Have you mounted your amp in the pass. rear 1/4 panel??

[BigDave]

If you have mounted your aftermarket amp in the passenger side rear quarter panel (where the stock amp is mounted) could you post pictures of how you mounted it there? I am going to mount my aftermarket amp there and I am trying to figure out how to do it.

I have taken out the JBL unit that was in there and I want to put my amp in that location. Any suggestions on how to mount it there and what has worked for people would be greatly appreciated.

Dave

 

[TarHeel085]

check my sig, should be the same in terms of install.

 

[BigDave]

Tarheel, what did screw the amp rack to in the quarter panel to? That is what I am having trouble figuring out.

Dave

 

[bigtigexplorer]

Here are some pics of the install I did in my X. The three circles in the first pic are where the amp rack is secured to the vehicle.

 

[karl_burns]

if you wanna get real fancy....

These amps are almost designed to be hidden, but here's another cool install for a 1994 Ford Explorer.
Amp install behind wall

Good luck!
Karl

 

[TarHeel085]

Originally posted by BigDave
Tarheel, what did screw the amp rack to in the quarter panel to? That is what I am having trouble figuring out.

Dave

i used these sheet metal screws that they call stingers. you just have to make sure not to go to far into the metal with them.

 

[Black Magic]

I have Both of my amps mounted behind the rear speakers. Using install straps they are hung behind the rear components. One on each side of the truck.

 

[karl_burns]

nice!

My amps aren't small enough to be hidden (booooooo!), so I got them attached to the floor. I'll post pics some day.
Black Magic: Did you Dynamat behind those components? Also, have you thought about making a fiberglass enclosure/backing for those? Helps quite a bit and is not too terribly difficult (I mean if I can do it, anybody can!).
Karl

 

[99explorer5.0]

There is only one downside to amps that are hidden away behind the cargo area panel. Unless you modify an air condiditioning duct to blow cold AC air behind there your going to have little to no air flow to cool down the amps.

I have my amp that is pushing my door speakers behind there. I had my sub amp mounted under the rear seat. Thank God i put it there because when that thing blew i was able to see the amp with fire coming out of every air vent. I was lucky enough to have my friend notice it frying before it gave me some carpet damage. I was able to rip it out and let it burn on the street.

I can imagine what would have happened if i had that amp hidden away like i originally wanted to do. I probably would have smelled it but wouldnt have been able to rip it out in time. I probably would have had a carbicue. My amp didnt blow up because of heat because the radio was on but at low volume. It had just reached the end of its useful life.

Amps blow more than you think. I have personally been in three differnt cars with thier amps frying. Each time it was the same thing. One transistor blew causing a chain reaction of transistors frying.

 

[Robert]

Heat has never been a problem for my sub-woofer amplifier I have mounted behind my rear passenger speaker. Here in Phoenix we get as hot as anyone and it hasn't caused a problem during the 5 summers I have been here. If an amplifier is mounted in the trunk of a car it could smolder for quite a while before the driver was aware. I would think that the chances of an amplifier catching fire would be pretty remote. My amplifier would have to have a pretty big fire since it is several inches away from anything but metal. Put an amplifier under a seat or in a trunk and you most likely will have carpet close by. It is true though that in the event that my amplifier does catch fire, it would be a b!tch to get to it in any amount of time.

 

[BigDave]

hehe I totally forgot that I had posted this question.

I ended up doing an install like bigtig, though without the light. (I even have an MTX amp) What I ended up doing was taking out the stock amp rack/sub enclosure, and tracing it to a piece of 3/4" plywood that I was able to get as scrap from my old high school (mom still works there, membership has its priviledges ).

I cut, sanded, and carpeted it. Put it back installed it with some long bolts and 3/4" nylon spacer for top row of screws to account for the fact that the bottom two screws sit out about that much farther than the top three. When I went to put the panel back on it didn't fit quite right, so I pulled everything apart again (much easier after doing this for about the fifth time). I undid the carpet on a couple of sides and trimmed the wood.
Stapled the carpet back in, mounted everything back up again, and voila, it fit.

I did leave the grill off though to assist with getting air to this new amp as it runs hotter than the stock two. I left the stock amp in about its original location because I still use it to drive the door speakers.

I also used 8 guage wire for everything (power, ground, and speaker wire) .

Only thing left to do is figure out how to keep the rear panel fron rattling against the back door and making it buzz. I'll have to take it apart and see what I can do to isolate parts.

Thanks,

Dave

 

[Cartman]

Can anyone tell me what lenght of wires is needed to mount the amp in the cargo pocket area. The wiring kit I am getting comes with 20 feet of power wire and 17 feet of RCA connects, I want to make sure that is enough.
Thanks.

 

[aldive]

That should be plenty.

Good luck......