Drop the Bass! Not my bank account..

Malm

Well, the title may be a bit of an exaggeration.. I am not looking to kill small woodland creatures via vibration..

I recently replaced my 1 dim with a 2 dim touchscreen Pioneer AVH-X2600BT. I am loving the radio, as if it were a woman, and am really happy with the quality of the sound.

Now, the radio gets loud.. however here presents my 1st world problem.. It wants bass.. and it wants It bad. I had two 5'' speakers installed behind the seats where there were holes for speakers.. but no speakers

This really cleans up the sound. Sometimes, I do want to play the radio at an obnoxious volume and share my listening preference with the vehicles sitting at the light next to me.. however.. that really is not possible right now. I have adjusted the EQ so that I get the maximum amount of bass with the max volume.. before the speakers make the dreaded Flop sound... No boom boom boom boom.. but flop flop flop flop...

So I need sub(s). I have been out of the audiophile game for 10 years.. ah back in the day when I had a trunk and said "ill just throw some 12's in there in a cheap box with my surfboard amp".. My Z like yours.. doesn't really have a trunk... however there seems to be an obnoxious amount of room where the spare tire sits.(and under the mat for all intensive purposes).

I have looked at some of the installs, and as beautiful as they look.. they frighten me. I am not a DIY guy. I am looking to get it done for me at a reasonable price.. which leads me to the questions..

I was thinking of going with 500 w amp with 8'' sub. OR, possibly two 8'' subs. However .. the couple of places I have had throw me an estimate is over 700 bucks for one 8'' alpine.. custom box and an alpine amp OR

about 850 bucks for two 8'' subs, an appropriate amp, and a custom fit behind the silver Z bar.. which involves cutting the Z trunkmat and removing some of that Styrofoam that is under the matt.

Really, for someone who just wants complete sound, what would you go with.. how much did you spend? What did you use?

Any feedback would be appreciated.

(and remember I am not one of these guys who can personally rip out my trunk and run wires from Zimbabwe and back).