Today i purchased an Alpine stereo set up for my 89 convertible. It's the Type_R 12 and a V-12 Amplifier. I wanted to see some pics of some set-ups of other peoples cars so that I could get an idea of what to do with mine. I do want to stick the 12 behind the seats in the hidden area.

 

DOESN'T SOMEONE WANT TO HELP OUT?

 

not enough air space for a 12 unless you give up the spare

 

throw the spare in the trunk, i have 3 10's in my hidden space along with 2 amps



-Shawn

 

rx: doesn't that make you wattage really uneven, two speakers on one amp and one on the other, you should habve gone with 4 10's or two 12's. Well....i shouldn't say that, im sure your setup is really good, however from an electronic standpoint it is very off center

 

He's prob running 3 subs on 1 amp and the car speakers on the other.

 

well i work with what i have (money wise too) one amp is a 500 wat amp, its running 2 10's, the other amp and speaker r from my old rex, they r both pioners, i don't even rember what size amp it is (thats how old it is) the only thing that sucks is the boxes r not too big, there just isn't much room in there. i plan on moving the amps to the trunk so i can make the boxes larger. i also cut the spare tire mount and bar for more room


-Shawn

 

I don't have any pics, but I've seen 2 setups I like:

1) Dual 10" under the vert's spare tire cover & amp board in the trunk

2) Dual 8" using the 90-91 "rear floorboard" OEM sub location.

Be sure to keep the OEM headrest speakers & AMP, because no other amps have the "spacializer" feature.

 

https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showth...highlight=vert


this might help you out, mine looks similer as far as the sub goes

-Shawn

 

I aced all the stock crap. After 7+ years, the headrest speakers starting sounding like shat, not that they were all that great to begin with. The stock subs suck. Horrible location for speakers anyways. I have tried a few different setups since then and am happy with what I finally have now. One 10" sub right behind me under the cover with two amps and a 6-disc cd/mp3 changer. That is all hidden. There are also four- 5" speakers right behind the seats so I can hear all the subtle notes when the top is down Also the door speakers have been replaced with component speakers as well.
Since space, or lack thereof was a concern and I didn't want anything in the trunk, I was worried that a 12" sub wouldn't fit so I went with a 10". I did have to toss the spare, so now I have AAA tow insurance and a couple cans of tire repair gunk. I have since seen one with two 12's under the the cover, but all the amps were in the trunk. It sounded awsome. I think one 12" would have been just fine. Belive me when I say all you need is one sub. I heard another vert with two 10" and there was NO difference between ours, top up or down.
This pic is the four 5" behind the seats.

 

Where is the amp for the headrest speakers?

 

http://stevesrx7.tripod.com/pics/subs.jpg

 

Here are some pics of my install

 

nice setup, sir.

 

Got Trunk Space?

 

in the hidden area, right behind the driver's seat, its a silver box with 2 r 3 harnesses plugged into it



-Shawn

 

Thanks. And no I dont have any trunk space. I moved my spare to my trunk since I use this car to drive to college and back. It sits in the same place it does in a coupe. So now my small trunk is even smaller.

Also if you look in the pic of the sub you can see the harness that the headrest amp plugged into.

 

more info
http://v8rx7.com/sound.htm

 

Thanks alot. Now I am thinking maybe I should take the twelve back and get 2 10"s. What do you think. Thanks for the help guys.