A little sub help

[Shilo 10+ year member]

I have in my truck A thunderform box that fits under the back seat. It has 2-10" MTX Thunderform 4500 subs powered by the built in amplifier that I believe is only 200 watts. Does anyone have any recommendations for me as to what my next step would be for louder, harder hitting base? should I put in a bigger amp and will these speakers handle a bigger amp than what is powering it now or should I stay with the built in amp and just go with some better subs. If you are recommending a sub change what would you suggest I go with. Any help would be great. Thanks.

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[sacsking916 5,000+ posts]

What kind of truck you got? Willing to take the backseat out? Budget? These will help put together a good system for you

 

[audiobaun 5,000+ posts]

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[mylows10 5,000+ posts]

ditch the back seat 2 18's with 8000 watts and your good

 

[logiball 10+ year member]

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[sacsking916 5,000+ posts]

bed cut......look at that i solved all of your problems!!!!!

I think i know what youre saying but its called a cut through/blowthrough

 

[logiball 10+ year member]

bed cut maintains key stroke efficiency.......thanks for the correction

 

[Shilo 10+ year member]

Truck is a dodge dakota club cab. I want to keep the thunderform box. I was hoping to go with better subs but I'm not quite sure what to get. I don't want to have to remove anything in the back. Budget say $800.

 

[logiball 10+ year member]

any idea what kind of airspace you have to work with and mounting depth?

 

[sacsking916 5,000+ posts]

Truck is a dodge dakota club cab. I want to keep the thunderform box. I was hoping to go with better subs but I'm not quite sure what to get. I don't want to have to remove anything in the back. Budget say $800.

Id look into building a new box instead of keeping that one. Hefty budget for under a backseat

 

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Truck is a dodge dakota club cab. I want to keep the thunderform box. I was hoping to go with better subs but I'm not quite sure what to get. I don't want to have to remove anything in the back. Budget say $800.

Id look into building a new box instead of keeping that one. Hefty budget for under a backseat

 

[mylows10 5,000+ posts]

raise the back seat a couple of inches then build a custom box

 

[jasonAz 10+ year member]

Depending on the year check these out, they bolt right in, I had the 2 10's in mine and they sounded great, they were hidden under the seat and gave a factory appearance. By no means will you win a SPL competition but they are loud and add perfect sound for your truck.

dodge dakota thunderform at Crutchfield.com

 

[hispls 5,000+ posts]

In general I would reccomend bigger amp, better subs, then new box... in that order as potential upgrades. IF you weren't trying to stay within vary narrow space/shape/size of box constraints I'd reccomend a new box first, but if you're set on the box fitting a specific location you probably have little gain to be had building the same size/shape box yourself over a prefab.

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

That under seat box just isn't going to perform very well vs. a custom enclosure.

 

[jasonAz 10+ year member]

The MTX RTS10-04 sub would work fine, 2 of those and a small MTX TD500.1D amp would be perfect! If you switch out the subs you would need to get rid of the built in amp as well. The subs and amp in the thunderform run at .35 ohms.