Hideaway Sub Hookup

[ognib]

I installed the JL Fix-82 in my truck and I am not sure I have the subwoofer(s) hooked up optimally. The truck had a factory sub in it and I had a Kicker Hideaway lying around so I hooked it in line with the factory sub before the amp. It made a big difference before the Fix-82. Now it seems to have lost some of its might. When I hooked up the Fix, I spliced in to the sub feed lines to feed it. Would the cobbled up mess I have be the best way to hook up the kicker or should I remove it from that line all together and let it do its thing by its self?

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[wew lad 5,000+ posts]

if you have them in parallel then you may be wiring the output of the factory amplifier below rated impedence. i would unplug the factory sub and use just the kicker hideaway sub and see if its any better. running two different subs is a bad idea due to cancellation, on top of the problems that can arise from running two things in parallel like that causing the overall impedence to drop too low

 

[ognib]

I will give that a shot this afternoon. It should be as simple as unplugging the factory amp, they way I have it hooked up.

 

[ognib]

FYI the JL guy got back to me and said that any aftermarket speaker needs to be fed from the Fix before the amp so I need to split my output.