![]() The cable harness that goes to the amp can be disconnected from the box so the subwoofer can be removed and the seats can fold down. Having the PBR300x2 on the sub also allows me to connect rear speakers in tri-mode if I ever want to upgrade the rears. I got the PBR300x2 for the sub since it can provide 300Wrms 4ohm in bridge mode, whereas the PBR300x1 requires a 1ohm sub to get the full 300W. I don’t have crazy sub needs shown on, so an Alpine sub (350Wrms) in a sealed box is plenty for me! The internal volume of the box is about 0.32 cuft and the sub desplaces 0.05 cuft, so it’s a little smaller than the 0.30 cuft that Alpine recommends for this sub. Because the height underneath the seat is limited to about 9.5”, an 8” subwoofer is the biggest that would fit. I chose the driver-side because that cavity is slightly larger than the passenger-side. The sealed subwoofer box fits underneath the rear-driver seat so it’s out of the way and doesn’t take away from the trunk area. Speaker wire (KnuKonceptz KRD10BL 10ga OFC)Ĭircuit Breaker (Rockford Fosgate RFCB100) Subwoofer (Alpine SWR-8D2 350Wrms and KTE-8G grill)Ĭonnector (Neutrik Speakon NL4FX & NL4MP-ST) I’m sure sound deadening would help keep the bass where it should be.Īmp (Rockford Fosgate PBR-300x2 Amp - 300Wrms x 1 bridged) The tweeters of course are coming through nice and bright, but the bass seems to be getting muddled. I don’t have any noise issues so I guess I ran all the wires correctly! When I turn up Bass Boost on the headunit, the bass response is much better, but still not where it should be. I grounded the amp to the vertical chassis right behind the floor clip where the metal support of the seat engages the floor. I ran the speakers up the center on either side of the console and the RCA cables up the passenger side. Luckily, the Rockford Fosgate PBR-300 series of amp fits perfectly underneath with the seats folded down I see why they are popular with the motorcycle community! I ran the 4ga power wire up the driver’s side. Mini-ANL Distribution Block (Xscorpion DAGU3224G) Power wire (KnuKonceptz KRD10BL 10ga OFC) I think most of the reason is the Pioneer headunit was only giving them 14Wrms.Īmp (Rockford Fosgate PBR-300x2 - 100Wrms x 2) The bass performance of the speakers was not impressive, as others have noted. The tweeters sounded crisp and I actually have them attenuated -3db on the crossover. When replacing the tweeters, I had to enlarge the existing holes to fit the Polk tweeters. I positioned the passive crossovers on the inside of the car. I routed the woofer and tweeter wires through the rubber grommet connecting the door to the body. For the temperature probe, I routed it to the passenger doorjam where the rubber gasket is, bypassed the gasket (probably not the best), and sent it up to be in front of the radiator. The clock on the Pioneer radio isn’t that good, so I added a cheap $15 clock/temp/voltage device from ebay to fill in the extra DIN space. I could have used the volume buttons for something else like Preset +/- if I would have gotten the PAC SWI-RC. Since my headunit beeps whenever I press the volume buttons, I find myself using the turndial on the headunit instead. My only complaint is that the Axxess ASWC forces programming the volume controls. Steering wheel control interface (Metra Axxess ASWC)įor the steering wheel controls, I followed most of the advice on the thread I hooked up the three wires (gnd + 2 signals) to a Metra Axxess ASWC steering wheel control interface to connect to the Pioneer DEH-P8400BH. Phase 1: iPod control from steering wheel Any suggestions to improve the setup would be greatly appreciated! ![]() It transpired as four phases, each building upon the next as detailed below. What started as simply wanting steering wheel controls and a radio that could display track info from my iPod, turned into a year-long project trying to The overarching strategy was to select and install equipment that allows the rear seats to still fold down, keeps the whole back space available for storage, and maintains the spare tire.
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