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<blockquote data-quote="audiobaun" data-source="post: 7547965" data-attributes="member: 634282"><p>I dont recommend it, nor do I like the looks of it.I have had a few amps go bad due to ?Vibration/added to vehicle vibration, and the amps are mounted flush against the boxes with no air circulation on the bottom,heating up.At the least, put some kind of space between the amp, and the box, even if its just putting like 5-6 washers at each foot to get it about 1/2in off the box, will be great.Heat is the No 1 factor for amplifier failure.Stabilize the box for sure.I was just sitting in a parking lot banging, and the amp just shut down on me cut in and out.Later Removed the cover, and the power wire, and rca connection came loose from the board.That was at Idle,yet could have been a combo from the vehicle and sub vibrations??Who really knows, but, I havent put them on there any longer for the last 10yrs, and have not had any issues since,I think its also an easy Grabb free for all for a thief as well:boink:, and wires hanging all over the place, exposed:imo:We spend alot of hard money on what we have,why not try to keep it, or make it hard for a thief to see, of easy to steal?As well as to have some type of creativity in mounting them and keep them as presentable, and to last as long as we possibly can??Under the seats??Amps?Not a good place either..Spilt drinks, Ffries dirt from shoes/mud ect,scratches them up/begin to rust due to the moisture, get hott/damages the amps.Yet, in the end..its your system, and you will end up doing what you want, and should,and your money.I can only recommend what I have experienced in my time of the car audio I have had, and do have/installed, ect.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="audiobaun, post: 7547965, member: 634282"] I dont recommend it, nor do I like the looks of it.I have had a few amps go bad due to ?Vibration/added to vehicle vibration, and the amps are mounted flush against the boxes with no air circulation on the bottom,heating up.At the least, put some kind of space between the amp, and the box, even if its just putting like 5-6 washers at each foot to get it about 1/2in off the box, will be great.Heat is the No 1 factor for amplifier failure.Stabilize the box for sure.I was just sitting in a parking lot banging, and the amp just shut down on me cut in and out.Later Removed the cover, and the power wire, and rca connection came loose from the board.That was at Idle,yet could have been a combo from the vehicle and sub vibrations??Who really knows, but, I havent put them on there any longer for the last 10yrs, and have not had any issues since,I think its also an easy Grabb free for all for a thief as well:boink:, and wires hanging all over the place, exposed:imo:We spend alot of hard money on what we have,why not try to keep it, or make it hard for a thief to see, of easy to steal?As well as to have some type of creativity in mounting them and keep them as presentable, and to last as long as we possibly can??Under the seats??Amps?Not a good place either..Spilt drinks, Ffries dirt from shoes/mud ect,scratches them up/begin to rust due to the moisture, get hott/damages the amps.Yet, in the end..its your system, and you will end up doing what you want, and should,and your money.I can only recommend what I have experienced in my time of the car audio I have had, and do have/installed, ect.[IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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