Should I bother?

"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury) 03/18/2018 at 16:03 • Filed to: None

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Spare tire subwoofer from a Mazda6 spotted at the junkyard. Should I bother trying to repurpose this in my car or just go for a normal box. I’m not looking to rattle windows, just add a little bottom end to the sound.

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 03/18/2018 at 16:09

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Hell yeah. I never would have thought those to be a thing. Now I feel like I need to move my sub and amp...

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 03/18/2018 at 16:10

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I know factory Bose systems in some cars use weird voltages, impedances, and other things that set them apart from “normal” options. If this sub is in any way like that, more trouble than it’s worth, other than to maybe stick a new sub, etc. in the housing. The form factor is convenient, even if nothing else is.

AestheticsInMotion > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 03/18/2018 at 16:15

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This x1000

Ash78, voting early and often > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 03/18/2018 at 16:20

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Really? I remember reading Crutchfield catalogs in the early 90s and getting excited to see which new spare tire subs came out this season.

I mean, most of them are like 6” bandpass boxes, but great form factor!

Now that spare tires are disappearing more and more, I would expect these to be really popular.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 03/18/2018 at 16:26

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As an example, the Bose system in my 2002 Miata is 100watts per speaker (two speakers each with their own amp) at .5 ohms. Sounds shockingly good for two door speakers though.

Steve in Manhattan > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 03/18/2018 at 16:29

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As long as you can anchor it, why not?

jkm7680 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 03/18/2018 at 16:33

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The Bose system in my A6 was the most frustrating thing ever. Especially when something on it broke.

Monkey B > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 03/18/2018 at 16:34

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right, easier and cheaper to get an under seat sub...sound better too.

RiceRocketeer Extraordinaire > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 03/18/2018 at 17:59

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NO. I had that exact thing in my old Acura RSX and it was useless.

hike > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 03/18/2018 at 18:49

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You need to one day find the spare tire subwoofer our of a Challenger. This these puts out some serious bass.

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > Ash78, voting early and often 03/18/2018 at 19:11

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The only problem I can see with spare tires disappearing is that the actual spare tire tubs will disappear too.