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Old 08-05-2009, 11:13 PM
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So I followed this guide and everything works fine. Only one problem, my amp gets very hot to the point of almost burning me if I touch it only after about 40 to 45 minutes of music, not all of it loud. I have the GM-5300T amp and pioneer speaker recommended in this guide. The amp is running in bridged mode and the gain is at about 4v. Is there something I have done wrong or am I overdriving the amp? Any help would be appreciated.
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Originally Posted by Taglet
So I followed this guide and everything works fine. Only one problem, my amp gets very hot to the point of almost burning me if I touch it only after about 40 to 45 minutes of music, not all of it loud. I have the GM-5300T amp and pioneer speaker recommended in this guide. The amp is running in bridged mode and the gain is at about 4v. Is there something I have done wrong or am I overdriving the amp? Any help would be appreciated.
This amp gets pretty hot. It will get hot enough that you cant hold your hand on it but there should be no danger. Make sure that all of the electrical connections are solid and that the polarity for the right and left inputs are correct. Past that I would suggest to leave the bass boost and filters off and set the gain to just under half.
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hey man, i got a problem tryin to remove the sub, its just seems like te sub is really sealed to the box i just cant take it off is way to hard, can u help me with it?, i need to know how to remove it.
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hey man, i got a problem tryin to remove the sub, its just seems like te sub is really sealed to the box i just cant take it off is way to hard, can u help me with it?, i need to know how to remove it.
Make sure that all the screws on the front of the speaker are removed and that the big bolt in the back is removed. Then pry it up with a flat head screwdriver and work your way around the rim. It is glued in lightly but should come up.
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This is sweet and exactly what I want to do. Nice write up.
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Originally Posted by chicobone
hey man, i got a problem tryin to remove the sub, its just seems like te sub is really sealed to the box i just cant take it off is way to hard, can u help me with it?, i need to know how to remove it.
There's that bolt in the back. Undo that and if it still gives you issues, a screwdriver will lift it.
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do you need to bypass the stock amp to get this set up
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The first post states and shows how to hook this up, there is no by-passing required.
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Old 01-06-2010, 06:58 PM
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Someone figure out how to bridge the stock amp/sub for more power.
Old 01-08-2010, 08:45 PM
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This is an awesome write-up...any other 10" shallow Sub ideas that work? I really like that JL sub! What model is that?
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I used a kicker in mine the shallow one
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is there a way to just add another sub and amp? while keeping the stock system?
Old 01-19-2010, 10:28 PM
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Originally Posted by E-Dubb
is there a way to just add another sub and amp? while keeping the stock system?
yes.

Line out converter
new aftermarket amp
new aftermarket sub and box
Amp wiring kit. And your done.
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Great How to


P.s If anyone wants a stock sub box to try this I have one laying around
Old 01-25-2010, 04:12 PM
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hey guy who made this thread i wanna run a kicker comp but looks like i gotta cut out that thing in the back where the screw goes in to that hits on my kicker i wonder if it would matter if i cut it down abit? anyone know?
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a jl w7 will fit in the stock box?
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I was wondering that toom but from from those pictures its in there. He did say he had to make some changes to the box though. I just looked and the mounting depth for a 10W7 is 8 inches. I have an Alpine SWR-1042d thats 6.8" mounting depth laying around I wouldn't mind trying to fit in there.

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a jl w7 will fit in the stock box?
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my kicker comp doesnt fit so im gonna have t to modify box
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Quick question does it need to be 2 channel brigable amp ONLY if I'm using a stock head unit? Because I was told to use a mono amp, and I have an aftermarket H/U. I wanna make sure it will still work if I use a mono amp.
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nice and clean
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just done this to my car.. had a custom fiberglass box that took up half my trunk in my 06 ss and wanted my trunk back when i got my 2010 luckily i bought 2 kenwood exelon shallow enclosure subs.. fit directly in the stock enclosure no cutting or anything and looks like the jl one the guy done on this thread.. have a m500 alpine amp running at 4 ohms(sub is svc 4ohm ) and its double the loudness as the stock sub and am noticing alot more frequencies that i didnt hear from the stock sub.. AND I HAVE MY TRUNK BACK with no extra weight.. maybe gonna make a replica enclosure for the right side of the trunk so i can run both at 2 ohms.. but we'll see how spring goes..
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Does anyone know if the stock box will bolt right in to an LS without the pioneer system?
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i think it would be the same as the ss


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