 Punch Series powered 8" subwoofer at Crutchfield.com

Thinking this might be a cool and easy to install solution that wouldn't take up any space to run with the HU??

Mr Pinchy

Pretty tight under the seat. What about behind one of the seats? Or it's small so maybe mount it in the hatch area. Would it fit inside the spare tire?

chopin_guy88

Yeah perhaps inside the spare would be an option, but would loose the spare. That would be the only other option really. It's only about 3.5" tall...

Mr Pinchy

Sorry when I said spare I meant inside the rim itself. I have the sport with the bose system. The subwoofer is located inside the rim. I thought if your rim was open you could mount it to the removable panel under the mat or inside the rim somehow. From your previous posts I read you want to install components without a amp. I have done this before with a new head unit and they sound much better then OEM. True you won't get much bass punch but they are not built for that. Just try to match the stereo RMS with the speakers RMS to get the best output from them. It wouldn't make a difference at this power level to upgrade the speaker wire. You can get a kit to bypass the amp and use factory wires.