replacing rear speakers

[Hotsauce]

You may need to remove the flap on the rear of the underside of the seat if you put an amp under there. Just drill off the spotwelds.

John C.

[etlsport]

nah, the amp is small enough that it fits into that well under the seat, the metal flap doesnt make it quite to the amp, if the seat is all the way forward to the most extreme forward position, the RCAs stick out under the flap because i raised the amp up off the floor just enough that they fit over the floor and under the flap

[MZ-N10]

nah, the amp is small enough that it fits into that well under the seat, the metal flap doesnt make it quite to the amp, if the seat is all the way forward to the most extreme forward position, the RCAs stick out under the flap because i raised the amp up off the floor just enough that they fit over the floor and under the flap

lucky, i had to trim some of the flap off to fit my amp. nice install btw.

[etlsport]

okay, well i finally got around to updating my how-to on rear speaker installation/upgrading/rear panel removal... i decided it was much easier to remove all the panels instead of just the one with the speaker in it, so i gave a 'quick' description on how to remove the other panels as well.. any feedback/more advice would be appreciated as im certainly no expert on the subject, im sure i missed one or two things

http://www.vehicross.info/modules.ph...warticle&id=25

[WormGod]

I noticed your amp is under your driver's seat.... no overheating issues there? I had my amp installed under my driver's seat in my Amigo and even though it had built in fans, it would overheat occasionally. Lack of air flow and the fllorboards tended to get hot and the carpeting allowed the heat to stick around. Moving it to the rear of the car remedied any and all overheating. Had any issues with heat under the seat since your install?

[etlsport]

nope, havent had any issues with overheating, i was worried that the heat from the floor would cause me heat problems, so i put in a sheet of 5/8" MDF under the amp (which also lifted it up out of the well which im guessing would retain a lot of heat and made running wires to it easier since it sat up a little higher),,ive run it as long as 5 hours at a time with no issues

[kpaske]

I noticed your amp is under your driver's seat.... no overheating issues there? I had my amp installed under my driver's seat in my Amigo and even though it had built in fans, it would overheat occasionally. Lack of air flow and the fllorboards tended to get hot and the carpeting allowed the heat to stick around. Moving it to the rear of the car remedied any and all overheating.

How hard you're driving the amp also makes a huge difference in how hot it gets. I drive my front amp really hard - any time the volume is over about 60%, it starts to get pretty hot. My sub amp, on the other hand, is almost always cool-to-room-temperature.

I had originally planned to mount my front amp under the seat, but it was too big. In retrospect, I'm glad I didn't because it probably would overheat. A less powerful or more efficient amp might not have the same heat issues.