need some amp rack ideas

[BeAlLsTaR13 10+ year member]

well, right now i have my amps on my rear seats that fold down, dunno if i really like them screwed down there anymore.. so thinking about getting an amp rack made up, help clean everything up and what not..

heres what i have now(flame me for the cap, idc i only use it so i can see where my voltage is at):

ive got about 9-10" to work with from the box to where the seats start, but not sure what i should do

ideas?

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[dappa5 10+ year member]

well you got lots of options but easiest would be juest build off the box a few inches and then angle a panel with amps mounted on it and hide all wires behind panel hell get trick withit and them flush it in so all you see is top of amps

 

[Tone415 10+ year member]

well you got lots of options but easiest would be just SEARCH!

Fixed brah

 

[BeAlLsTaR13 10+ year member]

Fixed brah

did search, saw nothing that people have done to a car my size, with the room i have, so why would i wanna go off someones idea of putting an amp rack in an excusion or someshit big SUV in my grand am? big room difference

 

[BeAlLsTaR13 10+ year member]

never made an amp rack so it can sit flush, how do i go by doing that? and yeah hiding the wires would be great, just dont wanna have it being on the box from the rattles, i know people say its fine people say it dont, who knows but dont wanna chance it really if any solder joints get loose or whatever.

 

[JuicyJeff 10+ year member]

to start, you should sell me that aq amp. But really, how much space do you have and how wide are the amps, I may have an idea

Edit: I took carpentry class at school lol

 

[BeAlLsTaR13 10+ year member]

not sure exactly, aq site wont let me on so i cant get those specs and the other amp im not sure of either lol, its like 9.5x11x2.5 or something im gonna guess no clue tbh

edit:

aq amp is

Dimensions 12.75"(L)x9.27"(W)x2.35"(H)

 

[JuicyJeff 10+ year member]

ok so what im thinking is this, You make it on an angle. Gonna try to draw something up on paint in a second. I **** at paint though. But its gonna be have to be what about 15 inches of space for the wires and whatnot? So you would need an angled board 15 inches to a board on the back that will go flush to the sub, and a board on the bottom to be flat on the ground. Ill try to draw something to explain

 

[BeAlLsTaR13 10+ year member]

ok so what im thinking is this, You make it on an angle. Gonna try to draw something up on paint in a second. I **** at paint though. But its gonna be have to be what about 15 inches of space for the wires and whatnot? So you would need an angled board 15 inches to a board on the back that will go flush to the sub, and a board on the bottom to be flat on the ground. Ill try to draw something to explain

yeah no matter what its gonna have to be on an angle, however i wanna be able to have the seats up and still have some clearance from the back of the seats and the front of the amps, as well as hiding 100% wires, wether flush or not, seeing wires coming out of the wood going into the amp would be fine if i dont go with the flush look

 

[JuicyJeff 10+ year member]

Something like this?

 

[JuicyJeff 10+ year member]

you should have clearance with that

 

[BeAlLsTaR13 10+ year member]

yeah something like that would work, cept i just dont want my amps rattling all over lol, where would be the best place to strap the wires down? if i could strap them down behind the wood it would work great, ive got 4ga going to my AQ and 8g going to my front stage amp, and 0ga going from fromt battery to cap, then from cap 0g going to a distro which goes off to both amps, id like to try to make a window for the cap display or something(just so i can see it so i can know where my voltage is at or wheres its dipping down to)

 

[JuicyJeff 10+ year member]

cut a whole in the rack that wil let the cap hang out about a quarter way. Put all the wires inside the rack. Strap the amps down

 

[BeAlLsTaR13 10+ year member]

oh and btw, i wanna be able to mount the amp rack down without having to remove, or even move the box, its a PITA and i gotta remove my whole back seat to take the box out lol

 

[JuicyJeff 10+ year member]

ya its the space behind the box. Find some bolts or drill into the floor panel and secure it?