Stereo Amplifier placement

[AZ4x4]

I'm looking for some pictures of where you all install your stereo amplifiers. I would like to keep it out of the elements as much as possible. I still have the heater installed, so under the dash is an unlikely spot. Right now I'm thinking of attaching it to the underside of the passenger seat. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

 

[nvrstuk]

Drivers Side kick panel for one for the 6 1/2" set and the sub amp is under the drivers seat... barely

 

[ECEB]

I'm about to do this too. I have a small marine bluetooth amplifier in there currently and I put in a "dual voice" speaker in the stock spot. This is basically two speakers in one so that you get stereo instead of mono sound but it isn't loud enough with the top off.

I am planning on doing the same with putting the amp under the driver's side seat. The passenger seat space is too valuable to use of an amp. Also, I am used the velcro tape with the marine amp and had put it on the top of the heater box. This way I was able to take it on and off a bunch of times and no permanent holes but still stays really well. I am going to do that with the amp too.

 

[nvrstuk]

Forgot to mention the 12" sub is in a custom box that my Solara seat mounts to... Subs been covered w/GoreTex and submerged several times and still works great.

 

[Crush]

Hey Nevrstuk.....pics?

 

[Mmflpa]

What about in a center console?

 

[Tiko433]

I made some rear quarter panels and put my amp behind the panel all the way back on the passenger side panel. The area between the wheel well and end of the truck

 

[naneumranch]

I'm running a complete Bluetooth system with a 4 channel rockford amp I placed it in right forward quarter panel and in process of building a shield to protect for elements .


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[ChrisC74]

What are you using for the receiver or Bluetooth device?

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[naneumranch]

My iPhone or iPod nano. Check out crawltunes that where I got the set up. http://www.crawltunes.com/home.php?cat=252


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[ChrisC74]

Thanks, so you are using their bluetooth receiver plugged into your amp? Are you using your iPhone for volume control also?

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[naneumranch]

Ya you set your gain on amp and then control volume in phone or iPod and I also downloaded a equalizer app for my phone for a little better sound control.


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[nvrstuk]

Brian's got a slick setup...I'm going to pull my CD/receiver out and just use my phone and bluetooth like he did... it looks clean and works great... only thing that doesn't work right on it is it plays Country Music!! LOL

I'll do some more digging as I can't find any pics on this computer of it...

 

[Ol'Blue]

I installed a 5 channel amp under the center console. Made some spacers to raise the console up about 3". Heat is not an issue. The newer amps run cooler then the old stuff and it rocks the sub, 6x9s and 6.5" mids. The console is a little high but is okay for me at 6'2".

 

[o2bnmud]

In my wife's 76 I put the amps in the custom center console I built.

 

[hucklburry rev2]

I'm looking at how I can forgo a radio and use an android tablet, bluetooth, etc. Thanks for posting the crawltunes stuff.

After seeing what you can do with a tablet, blue tooth, and things like the Torque app, I am going to make a custom center console that holds the tablet.

 

[Vin218]

I'm using a marine amp under the passenger seat with a bluetooth receiver connected to it. Just use my phone to connect to that and control everything from there. It works well, has decent range and it has all survived a few times in the rain.

 

[WorkerBee]

I installed a 5 channel amp under the passenger seat. A 10" JL micro-sub fit perfectly in between both seats and it doubles as an armrest. You can kind of see it in this picture. I plan on building onto it for cup holders, padding for an armrest, etc. The slot port faces forward.

I tried running the sub in the back but with the top off it just couldn't produce the sound I wanted. The center console location was 10x better for sound quality.

 

[nvrstuk]

I gave up on having any speakers behind the rear seat over 14 years ago...unless you're pumping 100W RMS at 3/4 volume all the time you're not hearing much quality, just quantity.

Makes it worse without a top...

 

[Berky]

Space is a limited commodity in the Bronco, so I found a small Bluetooth amp that fit inside the stock radio housing. The OE radio didn't work, and I wanted a traditional dash. Cant tell you what it sounds like yet, but the reviews were positive.