Subwoofers

Does anyone have subs in there carrera...please post pics. or tell were u have them

here is a quick pic

I have a sub in the center of the spare tire in front. The company that made it is Reus. When I bought the car I thought it was a stock Porsche part because it looked and fit so good. It sounds awesome too. Sorry but no pics. I also have an amp on the floor of the trunk in front of the tire. That is covered by a piece of board covered in Porsche trunk material. The best part about the system is that no one would no it was there unless you told them.

got a 10" with a custom box in the box behind the seats, made it level right below that black thing on the back of the chair, covered with same color cloth, looks great like stock.

4) 6.5 Boston Acoustic Pro woofers in custon made enclosure. Near same size and shape as bose box behind rear seat backs.

What Bose box? Is this something that they put on the car in 2002 and on? Is it possible to retrofit it to a 2000?

The optional bose system has a plastic, carpeted long narrow box that is attached on the rear shelf behind the rear seat backs. It has 2) 5 or 6 inch woofers with the normal bose tubing system. As far as I know all the 996s have the same interior shelf and seats so it should be fitable.

Does anyone have any photos that they might post for me? Thanks.

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Thanks Scott. That looks awesome. I must find a way to get those in my cab.

Attached a picture of a custom installation in my convertible. DB drive sub, powered by a 1500 W amp (in the trunk). The subwoofer box sits on top of my rear seat (when folded forward) and is clinched between the seat and the wind screen. I can remove the entire set-up in 30 seconds and have the car back in OEM condition in a matter of no time. If you want to see pics of the complete install, goto : http://www.i-mediapro.com/photos.html and click on Porsche. This would be an option for you if you don't want to do any drastic modifications to your car interior.

focal 5ws in the "hifi" door ports of my 99 c2 they sound great

That box won't fit in the cab as pictured. No space behind the rear seats. It's all pop-up rollover protection and top.

yvesatlanta 1500 watts!!! Damn.... talk about some junk in da trunk!! That thing must hit harder then a drunk driver.

I have two 8" subs in the rear footwells of my 00 996 cab. These subs are thinner so they sit at a perfect angle for the custom enclosures. After a year and half they sound terrific. They just sit on the floor and come right out - so instant return to stock. I can get all of the specs including the amp when I get down to my car tomorrow. They guy who did it for me is in Sacramento. Here is his site with pics (my car) http://www.caraudioinnovations.com/porsche996sub.htm I am now in Orange County if anyone wants to take a look (yes, I'm proud).

Did Porsche offer a subwoofer solution for their cabs? I'm really not too keen to change the configuration of the rear seats or rear footwells since I do quite often 'squeeze' people in there.

I think Kilrgt is on to something with this setup. That is the best idea for a sub enclosure yet. Now you need to add another Seriously. The back seat is useless. Nobody sits back there. I have the seatbacks folded down 99 percent of the time anyway to use that space as a cargo shelf. That is a great way of taking advantage of unused space and still maintaining some store functionality. Not to mention you could easily make an enclosure for a 10 or 12 sub in there. Now Kilrgt: What is that sub box made of? wood or fiberglasss?

You actually put people back there? Are you some sort of sadist? My car has a factory sub in the front passenger footwell. It sounds okay, at best. Certainly not what I'm looking for.

Kilrgt: After looking at it again, it's definately wood. How heavy is it and can you take it out? What are the specs on your system?

With my setup (rear footwells), you can easily remove one or both and put one in the trunk. It just lifts out. It is formed to tuck under the rear seat cushion so it stays put. Given its a sub, you only really need one. Also, these are super high quality subs. They sound excellent and well balanced.

911driver: i've seen your setup on rod's site. i haven't heard them, but the subs are a little small for my taste. you really need a bigger enclosure and driver to get hard hitting bass. but then again, it's all in what you're expecting from a system and what kind of music you listen to. what kind of subs did he put in your enclosure? i can tell you that i definately would need two subs. especially in a cab. one 8" sub would never fly for me. i do like rod's execution for the install. those fiberglass enclosures look very nice. i've had a lot of systems in a lot of different cars. my favorite so far was my GTI with two 12" orion subs. I had around 500 watts RMS going to each sub. It was awesome. You could feel your hair moving when the bass hit

My car was the first for which Rod built the custom enclosures. He had just hired a really skilled guy to do the fiberglass work and I spent the day with them in the shop watching. Rod uses my car for his site pic and his Excellence mag ads (which I pointed out to my wife and she said - oh, that's what you were doing that day!) The subs are Earthquake 8� and I will go check the amp when I get down to the garage. They won't roll in Oakland, but they sound very balanced, deep and precise. I listen to everything (roaming XM - recognize not the greatest source quality). The specs on the subs seem to be - 8" cast subwoofer Dual voice coil 2 x 4-ohm 2" voice coil, aluminum bobin RMS. Power 300 Watts 45 Oz double stacked magnet

Are they actually conscious when you put them back there? If they are, they must be BLOND and don't know any better!

Despite popular belief...some BLONDs know what they are doing.

In Bose equipped 996 Cabriolets, the subwoofer is actually along side the passenger side console/footwell. There was simply no other place available by PAG to put the subwoofer. This is why, when equipped with the Bose option, the floor mats/carpets for a cab are different than those for a coupe . I suppose you could purchase this assembly from Sunset Imports (cost + 15%) and meet your stated criteria of not modifying the rear seats or rear footwells.

Will these guys fit back there? They like bass.

I'm not even sure an Ewok would be comfortable back there Nice pic.

Wow. Robyn, you're TT in the sig is looking sweet. Cheers

Thanks RJ, she's coming along. Since the sig pic, PSI 480 and a set of HREs. Take me off the bbq, I'm done.

I've heard about a subwoofer in the spare tire....does any body have an image of this??

Standard on Bose equipped Cayennes. There have been a couple of pics posted over there IIRC.

that would be my last choice on where to put a sub.

Dog, if you weren't keen on changing the appearance too much, then where would you put the sub? I saw on Renntech that there is an OEM High Performance Audio System offered as a TSB #9144 for my car. Has anyone ever installed that product? It would disable my digital surround package but perhaps add better sound? Indeed, it would be nice to have the shelf console since 2000 996 cars don't have a glove compartment.

well, i don't use the rear seats at all. at least for people. if it were me, i would take out the rear seat bottoms and put a subwoofer enclosure in their place. keep the seat backs in the down position and voila, a useable cargo shelf that hides the subs. best of both worlds. thundering bass in the cabin and you can still maintain some cargo space.

Whats up DOG I made this enclosure on a winter afternoon in my heated Garage , protected by the harsh canadian weather! I made the box out of wood, I have the Bose option but it just didn't go down low enough for me (inserts women jokes here). I made this because it was an easy in and out for track days...If you like it that much I will give it to you minus the sub , I am working on a new box, I am not sure when I will find enough time to get it done, but the offer is there. The nice thing is the seat does fold down and you don't even know its there.

thanks man. that was awfully nice of you to offer. i'll pass, but thanks the same. i think when i finallly commit to upgrading the stereo, i am going to do two enclosures (one one each side) out of fiberglass (nice and light). i'm a bass freak