Is there a sub replacement I can do and get better bass? Or is it not worth doing that.

Looking for a cheap option now.

Thanks,

 

any shallow mount "10. there are several out there including JL, RE, Kenwood, Pioneer, MTX, Rockford Fosgate ect ect. for the most part they are all similar other then the old pioneer. it was crap. not sure whats up with the new one but i hope they actually changed it instead of looks only

 

keep stock amp?

 

you would have to at least for your door speakers. you can amp the sub too if you'd like

 

I did a seperate amp for my sub... I ended up getting a rockford Fosgate 10" shallow mount punch and it fit the enclosure with absolutely no modifications to the enclosure (except drilling the new screws for the sub)...I ended up running the wiring through the bolt hole on the back of the enclosure (used to hold the original sub in place) and I used the sub bracket from the RF sub rather than the stock grill...Ended up with an extremely clean install and the sub sounds really great .... I think the sub cost me around $100....

 

Pixs???

 

Will try to post some later....

 

Will try to post some later....

 

will the stock amp power a new sub. Or will I need to add a seperate amp for the sub?

Thanks

 

I wouldn't recommend it... When we pulled out the stock amp we were surprised that it was able to handle the stock sound system itself... I went with a RF punch amp...it is the smallest amp I could find with decent specs... it actually fits in the wheel well beside the battery in the 08 (I actually put mine in the passenger cubby in the trunk)...they are about $165-175 shipped.... looks like I need to invest in a facebook page so I can put up all the pictures....

 

yeah pics would be great

 

Why not just post them here?

 

tried that...but the forum didn't upload them...the only pictures I have are the ones I originally loaded when I bought the car (car looks MUCH different now) and opened my forum account...the only other thing I can do is try to link to something....I just need to get registered.... I will try to get something tonight.....

K...here is the flickr account I created...you can see the unit on page 1...there are older pictures of the car on page 2... http://www.flickr.com/photos/nakaiya21_flickr/

 

pics look great

thanks for posting

so can somebody recommend what I will need for an amp and will I be able to control the sub level from the stock HU and anything else I will need for install

preciate the help

 

I just put in an eclipse avn 6610 double din and i hooked it up with the cheaper harness in my 06 cobalt. Before i had taken out the stock sub and put in a pioneer premier 10", one of the best slim subs, made absolutely no difference. but when i put that new double din in..... SOOOOOOOOOo much louder and clearer on sub and every speaker.

 

any help on this

Thanks as I'm a complete newb

 

See above... I used a RF punch amp for the sub... you should be able to run that off of the stock HU... but I would send a pm to emperorjj1 to verify....

Now if you plan on changing our the hu, it will depend on the car you have. If you plan on changing the hu and stock speakers then let us know and we will help you out...

 

I plan on keeping stock HU. will I need an amp for the new sub?

can you also do an enclosure on the opposite side that looks similar to the pioneer enclosure?

 

If your changing out the Sub your going to want to add a Amp at least for it. I too went with the RF P3 shallow, and it fit perfectly. I have a 5 channel amp I'm using for the whole car though. Still have stock Headunit too.

As for the second question, You can, if you can make one. But it will not help as much as a second sub on the same side as the original, as they will cancel some sound out from eachother. (with them facing eachother)

 

i put a pioneer shallo 10" in the stock box. had to bore it out tho cuz it was a lil bigger. but it looks good installed! its a 1000watt sub, now if i can just get my dang amp to work...

 

This picture looks framiliar....



Here is mine....


and the rest..

 

ahh that amp... lol we have one at the shop thats beat up pretty bad

 

I love mine...Gets toasty, but works great...I just need to get it a better signal...(actually, I need to get the 360.1 a better signal.) The stock head unit is terrible....The 8 year old sony in my Cav is a better unit sound wise.

 

I installed a shallow 10 inch Alpine sub with a separate 300 watt amp connected to it,sounds pretty good!

 

anybody know for this?