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Old Sep 15, 2015 | 05:46 PM
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How have you guys put speakers in your vehicles? I have a 1990 f150, and want to put some subs in, but theres no room under the back seat.
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Old Sep 16, 2015 | 07:45 AM
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There is plenty of room, you just have to utilize it correctly. Custom built box, shallow mount subs. You don't need a huge system unless your goal is for everyone to know your coming. I've got a single 10" tucked behind my passenger seat in a single cab and it puts out more than the cab of the truck needs, I downgraded from a 12" because it was just too much. I've heard that 8"s actually sound better with the small amount of space in these cabs.

My box is only 12"hX12"wX(5 1/2" deep at it's thickest point, 3" at it's smallest) or something close to that.
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Old Sep 16, 2015 | 10:09 AM
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Originally Posted by fltdriver
There is plenty of room, you just have to utilize it correctly. Custom built box, shallow mount subs. You don't need a huge system unless your goal is for everyone to know your coming. I've got a single 10" tucked behind my passenger seat in a single cab and it puts out more than the cab of the truck needs, I downgraded from a 12" because it was just too much. I've heard that 8"s actually sound better with the small amount of space in these cabs.

My box is only 12"hX12"wX(5 1/2" deep at it's thickest point, 3" at it's smallest) or something close to that.
A single sub would work for me. It would have to be out in the open though. In my truck, there is 0 room under the rear seat. I couldnt even fit a sub woth no box under it.
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Old Sep 16, 2015 | 01:21 PM
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The shallow mount subs only require less than 4" of mounting mounting depth, this one on crutchfield is under 3".
http://www.crutchfield.com/p_130TSS2...-SW2002D2.html

I usually use crutchfield to read reviews and select a few options for speakers than google the model numbers and find the best deals online. The one I listed can be used in a free air application, i.e. mounted in the cab wall or seat back/bottom. I've seen some pretty sweet setups in camaros/firebirds when they don't want to give up the trunk space or the back seat, they mount the subs to the seat frame: cut out the foam/seatcover where they want them, then sew/staple/glue the cover down and attach the sub so you can't see the hack job the did to the seatcover.
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