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Hey all, have an 03 reg cab and am wanting to build a system. Want the most an IDQ-15, but they only make them in 12s now so will have to wait or get lucky and find NOS.

 

Has anyone put a 15 behind the passenger seat successfully? I assume you would have to move the jack equipment. I have no carpet, if that matters.

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Ok, how about NO! If your passengers like to be uncomfortable, since you will need to scoot your seat forward, then yeah, you can fit a 15 back there, just don't go thinking it will be stellar sounding since you will probably need an angled boX or a big square one to compensate for the mass volume of ait it's required to move around. My first comment stands firm. So mamy options when you do it as mentioned earlier than some thrown together sloppy basser.

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Thank you, what is sloppy about an IDQ? The only time i had a 15 was when my buddy let me put his ported fifteen Vega on my US200 (rated 520 watts)' in the back of my Aspire hatch. We rode around the block and i was finally satisfied with the amount of bass i was hearing, but you say it might/wont sound good in a reg cab?

 

 

Im wanting ~35-65hz bass, i dont care for ten inch 100hz bass and when the going gets tough, 12s bottom out.

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A hatch will "port" the sound and reverberate the sound up to you. Usually hatches sound the best with amy type of woofer in the back. When I had my system in my CC 06, it took me two sets of systems before I finally had it sounding good. Without going crazy, I was able to put two shallow tens in an angles boX behind the rear seats. Once I found the correct amp, poly filled, and correctly sealed the box, it was hitting about the same as a mid tier 12's. Plenty of nice clean base and could hit some fairly deep lows but not the low lows lol. Really, do some R&D. Like I said, it is possible but you will need to gather dimensions, to include depth and build the box around the woofer for best results or match it as much as possible with what you got. Also don't forget nice clean install and OFC wiring to go with it. New H/O alt wouldn't hurt as well.

Silverado4x4 Senior Enthusiast

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This is no help to your problem but just a side note. A friend of mine works with a guy and his son has permanent hearing loss something like 40% from those big bass systems that he had in his car.

 

I never really understood them anyway all they are is a "Look at me Look at me " as the car drives down the road. Years ago you heard a few of them going down the road but now its very rare to even hear them anymore, I guess the fad is wearing out or people are seeing what permanent damage is being done to there hearing.

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Hey all, have an 03 reg cab and am wanting to build a system. Want the most an IDQ-15, but they only make them in 12s now so will have to wait or get lucky and find NOS.

 

Has anyone put a 15 behind the passenger seat successfully? I assume you would have to move the jack equipment. I have no carpet, if that matters.

Yes I have put many subs behind the passenger seat. The best sounding one of them all? A down firing 8" in a ported box.

 

Check out Sundown Audio's SA-8..........can be run at 500 watts all day long with enclosure requirements on par with a shoe box. Definitely will sound 10x better than any 15" sub that would be stuffed back there, most likely having to fire right into the seat or back of the truck.

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