Stealth subwoofer mounting

[mivindhani]

I'm currently in the process of mounting a stealth sub enclosure in the boot of my Seat Leon mk2 1p, is there anyone else who has done the same, and if so how exactly did you manage to get it to hold in place on the side, mine keeps falling out when i tried using velcro to hold it to the carpet liner.

 

[380bhpdaily]

Take the speaker out and send a couple self tappers into the metal work of the car. Doesn’t need to be long tappers just want to grab the metal not go threw the panel.

 

[WobbleFR]

I have that stealth sub box.

I pulled the carpet away from the side of the boot to put some sound deadening and audio foam behind the sub, and noticed that there is an access hole you can put your hand, its on the left by the tail lights, you can easily see and reach behind the sub.

There is a solid bracket behind the thin sheet of metal, the sub box sits against, I cant remember if I anchored the sub to the bracket or the metal you need to drill through, have a look at yours.

I drilled through approximately in the centre of the sub box, once i left a mark the other side i moved the sub box out the way and carried on drilling through the sheet of metal, I did protect the metal hole from rusting by coating it with some paint.

Whilst the carpet was pulled back i slid a piece of hard board the size of my amplifier between where the sub box sits and the back of the seat, its not much space but enough to secure the amp, the carpet when held in place by the sub box keeps the wood secured and your amp off the floor of the boot, you have to look at how your amp cools itself and make changes based on that, you don't want to make it overheat by having it the wrong way round.

You can then put the carpet back, fit the sub box, put your hand through the hole and hold a bolt or nut, depends which way you want to put it and fit the sub.

I used washers and a thin bit of audio foam either side of the sub box wall to stop air leakage. I also used washers either side of the metal hole, but that was probably overkill.

The bolt came in to the sub box, i used some loctite and did the nut up tight after making sure the amp wood and carpet were all in final positions, then ground any excess off the bolt, hoovered out any mess, put the stuffing back in, then the sub.

I did make sure that the sub wouldn't hit the bolt before i committed to using that particular one.

Word of advice if you do this, make sure the sub wires are all soldered, trust me you don't want to take this all apart several times before you learn that lesson.

This may be overkill to some people, but I know that if the worst ever happens, my sub will not move, my passengers and myself are safe.

Its a very easy job and the peace of mind a proper job gives is worth any hassle.

 

[mivindhani]

I have that stealth sub box.

I pulled the carpet away from the side of the boot to put some sound deadening and audio foam behind the sub, and noticed that there is an access hole you can put your hand, its on the left by the tail lights, you can easily see and reach behind the sub.

There is a solid bracket behind the thin sheet of metal, the sub box sits against, I cant remember if I anchored the sub to the bracket or the metal you need to drill through, have a look at yours.

I drilled through approximately in the centre of the sub box, once i left a mark the other side i moved the sub box out the way and carried on drilling through the sheet of metal, I did protect the metal hole from rusting by coating it with some paint.

Whilst the carpet was pulled back i slid a piece of hard board the size of my amplifier between where the sub box sits and the back of the seat, its not much space but enough to secure the amp, the carpet when held in place by the sub box keeps the wood secured and your amp off the floor of the boot, you have to look at how your amp cools itself and make changes based on that, you don't want to make it overheat by having it the wrong way round.

You can then put the carpet back, fit the sub box, put your hand through the hole and hold a bolt or nut, depends which way you want to put it and fit the sub.

I used washers and a thin bit of audio foam either side of the sub box wall to stop air leakage. I also used washers either side of the metal hole, but that was probably overkill.

The bolt came in to the sub box, i used some loctite and did the nut up tight after making sure the amp wood and carpet were all in final positions, then ground any excess off the bolt, hoovered out any mess, put the stuffing back in, then the sub.

I did make sure that the sub wouldn't hit the bolt before i committed to using that particular one.

Word of advice if you do this, make sure the sub wires are all soldered, trust me you don't want to take this all apart several times before you learn that lesson.

This may be overkill to some people, but I know that if the worst ever happens, my sub will not move, my passengers and myself are safe.

Its a very easy job and the peace of mind a proper job gives is worth any hassle.

Thank you so much for that detailed explanation, as soon as the weather clears up and I've got some time I'll defo try get it done