alpine car audio questions

box simple, you shouldnt have to move the drivers or passengers seat at all. If i remember right the subs should have about 1.25cuft. so 2.5cuft for a box isnt too big. it may stretch most the length behind the seats, and you may have to remove jack, etc. but its nothing to difficult. just measure and remeause then cut. all your measure ments witll be outside dimensions so take that into consideration or your seat will get pushed foward. i have an 86 so im not sure the dimensions are valid for you but i think i used something like 26" for height, 7.5" for base, 3" for top and 36" width for my set of Alpine R 10's but i have to rebuild the box because it is only like 1.75cuft.

whell seems people have the box covered,,but now the amp.  Since those subs are 2 ohm each, , or 2.6 ohm wired together, it would be better off if you got 2 separate amps.  I suggest 2 mrp-m200 , or 2 mrd-m300, , depends on your budget.

The type-s subs tend to sound there best with 1.25 cube's each, but that may be hard to achieve in your situation.

Goodluck

fatdaddyjoe wrote:

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thanks for the replies i am wanting to build two seperate boxes so the amp can be mounted on the back of the cab below the rear window between the subs.. i have already removed the jack and accessories to it..if anyone else has any suggestions let me know..thanks again

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Did you also remove the jack bracket? If so, how did you do it? I would like to have mine removed without destroying it.

To remove the bracket it is best to either cut it out with an airsaw or plasma torch, this way it can easily be spot welded back into place.

Fatdaddyjoe, it seems that you have some mixed up responses up there, but someone was on the right track. You do not necessarily have to have an Alpine amp but if that is what you want, great let's help you find one. You have three different wiring scenarios for your subs.

(1) All parallel = 1ohm mono - a class D mono sub amp tha produce about 600watts rms at 1 ohm mono.

(2) 2ohm stereo - any 2 channel amp that produces 300watts rms at 2ohm stereo. Wire each sub in parallel to make it a 2ohm sub

(3) series / parallel - any 2 channel amp that bridges to 4ohm mono and produces 600w rms. Wire each sub in series - makes it an 8ohm sub, wire the two subs together in parallel, this creates a 4ohm mono load.

Now you have 3 different ways to hook your subs up to an amp and a whole pile of options on amplifiers that you can purchase.

something that i learned about the jacks from experience. it does no good to have a jack of any type in the vehicle when you do not have a spare tire.

But while we are talking about S10's and the boxes, has anybody had the metal work done to "extend" the cab to the bed. the protion of the cab that is under the window that matches up to the bed.