ok I wanna do some more sound upgrades for my car. I already have the subs in the trunk but I wanted to do the 8 inch sub upgrade and I wanted to know what brand everyone uses. Also did anyone put them in the rear panels? And pics would be nice. Thanks in advance everyone.

JL Audio 8w0's:


I'm not a sub expert, but I do like clean, tight bass that hits hard. If you've got a tight spacewise application (front doors, for example, these WILL fit, ~4" mounting depth), these are great. I reused one from my old car in a Q Logic box, .35 cu. ft., sealed and poly-filled.



If you have more space, then go with the 8w3v2, definitely. $90 was a little steep for my 8w0, otoh, it's taken the beating from a 150w amp for over a year and is still sounding good. JL Audio underrates their gear; they take the power the sub can sustain for 8 hours constant without breaking, then take half that and round down to the nearest 25. So that's a little conservative.

I've used MTX thunder4500s before my 8w0's and I prefer the bass from the 8w0's because the thunders were boomy, but it's really just preference.

thanks Jess Ill check those out.

oh, one other thing.

JL Audio is only available through dealers. It sucks. So you have to either buy used on ebay or somesuch place or go to a local dealer. There's a locater on their site:

www.jlaudio.com

I went with 2 8" audiobahns... sound awesome!

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Dealers = ridiculous mark up, but a warranty if installed by a dealer.
Online = cheaper possible warranty from where you buy it, you might and you might not get it. Ive got some links at home to a place that offers a warranty through them for JLs

i was gonna go with 2 image dynamics ID8D2 V.3 8" subs where the stock rear speakers were... heard a lot of good stuff about ID products...

i ended up going with some elemental designs eu700s cause they had a nice deal going on... i dunno what pics are worth to show since they are in the stock speaker location

this is my first upgraded sound system and i think it sounds pretty damn good... it's not overly powerful and doesn't make my car seem like it's about to fall apart... but then again.. i have nothing to compare it to...

the only problem is that not many places sell ID stuff... and a lot of online places that do are not licensed distributors... eD has nice warranty (3yr) and u can only buy online from their site

This post has been edited by elvasoshexai: Sep 1, 2006 - 12:39 AM

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I had two ID10s at one point and loved them. Now I run a single 8" Dayton Quatro in a sealed .2 ft^3 enclosure and I really like it.

Im a big fan of alpine, but it doesnt matter what you get, make sure that the DB sensitivity is high, and its dual voice coil. Those are two big factors that i consider when purchasing my speakers.

thanks for all of the help guys and gals. Did any of you put them where the stock speakers went and if so how, how was the fit?

If you want to replicate the stock 8 speaker setup, you can put them in the doors by simply removing the stock 7" speakers (which have a metal ring that spaces them out to 8"). You will have to do a bit of dremeling to make the hole through the plastic bracket and door about 1/4" bigger, and you are limited to almost exactly 4" for depth due to your window glass.

However, you were probably referring to the rear location, which i haven't tried.

One other thing. JL Audio also makes a 6.5" sub: the 6w0, which is probably a drop-in for the rear locations.