1996 Volvo 850 Wagon

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Ok I just picked up one of these to replace the Explorer my son rolled recently. I will be moving my system over to it this winter/spring. I have a pair of Sundown zv3 18's and a DD m4 amp for low end. The front stage will consist of a pair of RF Power 5.25 coaxials and Dayton 8inch mid-bass ran off a RF Punch 400a4 the head unit is a Clarion CX 501. I will also have a pair of grp 31 135ah Deka unigy batts and a optima yellow top for under the hood. I got lucky and nothing was ruined in the rollover most importantly my son and wife were unharmed.

Ok the plan is to run the z's in a 10.2-10.5 cuft box with either a rear firing swap able octoport(spl and daily) or a drivers side firing slot port with a port reducer for daily. Since I have never worked with a Volvo before I am in need of some info. First off the vehicle peak frequency so I have an idea where I want to tune for my burps. Will tune to 32-34hz for daily listening. Also if anyone has worked with these car before any tips on running the wires and such and any trouble I may run into while doing this project. Thanks guy will be posting this up on MAF and CAClass aswell.

Here is a pic of Matilda.

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My friend did high 143's with single 15" sig on a JL 500.1 tuned for music. Sub up port back seemed to work well. Car is quite solid so relatively easy to pressurize Should be easy to get 8 cube under the window line.

That explorer was about broken from bass anyway.

 
Oh yeah it was toast the rear hatch was completely split and the roff bracing was coming apart rattled to high hell.

Looked like this after wreck.

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