[birdman]

Hi I'm new here . Did you tap the rear left and right speakers from the back of the deck? What did you use for the remote signal?

Yep tapped rear left/right, no remote signal for that sub iirc

 

[birdman]

Where are you in Aus? Im in Sydney and Im about to have a small slim powered sub installed. I wanted to buy 8inch to put in the spare hole in the boot but no one wants to install it saying it will sound crap and vibrate. They said the ones that do have the stock sub in there will have little power compare to an aftermarket sub hence there mabe no vibration to the stock sub. I have no idea cause I dont have a stock sub.

I'm in Perth. I can vouch for the self contained slim Pioneer doing a decent job, fills the hole in my soul but definitely not comparable to a proper new deck, amp and sub in a box combo.

But I didn't want that, I was not prepared to give up any usable space for it, plus keeping the cost down. For $200 and some wire taps and 2-3 hours of my own time it's a bargain IMO.

 

[birdman]

Waiting for the pics Can't wait to upgrade the sound system.

http://www.elantrasport.com/forum/60298-post27.html

 

[birdman]

I guess from my perspective the base AU spec comes with the sunroof and blind spot/cross traffic/heated seats etc, so it's kind of most of the tech package anyway? just the smaller 7" screen instead of 8" but it certainly doesn't seem small and 6 speaker not 7.

Anyway all up I've spent ~400 AUD so about ~300 USD on upgrading all the interior speakers and adding the sub and the result is quite a great system now, it would be interesting to see how mine would compare to the 7 speaker infinity system, but I'm in Aus so you'd need someone on the US mainland that has done the same to test that. I guess I can't honestly see the 7 speaker system coming with speakers like the kickers I've put in, but the sub could well oust the TW-X120A sub I've used.

 

[birdman]

I bought a 6 pack of wire taps, got the deck out and tapped the rear left and right speakers in the immediate few inches of wire coming out of the deck. The only other thing that I needed that wasn't in the box of the Pioneer TW-X120A was a micro fuse "add a circuit" (happy to take pics of how I installed that in the fuse box too) and a 1.5 metre Rca male to female extension.

All the cables are run under interior paneling (mostly centre console under the armrest) and a pic here shows the only part of exposed cable. I put the little controller for it in the glovebox, had to reverse phase or bass was non existent (glad they include such an easy way to reverse it), and I have it set on maximum gain.

All in all it's very impressive when you consider the footprint, it's about the size of a 10" tablet but obviously thicker, the placement I've chosen is great to not put too much bass under someones butt (plus foot air air vents prevent a perfect under seat install). Sure it's no 12" in a box but as I said, it's well decent.

Feel free to ask Q's about the install.

 

[birdman]

SO I got the sub to work, bit more research and all, the kit had everything I needed pretty much, will post up install pics and a more detailed write up in coming days.

 

[birdman]

I want to convert signal to preamp but I want to keep all current speakers working as they are now, not off a new amp.

 

[birdman]

What about the use of something like this https://www.jaycar.com.au/speaker-high-level-to-line-level-converter/p/AA0482

With taps, then I'm assuming that the speakers I've tapped will still work as per normal, and I get RCA out to connect to the amp? I am quite keen to use the Pioneer unit I linked earlier.

 

[birdman]

So I ended up buying a self contained sub/amp combo to try and install, one of these bad boys. https://www.pioneer.com.au/shop/car/ts-wx120a/

The spot behind the centre console was a PERFECT size, slightly raised by really flat thanks to the car being a front wheel drive, excitement was rising.

So I pull the dash apart and get the deck slid out and it has neither of the two connections this unit needs to connect (Speaker line input or RCA input).

Looks like if you have the base 7" unit / 6 speaker system, you're plum outta luck trying to add a subwoofer to that setup, unless someone here knows a good solution given what I've said? Here are some pics of the back of the unit.

 

[birdman]

Can anyone with the premium sound system and the stock subwoofer fitted please take and share some above/below photos? I'd like to get an idea what I'm up against and from the bottom side it seems like part of the boot mechanism runs awful close to the hole for the sub on my car so I want to suss that out.

 

[birdman]

Anyone measured up the sub and can also tell/show me if there is a hole for it on the top of the parcel shelf? I see the hole from inside the boot.

 

[birdman]

How big can that sub be? span of the hole itself seems to be about 7 inches but he mounting holes could be 8", and would I then need to cut though the parcel shelf which has no hole in it?