Has anyone ever mounted an amp under the driver seat? but to the underpart of the seat...not the floor.
I've made something to fit mine to it, so I was wondering if anyone else has done something like that.

 

I guess the longer this goes with no replies the better...

 

No, but why not to the floor under the seat?

Robert

 

i move my seats around all the time and take them out for various projects, so i mounted mine to the floor, rather then haveing to disconnect and re-connect wires all the time... plus my amps would have given me clearance issues if they were mounted to the under side of the seat cage.

 

Robert,
Well, because If I did that I would have to relocate the jack under the driver seat, or if I went with the other side, I would lose all the space under the seat. I may want to do a sub under the passenger seat, all stealth.
Back in the day I never cared if subs were out or showing, heck at one point I had 4 12's in my trunk and two in my back seat, which eventually got replaced with 4 15's. ahh...but now I want stealth and quality. I may not even need subs.
Oh and it doesn't seem like something common so why not.. :D
I have all the speakers in just waiting for the amp, and I couldnt put the amp in until I got done with the damp pro. ahhh!

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Anthony, yeah that makes sense in your case as that would be a hassle. I don't think my seats will come out after this, so I think that works. Plus my amp has plugs for the speaker wires so it would just be unhooking the +,- and remote...oh and rca's but those slip off so they don't count.
But I think only select size amps will fit under it nicely, I know my mono won't lol. I will post pix soon, I spent a lot of time making the frame for it and thinking it out. I think it looks pretty bad ___. \m/

 

id be concerned with there not being enough airflow over the heatsinks and overheating the amp.

 

Hey man,

Actually, there is still a couple inches of space above the amp, with the bracket the amp is attached to lowers it a bit. Also my pdx amp stays pretty cool! I will probably monitor it once I can run it in this car, and if it gets too warm under there I would have more then enough room for a run a fan.

Oh and I weighed the whole thing, amp and bracket and it's only 8.4 lbs. not bad for aprox 3ft of 1/4'' thick x 1'' wide steel composing the bracket, plus the bolts aaaand the amp

 

Ah, I see now! Sounds different for sure! Any pics of your install yet?

Heres my eD amps (Nine.2x and Nine.1) mounted on fabbed aluminum brackets (1/2" space between) under the pass. seat. The Nine.2 is under the driver side. I cut the jack mount out clean, saved for reinstall if needed. Clears the seat frame fine, full travel, no hits. A ton of room under there!

Old pic, no more x-overs or eDi comps since the 880PRS and Daytons.

 

I mounted my amp rack under the passenger seat. It is held in place by the seat itself, and does not interfere with the seat travel at all. I realize it's not exactly what you were looking for, but it may be a reasonable alternative. Passive x-overs are mounted underneath.


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Another benefit of on the floor/under the seat is to tap into the rear floor ventilaton duct for summer-time cooling. Airflow is a good thing. :D

 

^^Tru dat!

The air blows right onto my Nine.1!

Robert

 

I mounted my amp (a fairly large Blaupunkt) under the driver's seat, but I have it on a simple tray that I fashioned-- one end just slots into the jack bracket, and the other end has some long feet. I have enough slack in the wires that I can pull it out without unbolting the seat (yet it all tucks away nicely), and I can move the seat back and forth without interfering with anything. It worked out really well.

Naturally, I don't have any pictures (well, one, before I put it in the car, and it's kinda blurry), but it's a pretty simple arrangement.

Under my passenger seat is my eD sub box, of course.