Any ideas on install?
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In that picture it looks there are 3 amps. If that's right then depending on what your trunk looks like (if you have stuff back there already or not) you could mount the larger one across the back seats and the mount the two smaller ones on plywood covered with fabric (to match the trunk) on an opposing sides of the trunk on an angle.
The thing that'd be cool about mounting them on the angle where the trunk goes more in, right by the back, is that then when you open the trunk you see the amps right away and it would look kinda cool I think! Your idea also works well, similar idea just moved up a bit. When you say under the rear deck do you mean in between the rear speakers or underneath the actual trunk lid? Cause that'd be cool too, when you open the trunk then you'd have the amp right visible!
Those Orions are beautiful amps. Whatever you do, dont mount the amps upside down...the will get alot hotter than usual this way.
If you wanted to go really stealth, you could make an amp rack and a false floor (with some fans to keep them cool), so you can't see anything. Also good for security.
If you wanted to go really stealth, you could make an amp rack and a false floor (with some fans to keep them cool), so you can't see anything. Also good for security.
Hey Joe,
Do you work at Staples? Cause I see you car in that parking lot a lot! Also I think you live near a friend of mine, do you live kinda near 1st ave north? And one last thing I think I met you once last year in the parking lot at future shop. Back then I had a 99 V6 it was dark green and you showed me your gauges and the bezel! Was that you?
Do you work at Staples? Cause I see you car in that parking lot a lot! Also I think you live near a friend of mine, do you live kinda near 1st ave north? And one last thing I think I met you once last year in the parking lot at future shop. Back then I had a 99 V6 it was dark green and you showed me your gauges and the bezel! Was that you?
Silvr04GT said:
Yup that was me. But no I don't work at Staples I am at Costco.
As for the amps being mounted upside down, I am not worried about it. I had my Lightning Audio 4.600 mounted upside down for over a year now. Without a fan, that Orion 2100's heat sink is freaking huge. Think of it this way, the circuit board is mounted to a heat sink, then that heat sink is mounted to anouther heat sink that has a fan sitting in the middle of it. Beleive me there is no way that bad boy is overheating.
mitchwolos
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Gut the metal out of the back seats and mount the small ones 1 in each seat and the biggin under the rear deck
Mount them upside down and you increase your chances of overheating them. I have two friends who are car audio installers, and they say the #1 and #2 problems they see for amps dying are people who mount them to the sub box, or people who mount them upside down. And they have seen all types of amps come back, even the high-end ones. JMHOWOT said:
johnny lats said:
I have had the HCCA's mounted under glass, running .5 ohm and they never shut off or showed any sign of burning up. I am not worried. Besides like I said I am running a Lightning Audio 4 channel upside down right now, has been for over a year now. I haven't had a problem.
Most people who have a problem are overdriving the amp way too far and that will hurt an amp faster then making it a little warm.
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