Bose sub not working maybe?

[YukonXL04]

Hey guys, so I got my 18 sierra SLT with buckets, console, and Bose. When I turn the volume up, I can feel the door panels vibrating, but feel nothing on the console. So I'm thinking my stock sub may not be working. 

 

Question to others before I call the dealership. 

Can you feel vibrations or bass on the console with your stock sub?

[2018GMC]

1 hour ago, YukonXL04 said:

Hey guys, so I got my 18 sierra SLT with buckets, console, and Bose. When I turn the volume up, I can feel the door panels vibrating, but feel nothing on the console. So I'm thinking my stock sub may not be working. 

 

Question to others before I call the dealership. 

Can you feel vibrations or bass on the console with your stock sub?

No you can't feel the stock bose sub vibrations on the center console. I bet your sub is working. Bose tuned it so it does not hit the low gut shaking frequencies. I pulled my stock 5.5" Bose sub and replaced it with the JL Stealhbox  10" center console sub and 300W JL amp. Now both seats, console, and rearview shake if i want them to :-)

[2018GMC]

Stock bose 6” sub vs 10” JL Stealthbox for under center console 

[YukonXL04]

Yea I was wondering... our 13 suburban you could hear the stock sub. This 18 you cant hear or feel... even putting your ear down by it you cant hear it on any songs.

 

I'll be doing 2 SSA F8Ls ported under the rear seat here in a few months, but was hoping my stock sub could hold me over until then.

I looked at the stealth box, but that wont fill my bass needs.

[Osirus]

Don't expect any kind of "subwoofer" performance from that thing. I had a 2007 crew with a Bose system and owned it for 8 years before learning there was a subwoofer in the center console.

[ltzsilverado]

1 hour ago, 2009GMC said:

No you can't feel the stock bose sub vibrations on the center console. I bet your sub is working. Bose tuned it so it does not hit the low gut shaking frequencies. I pulled my stock 5.5" Bose sub and replaced it with the JL Stealhbox  10" center console sub and 300W JL amp. Now both seats, console, and rearview shake if i want them to :-)

I have the same setup. Definitely all the bass you could want. How bad does your console rattle? I put some foam tape around the back sides of the joints and it help allot but still the a little bit. 

 

Did you hook up to the sub output of the Bose amp or rear door speakers? 

If you have active noise cancellations it still works with this setup hooked up to sub output

[2018GMC]

7 hours ago, ltzsilverado said:

I have the same setup. Definitely all the bass you could want. How bad does your console rattle? I put some foam tape around the back sides of the joints and it help allot but still the a little bit. 

 

Did you hook up to the sub output of the Bose amp or rear door speakers? 

If you have active noise cancellations it still works with this setup hooked up to sub output

Can’t keep anything not wrapped in a towel in center console unless you want to hear rattle. I thought I had a bad rattle but was actually the stealthbox had a small air leak.

 

Not impressed with JL support. Basically said our boxes don’t leak. 

 

I sealed it it up and now may hear a small rattle only at certain low frequencies. 

 

I hooked speaker level input to Bose sub then to LC2i, then to JL 300/1v2. 

 

I have 6.2 and everything sounds fine. Can’t tell what noise cancelation system does or if it’s even still working lol. 

 

Bass is definatly much better and actually have bass at ALL volumes compared to not thinking the Bose sub was working which it barely added any bass.