Amp Mounting

maka78 · Post by **maka78** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 9:38 am

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?

Post by **Bfowler** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 9:46 am

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.

Post by **stipud** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 9:49 am

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!

maka78 · Post by **maka78** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 9:52 am

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?

bretti_kivi · Post by **bretti_kivi** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 10:48 am

decouple mildly. every little helps...

fordtough1 · Post by **fordtough1** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 12:55 pm

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..

dako · Post by **dako** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 4:07 pm

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.

maka78 · Post by **maka78** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 8:36 pm

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.

naughty · Post by **naughty** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 12:51 am

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

bretti_kivi · Post by **bretti_kivi** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 2:16 am

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--> go plan.

bor3dom · Post by **bor3dom** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 5:36 am

bretti_kivi wrote:...

www.sketchup.com

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Post by **fuzzysnuggleduck** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 6:54 am

I must be retarded because I find sketchup hard to use.

bretti_kivi · Post by **bretti_kivi** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 8:57 am

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

Post by **Rold Gold** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:01 am

PIX of said trunk space maybe????????