Negatives of installing amp under front seat?

[sue bee 10+ year member]

Any? Extra wire length? Hmmm?

Talk me out of it or it's going under there!!

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[tRiGgEr 5,000+ posts]

Actually you will use a shorter power wire. But in most cases longer speaker wire. As long as there is enough ventilation, I would go for it.

 

[Jingle]

I have mine underneath the driver seat in my truck and it is perfect. It never gets hot at all!

 

[preacher 10+ year member]

Back seat passengers kicking your gear. If installed carefully this wouldn't be a prob. Make sure the clearance is there when you mount the amps to a rack. Any height issues would be sad after the wiring. I like the idea.

 

[sue bee 10+ year member]

I'd be going under the passenger seat as it doesn't have power seats, less hot asses planted in the seat (cuz you know mine will be in the driver's every time the car moves), and again cuz it doesn't have the extra parts that a power seat does. That's my guesstimation anyhow. Aside from ventilation, which will obviously be a setback compared to the trunk or something...anything else?

Oh and people wouldn't be able to kick cuz I don't hang out with Shaq. They could if they tried anyway...it'll be bolted down.

 

[937DYTBOI 5,000+ posts]

ha ha ha SHAQ

 

[dkguitarist 5,000+ posts]

also do you have ac/heat vents running under your seats? cuz my car does..

just a thought.

 

[tRiGgEr 5,000+ posts]

You probably will not be concerned about this, but the longer the wire the more resistance. Will this be a A/B 2/4 channel amp? Or a sub amp?

 

[sue bee 10+ year member]

don't have the car yet dk, but my first and last one was the exact car you own. guess what? 99 with under 60k. I had a valve job that needed to be done. Did you know you have to take out the tranny to get to the engine? God I hate fords/escorts. Anywho...

class d sub amp trig. MTX 1501 modded probably.

 

[dkguitarist 5,000+ posts]

don't have the car yet dk, but my first and last one was the exact car you own. guess what? 99 with under 60k. I had a valve job that needed to be done. Did you know you have to take out the tranny to get to the engine? God I hate fords/escorts. Anywho...
class d sub amp trig. MTX 1501 modded probably.

lawl. yeah mine's a pos already. has an embarassing metallic clanging sound in the engine. annoying and embarassing. good gas mileage tho. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/naughty.gif.94359f346c0f1259df8038d60b41863e.gif

 

[dleccord 5,000+ posts]

scratches?

 

[tRiGgEr 5,000+ posts]

class d sub amp trig. MTX 1501 modded probably.

I wouldn't worry in the least then. Good luck //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[sue bee 10+ year member]

Now to find proper clearence.....

 

[FoxPro5 5,000+ posts]

Lowest point or moisture in your car. I had mine under the seats for a few years and in the winter there would be ice crystals forming on them due to condensation.

 

[MisterGrubbs 5,000+ posts]

I had my Memphis MC1000D under my F-150 seat, it did **** great and there was NO WAY it was coming out lol

 

[khail19 10+ year member]

I've had many different amps under my seats and never had problems with any of them. As long as they are secured well and have space for ventilation you'll be fine. Especially with a class D amp. The only bad thing is longer speaker wire to the trunk, but you also save with shorter RCA cables and power wire.

 

[BassAce 10+ year member]

I've had many different amps under my seats and never had problems with any of them. As long as they are secured well and have space for ventilation you'll be fine. Especially with a class D amp. The only bad thing is longer speaker wire to the trunk, but you also save with shorter RCA cables and power wire.

The only negative I can see about a longer speaker wire is more chances to short, but if you loom the wire to give it extra protection this shouldn't be a big deal. Plus speaker wire is usually smaller than power wire, so having the amp under the seat would save the power wires and RCA as you said. With smaller power wires it would cost less to run the power wires, usaully large power wires should cost more per foot than speaker wires. Also power wires are at 12 volts where as speaker wires should run at higher voltage, with the higher voltage of the speaker wire it would break through the resistance easier than the lower voltage power wire. The only other downside would be lack of clearance in certain vehicles may cause. Which would be bad if a passenger moves the seat without realizing that there is an amplifier beneath the seat, again if there is little to none clearance.