Sub install

[BIGBREW]

Didn't want to take up a bunch of room. I'm happy with it. Could it be a little better, sure but I do mostly highway driving and I've damaged my ears enough.

 

[D.J.]

Pics?

 

[Snicklefritz]

yes what @D.J. said

 

[BIGBREW]

yes what @D.J. said















yes what @D.J. said


Sorry. They must not have attached

 

[stoopid]

Didn't want to take up a bunch of room. I'm happy with it. Could it be a little better, sure but I do mostly highway driving and I've damaged my ears enough.

You've done the hard part (created line level inputs, ran power) so you can always upgrade later. IMO those thin design subs aren't very good, limited by the lack of box. Most people I know who used them were forced to, because they didn't have room for a sub box (ie - truck owners).

 

[Snicklefritz]

looks trim and has to add to the oomph it certainly can't detract from it.

 

[BIGBREW]

looks trim and has to add to the oomph it certainly can't detract from it.

Nah. It was listed on Ebay for $160 obo so I bid $130. Came with all the power wire and everything. I bought a $12 roll of speaker wire to pull high pass signal and a box of t-taps.

Does exactly what I need it to.

 

[Landshark]

FYI, i discovered a cool product not too long ago ... "Solder Seal" wire connectors. a low temp solder ring inside a heatshink tube with hot-melt adhesive to make waterproof. insert your wires, and heat up with a heat gun.

first tried them yesterday - i needed to extend my wiring to be able to reposition my subwoofer, and these things worked great.

 

[bfglitch]

FYI, i discovered a cool product not too long ago ... "Solder Seal" wire connectors. a low temp solder ring inside a heatshink tube with hot-melt adhesive to make waterproof. insert your wires, and heat up with a heat gun.

first tried them yesterday - i needed to extend my wiring to be able to reposition my subwoofer, and these things worked great.

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These things are great! I ordered a set of these for different gauges of wires and finally got to use them last year installing new 12v LED lighting under my kitchen cabinets. Made the job a breeze. Only thing you have to keep in mind is since they are low temp, I wouldn't use them anywhere heat could be involved such as the engine bay, or if wiring could get hot because the correct gauge wire wasn't chosen for the current that'll be involved.

 

[Bandicoot]

I'm looking to install one of the spare tire subs because I want to keep all of my cargo space AND bump a bit of bass.

The tapping of the factory amp's sub outputs is something I wanted to see if I could avoid. I'd like to try to prototype a t-harness for the amp (I've designed and built wiring harnesses for work and find the process to be fun). The goal would be a plug and play harness that provides wires that are tapped into the contacts for the sub outputs and the front left and right woofers (for signal summing). The harness would be a pass through with exposed wire/spade connector/banana plugs to allow for connection to an amp or LOC.

Does anyone happen to know the model number of the male and female connectors used to plug in the output wires into the Lexicon amp in the GT2/GT2?

 

[D.J.]

I'm looking to install one of the spare tire subs because I want to keep all of my cargo space AND bump a bit of bass.

The tapping of the factory amp's sub outputs is something I wanted to see if I could avoid. I'd like to try to prototype a t-harness for the amp (I've designed and built wiring harnesses for work and find the process to be fun). The goal would be a plug and play harness that provides wires that are tapped into the contacts for the sub outputs and the front left and right woofers (for signal summing). The harness would be a pass through with exposed wire/spade connector/banana plugs to allow for connection to an amp or LOC.

Does anyone happen to know the model number of the male and female connectors used to plug in the output wires into the Lexicon amp in the GT2/GT2?

What's the benefit of the proposed t-harness vs just splicing into the wires?

Splicing into the wire harness is pretty straight forward.