hey everybody, i just got mini 05 S and wanna put in a 12" Xplod i have layin around. i was wondering if a sealed single truck box would sound ok. does anyone have a similar setup?? and also, i am gonna get some line converters and would like to know how to remove the stock non-HK stereo and wire the converters. any help would be greatly appreciated!!

thanks,
Ivan

 

Ivan,

Any box will sound good as long as its internal volume meets the needs of the sub. You sub manual should recommend a perferred sealed box size. As long as you can get real close to that size, a "truck" box will be fine.

A line leveler is pretty easy to install. It taps into either the front or rear speaker wires. Find a location where you would like to splice, and simply wire the input wires on the leveler to the +/- wires on left and right channels. On the rear channels, the + wires has a brown stripe, black strip is -. No need to remove the head unit, unless that's where you want to splice into the speaker wires.

Now just use a RCA patch cable from the leveler to your sub amp.

 

and where would the remote wire go to?

 

You can normally pick the amp remote up in the left rear boot cubby - thin white wire going up towards the roof aerial

 

Im gonna go and pick up some converters today. and where and what color are the wires i have to splice for the converters??

 

Try this. This should be help you find the correct wires on the rear of the radio. Like Mick suggests, I recommend you use the white wire. It is also present on the rear of the radio.

cheers

 

thanks y'all!!!! all the info helped and i installed it in like 1.5 hours. i got a custom box made to fit the boot and made specifically for the sub at Tweeter for $100 and it fit awesome and the sound is mindblowing!! im glad i didnt convince myself to get another 12" and get a dual box made. thanks again!!

 

Glad we could help!:smile:

 

WOW. I went to Tweeter to talk to them about this, and they said they wouldn't do it unless I bought the sub and/or amps from them, and then the lowest price they mentioned was $400 for a box. I walked out and havn't been back since.