ok i picked up my hot lava yesterday, thing is i opened my trunk and there it was on the left side of my trunk. But it was laying horizontal! in the pic on scion.com,it shows Bazooka all the way to the left in the corner the vertical!im so confused, when i brought this up to the dealership(welleslly toyota) the manager and sales person who sold me the car said.."umm isnt that hot it goes) not to mention they had no clue i even oreder the bazooka tube...omg am i going nuts? i know nothing about this tese things, and i always feel like they are screwing me!i wanted silver pedals, i got some go awful white things, that collect dirt i wanted the shiy silver metal ones, instead i got a sanblasted white...dirty as HE77! its whatever. what can i do now? drove off like that!...but they said they would call me back and let me know what they learned from the techs...ummm aparently they have learned nothing! the managers respnse was "no now knows the right way to install these thing,they just get the accessories and figure it out themselves!" ok WTF! i had to just walk away...but i told them i was gonna find out the real deal on this website and get back 2 them

 

Bazookas will play fine in any direction. They say that you'll bet more bass if you angle them towards the corners. Any way you put the speaker it should do fine. Just play with it until it sounds best or until you get it where you like it best.

 

well see what i am concerned with is no trunk space, im thinking is it ok if i get them to put it vertically luke on scion.com? in the left corner? its covering my whole trunk, noroom at all! in the middle of trunk space..

 

They do take up a good bit of room. If they can find a way to mount it vertically without messing up the interior, I say go for it. I haven't seen the bazooka installed. Is there a way to disconnect it quickly and remove it from the car?

 

i dunno never seen it taken out, i cant really believe anything they say, ive been screwed by the dealer.. :? but on a happy note i love me orange box..

 

Find the wires going to it and see if there is a way to just unplug it or unscrew it. I don't use that space that often unless I have something big. If you can take it out, don't worry about it until you need to put something back there. Then unplug it and move it out of the way.

Is there enough wire that if you laid down the back seat you could push it over out of the way for whatever you need in the back? Just another option.

 

OMG....the thing comes with a template to show you where to mount and drill in the cargo covers. It should be easy to fix. Just unlatch the sub, pop the cover and unscrew the mounting brackets. Measure the distances before you take them out and redrill holes to mount against the left strut tower brace. When you put the brackets back in, make sure the sub release bolts are not against the strut tower brace or it will be more difficult to remove the sub later.

 

ok i only had 2 replys....does anyone else have the bazooka tube??? my entire trunk is taken up!! they tell me that is how they have to do it..but the lady on the phone from scion corp says no way! its on wrong! take it back...but the dealer says it can ONLY go on the left side of the trunk horizontally. im so confused and i want my stuff fixed!!! problem is they drilled holes,cut holes in my floor mates, and make me feel like im the one with the prob??am i going nuts or is this not ok????? pppppppppllllleeeeeaaaaaase help me????? if im not online tonight, please leave me a message in my box..thank you...Destiny

 

Sorry I can't help you with your topic but on a side note I find it strange how quite a few people have such problems with there dealer. The dealer I went with here in Baltimore,MD was just about perfect. Had all my answers and when I threw some hard questions out the kid found the answers in a day or so. Its a shame not all places are the same.

 

Wow. They are definitely running you around like crazy. This is completely unexcuseable.

Go back to the dealer and tell them it is wrong. It should be mounted VERTICALLY, and tucked in the corner so it doesn't take up trunk space. I had mine installed in my tC and honestly... it is so snug and compact, that you can't even tell if it is in the trunk almost. This is the key selling feature of this tube. Good bass (not the best, but VERY good) and it takes up almost no room.

Secondly, the pedals SHOULD be metal with black rubber accents for grip. If they aren't, they got the wrong ones.

Finally, the guys at their service centers go to classes and school to become "certified" for various products. If they don't fix the stuff for you, tell them you will call Toyota yourself and have someone from there contact them personally. They can get in trouble for doing this sort of thing.

 

I agree with tonester. There are alot of rules when it comes to Scions across the whole spectrum of the car experience. They can lose there license to sell Scions for making certain mistakes.

I never ever seen white pedals either. Blue, Red, and Silver are all I have seen.

 

we have the bazooka in our xB and its mounted front to back (not side to side) about 12" from the left side. yes, it takes up most of the truck. the pic in the scion brochure of it mounted side to side is wrong (preproduction).

 

well thanks guys....that helped a lil, it makes me mad cuz they just look at me funnt and say it like "well, thats it, our word is law!" i just dont get how on the website the bazooka tube is on the far left of the trunk vertical, then you get the damn thing put in, and suddenly ____ changes! what is that about??isnt that false advertiszing??? then they go and drill holes and it isnt even straight plus the fact that my trunk floor mat has holes too??? the second i looked i thought what a waste of floor mat, THAT IM PAYING FOR!!!!! anywho...lol...who knows, if i didnt love the car so much, i woulda returned the SOB!! ROFL!

 

the put mine in like one the website just alittle more to the left but its not that bad plus its easy to remove if you need space or just lay down a seat if you need to

 

Whoa whoa whoa bro...

The bazooka can go in the trunk just about any way you want it to be. It's not "false advertisement" by any means. Relax, it's no big deal.

As someone said before just move it around and see which way it sounds best. I don't think you're going to notice any difference so just put it however you want it to be.

 

LoL ... first time I seen a chick called bro .. bah hahah ... ok, carry on