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Amp Mounting
Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 9:38 am
by maka78
I'm starting to run outta mounting room for my amplifiers and was wondering if I would be able to mount them in non-conventional areas. By non-conventional I mean either on the subwoofer box or on the inside of the trunk lid.
My worry here is vibration - the subwoofer box obviously vibrates a lot and has a tremendous amount of pressure. The trunk lid also vibrates a lot because it has the majority of the waves bouncing off of it. I'm afraid that the internals of the amplifier will start falling apart after some time.
Any thoughts on this?
Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 9:46 am
by Bfowler
its much less of an issue then you would think
rather then mount the amp to the box, i would mount the amp to a solid board, then mount that board to the box.
Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 9:49 am
by stipud
Some amps do not like being connected directly to the metal of the car. Fortunately for me, my Ti500.4 takes it quite well. However, Fuzzysnuggleduck got a lot of alternator whine with his amps bolted to the seatback. Once he installed a piece of wood, the noise disappeared!
Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 9:52 am
by maka78
Bfowler wrote:its much less of an issue then you would think
rather then mount the amp to the box, i would mount the amp to a solid board, then mount that board to the box.
What would the extra piece of board do?
Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 10:48 am
by bretti_kivi
decouple mildly. every little helps...
Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 12:55 pm
by fordtough1
I used some little rubber isolators to mount my amps. They were air cleaner mounts for a Mercedes or something. Rubber in the middle and had a stud on each end. Sorta like these..
http://www.karman.com/cylindrical1.cfm
Got them from a supplier at the dealership I work at..
Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 4:07 pm
by dako
Why not build a simple amp rack? I've encountered situations in the past where doing this can actually free up room, rather than take up more of it. It could be something as simple as a piece of MDF, some carpet and a couple of support legs or even hidden metal L-brackets attached to a secure part of the car's frame.
Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 8:36 pm
by maka78
dako wrote:Why not build a simple amp rack? I've encountered situations in the past where doing this can actually free up room, rather than take up more of it. It could be something as simple as a piece of MDF, some carpet and a couple of support legs or even hidden metal L-brackets attached to a secure part of the car's frame.
I don't have any room for this at all, and it would look really ugly back there if I build a two story amp rack (which would fit the amps).
I'ma put the PowerCore/distro block where the spare tire used to go, two x200.4s laying flat in front of the sub box (these take up my entire trunk), and the cadence 2500 (which is actually smaller than a x200.4!) on the trunk lid. I'll post pics when I get it done, hopefully it looks good.
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 12:51 am
by naughty
well i have a imilar headache - cos i have to fit an x200.4 and an x1200.1 - both of those being an identical size - and where you have the cadence amp - ive got a cd changer as well as an EQ230 - so space is truly an issue
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 2:16 am
by bretti_kivi
...
www.sketchup.com
--> go plan.
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 5:36 am
by bor3dom
hey bretti_kivi..thanks for putting that up..i never knew google had such an app..autocad is way too expensive..LOL
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 6:54 am
by fuzzysnuggleduck
I must be retarded because I find sketchup hard to use.
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 8:57 am
by bretti_kivi
I did too.... until I started using a mouse with a clickable wheel
then Zoom in / out using shift + up or down, o for orbit, l for line, always typing lengths. Important is also grouping to make an object, then move it. It's not easy.. if it was, it'd be boring.
Bret
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:01 am
by Rold Gold
PIX of said trunk space maybe????????