Mounting amps on trunk lid..

[PepsiFiend69 10+ year member]

has anyone ever done this?

how do i go about it? i am thinking 1/4" MDF as a mounting board then screwing amps to the mounting board, then carpet over the board

also, how do you run the wires to it? would running all the wires through one rubber tube work? it would only be 2 runs of 4g (power and ground to sub amp) 2 runs of 8g (p&g for mids and highs) then of course jsut 16 g speakerwire and remote wires

my other concern is the amps having trouble cooling, i've heard that amps have a cooling issue if mounted upside down, and they of course would be upside down when the trunk was closed.

and one last concern being that the trunk lid would be to heavy to open by itself, well, at least stay open by itself, amps would not be very big, for now im thinking of an orion 1200d, and matching 2 channel orion amp

im not really sure yet if i wanna do this, but im out of ideas for amp racks, and i want to have a nice looking setup for once.

thanks alot for any input.

Joe

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[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

i don't think it's worth it. you could make some fiberglass rack with some plexi and wire in some fanse to remove the heat. as for wiring run it up the hinge and cover it with some black flex tubing and it'll look like stock wiring

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

an idea you could try is cutting holes in your rear deck, and mount some plexi, and mount your amps right underneath on like a shelf and that slide under the rear deck and you can see the amps through the plexi and you can mount fans through the rear deck. then when you open the trunk, it can slide out

 

[PepsiFiend69 10+ year member]

an idea you could try is cutting holes in your rear deck, and mount some plexi, and mount your amps right underneath on like a shelf and that slide under the rear deck and you can see the amps through the plexi and you can mount fans through the rear deck. then when you open the trunk, it can slide out

i like that idea, or i was thinking a full fiberglass rear deck, that had amps, and rear fill somehow incooperated in it, but i am yet to try to fiberglass something, but i plan on giving it a try soon

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

i like that idea, or i was thinking a full fiberglass rear deck, that had amps, and rear fill somehow incooperated in it, but i am yet to try to fiberglass something, but i plan on giving it a try soon

if you have never done fiberglass i strongly suggest you start with a smaller project

 

[PepsiFiend69 10+ year member]

if you have never done fiberglass i strongly suggest you start with a smaller project

haha yeah, i think im gonna try to do some kicks, or something smaller like that.