How To Install Sub Woofers
The majority of car manufacturers do not include sub woofers with the factory produced stereo systems in their cars. Correctly installing sub woofers into your car can be a somewhat complicated procedure so you want to pay close attention to the instructions. Many car enthusiasts purchase sub woofers that are enclosed in a prefabricated enclosure box because of ease of installation.
The following instructions will aid in the installation of sub woofers into your vehicle.
Remove Old Equipment
The first thing you need to do when installing sub woofers is to remove all of the carpeting or other material and then thoroughly clean the metal area below. Take care that you do not damage the carpeting as you will eventually be putting it back into your trunk. Once that step has been completed you will want to take a hair dryer and completely heat the sound deadening material. Another option would be to leaving the sound deadening material outside is a spot that gets a lot of sunshine during the day and let it heat up that way.
Next you need to take spray glue and apply it to the exposed metal surface of your trunk while peeling the back of the sound deadening material that you just heated up. Apply the sound deadening material to the area that you just sprayed glue onto as you continue to heat the material during application.
Sound Deadening
While you are applying the sound deadening material to your trunk you want to be extremely careful to apply the material evenly to make sure that it bonds correctly together. After you are finished then replace the carpeting or material that you removed from your trunk earlier. Once this process has been completed you need to get ready to get your speaker system going. Your speaker hookups will need to be reconfigured in order for the front and back speakers that are already in your speaker system to be using the front two channels of your amplifier. You will see that your amplifier should be equipped with a high-pass crossover that will enable you to control those two speakers.
The rear channels of your amplifier will need to be bridged into mono which will allow your amplifier to produce twice the amount of power. There are instructions that should have come with your amplifier that will explain to you how to do this task. Now you are all set to get your sub woofers hooked up. You can start by using 12-gauge speaker wire to wire in you two sub woofers. You amplifier’s rear channel should be equipped with a low-pass crossover. You will need to run some tests to determine which crossover point is going to get the best performance from your sub woofers.
Brace The Enclosure
Metal L shaped brackets are the absolute best things to use to brace the enclosure and the box will be most stable if it is secured right to the floor of the trunk or a wall of the trunk. It is a smart idea to apply some type of sealant around the the brackets that you will be using to secure that box so that no air will be able to escape from the box.
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