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2013 Mercedes Benz SLK 350 (R172) - 12" Spare Tire well install
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<blockquote data-quote="FuelEmpire" data-source="post: 8825474" data-attributes="member: 680590"><p>Let me propose a different idea.</p><p></p><p>First off, my goal is to have a little more than bottom fill in my sound. I would like to have some solid low end bass. That said...</p><p></p><p>In the passenger footwell, there's a decent piece of styrofoam under the carpet, and behind that is a steel plate and a small void where some SLK owners place a powered sub... the kind meant to go under seats. When it's all back together, there's no loss of passenger foot space. Since this car is a world car, that space is for the pedal assembly on RHD variants of the car.</p><p></p><p>I'm not sure how big the space is, but I can check. I wonder if it would be possible to squeeze a small cabinet under the carpet and remove the steel plate? And skip the trunk altogether? It would be about 12x10x4 if my guess is correct.</p><p></p><p>There are already 8" woofers in the door (With like 2.4" total height), driven by the factory amp. They sound okay. I thought about upgrading those but there just isn't enough space inside the baffle.</p><p></p><p>Here are some photos of the area from someone elses install. He opted to put his sub on top of the plate and cut out the foam. He said it sounds great and fill sin the sound, but he also doesn't have the upgraded stereo option in his car like mine does. It probably sounds like my stock 8" door speakers.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]46160[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]46159[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]46158[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FuelEmpire, post: 8825474, member: 680590"] Let me propose a different idea. First off, my goal is to have a little more than bottom fill in my sound. I would like to have some solid low end bass. That said... In the passenger footwell, there's a decent piece of styrofoam under the carpet, and behind that is a steel plate and a small void where some SLK owners place a powered sub... the kind meant to go under seats. When it's all back together, there's no loss of passenger foot space. Since this car is a world car, that space is for the pedal assembly on RHD variants of the car. I'm not sure how big the space is, but I can check. I wonder if it would be possible to squeeze a small cabinet under the carpet and remove the steel plate? And skip the trunk altogether? It would be about 12x10x4 if my guess is correct. There are already 8" woofers in the door (With like 2.4" total height), driven by the factory amp. They sound okay. I thought about upgrading those but there just isn't enough space inside the baffle. Here are some photos of the area from someone elses install. He opted to put his sub on top of the plate and cut out the foam. He said it sounds great and fill sin the sound, but he also doesn't have the upgraded stereo option in his car like mine does. It probably sounds like my stock 8" door speakers. [ATTACH type="full" alt="46160"]46160[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="46159"]46159[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="46158"]46158[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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