mounting amps on boxs.....

[Nick Spence 10+ year member]

Yes I know. Never mount the amp on the sub box.. unfortunately I'm running a nine.5 which is huge and a pair of 12s... fitting this all in the trunk leaves no room for anything else... I was wondering if there was a safe way to mount an amp to your box? Maybe throw some rubber spacers in between the amp and box to absorb vibration?

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[RobertR 10+ year member]

Personally I never mount my amp to my box. I suppose if I absolutely had to I would try to put at the very least some rubber spacers in there. BTW....that amp is

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[maylar 10+ year member]

I know people do it all the time, but... part of my job as an environmental test engineer was to do vibration testing on military electronics and I can attest to what damage 21Hz can do over time to an assembly that wasn't designed to take it.

 

[naughtyca 10+ year member]

if your box is built right the box should not be vibrating anyways, but if you really need to install it on the box why not put another layer of wood with deadeaner in the middle of the wood and the box so this will take the vibration instead of the amp

 

[Nick Spence 10+ year member]

thanks for the help. yea the amp is HUGE! lol. unfortunately SO IS MY BOX lol housing 2 12 inch macdaddys. the and subs are heavy as ****, not to mention the amp lol. i feel its sturdy and shouldnt rattle or anything. i like the idea of mounting it on a piece of wood and deadener to the box... but i think im going to use rubber spacers instead, maybe 2 eith a washer in between to help capture any vibrations. due to the size of the box and amp, and the small size of my trunk(03 wrx) I dont see it working any other way open to any and all suggestions. feel free to tell me no and im wrong and its a ****** idea.. because thats kinda why i asked lol

 

[mylows10 5,000+ posts]

go to home depot get some 1/4 inch neoprene strips ,should do the trick

 

[stevew007 10+ year member]

i say dont do it.your taking a huge risk

 

[Nick Spence 10+ year member]

i say dont do it.your taking a huge risk

got any suggestions? would i loose a whole lot of bass going from 2 macdaddys at 300 watts each to 1 with 450-600 watts?

 

[stevew007 10+ year member]

got any suggestions? would i loose a whole lot of bass going from 2 macdaddys at 300 watts each to 1 with 450-600 watts?

not necessarily.because your changing the airflow and box size and trunk size. but the only way to really know is to test it.

can you fab up a amp rack that does not mount to the box?

 

[RangerDangerV2 5,000+ posts]

lol @ macdaddys being heavy...

 

[Nick Spence 10+ year member]

lol @ macdaddys being heavy...

well not really heavy compared to my old ED 13av.2.. but 2 of them in a single box isnt necessarily light like a feather, ya dig

 

[cyn 10+ year member]

get some 1/4" ply or a little thicker and mount it to the back seat... with some neoprene spacers

 

[Nick Spence 10+ year member]

yea i think im going to just leave it on the floor for now and just not use my trunk.. fabricate some nice fiberglass boxes to go behind the wheel well facing forward and then mount the smap to the back of the seat