Mazda3/Mazdaspeed3 General/Maintenance Discussion of the Mazda3 and MazdaSpeed3

Small Sub Installed

Old May 5, 2005 | 02:12 PM
  #1  
bbqmusic's Avatar
Thread Starter
Registered User
 
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 54
From: The Deep South, Ontario
bbqmusic is on a distinguished road
Thumbs up Small Sub Installed

... just installed a nice little powered sub in my 3 ... a little 8" Bazooka in the trunk ... install was sooooooo simple! ... and the sound is ******* nice and full now! ...

... thought I'd pass the info along ...



Last edited by bbqmusic; May 5, 2005 at 07:32 PM.
Old May 5, 2005 | 10:31 PM
  #2  
kmaalfiisa's Avatar
Registered User
 
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 1,277
kmaalfiisa is on a distinguished road
ive herd of bazookas. they are alot better the open cone speakers
Old May 6, 2005 | 10:11 AM
  #3  
D-Man's Avatar
Registered User
 
Joined: Aug 2002
Posts: 51
D-Man is on a distinguished road
Do you have a write up or pic's? Where did you run the wiring to?
Old May 6, 2005 | 11:24 AM
  #4  
bbqmusic's Avatar
Thread Starter
Registered User
 
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 54
From: The Deep South, Ontario
bbqmusic is on a distinguished road
Talking

... I ran the power wire (with a fuse) from the battery to the trunk (all wire is easily hidden under the trim panels for a clean invisible install), the audio comes from the rear left speaker, actually from the audio wires run from under the trim from the "pillar" b/n the front and rear doors, ... then I used a $10CDN converter to go from the "low out-put", to the high "rca-type" output for the bazooka ... I know ... I know ... all you audiophiles out there will say that it should run right form the amp ... but I didn't want to remove the factory stereo or the complete dash, (just yet), so taking the audio from the rear speaker worked very well for me ... at some point I will switch out the factory stereo and put in a nice dvd screen unit ... the install took about 1 hour ... and was quite painless.

The sub is all black, only about 10" diameter and 20" long, it is positioned in the trunk on the drivers side, and points to the rear (I tried it firing a few ways ... and this is the best position that I heard) ... I got it new on ebay for $70.00USD ... it's bass output is adjustable on the sub ... and the thump from this little 8" powered sub is actually quite impressive ... it's not shaking the whole block but is very noticable does a great job taming down and evening the factory sound ... and I still have trunk space to spare for groceries and other crap ... highly recomended! ...

... if you would like pics get in touch and I can email them ...


word.

Last edited by bbqmusic; May 6, 2005 at 11:36 AM.
Old May 9, 2005 | 12:57 PM
  #5  
M3's Avatar
M3
Registered User
 
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 254
From: Pembroke Pines,Fl
M3 is on a distinguished road
thats so friking cool, but i dont know how to run wires, thats sucks.
Old May 10, 2005 | 10:14 AM
  #6  
bbqmusic's Avatar
Thread Starter
Registered User
 
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 54
From: The Deep South, Ontario
bbqmusic is on a distinguished road
... the wiring is very very very simple ...

#1. you just need power form the battery (I am certian the internet or someone on this forum could explain it) ...

#2. in my case (running audio from the rear left speaker) the audio wires are colour coded (red/black) and easily found under the trim piece from the tall pillar b/n the driver's door and the rear passenger door ... just CAREFULLY splice into the wires and run the red and black to the powered sub inputs (you can either use the low input on the supplied bazooka harness, OR use a $10CDN convertor to go from low input to the high "RCA" type input) ... and voila! ... "your booming and your booming and your booming in your jeep" ... well actually ... booming in your 3 ... hope that helps.

... or you just could pay an audio install shop about $100CDN to have it done for you in an hour and a half ...

word up.


Last edited by bbqmusic; May 10, 2005 at 10:23 AM.
Old May 10, 2005 | 04:05 PM
  #7  
M3's Avatar
M3
Registered User
 
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 254
From: Pembroke Pines,Fl
M3 is on a distinguished road
yeah most likelly paying someone, will be easier.
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Pete47
3rd Gen Protege/MazdaSpeed/P5/MP3
5
Feb 26, 2004 06:55 PM
Mr. Protege
3rd Gen Protege/MazdaSpeed/P5/MP3
9
Apr 6, 2003 01:29 PM
pr5owner
Exterior/Interior/Audio
4
Jul 12, 2002 01:48 PM
newfiep5
Photo and Video Gallery
9
Apr 16, 2002 01:24 PM
hi5
3rd Gen Protege/MazdaSpeed/P5/MP3
2
Jan 24, 2002 06:21 PM

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 

Thread Tools
Search this Thread

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 06:39 PM.