Q50 2 12” subs
Sub installation q50
I recently had subs installed into my q50, and right away I noticed they were not hitting as hard as I thought they would. (For reference my buddy had a g37 like 7 years ago with dual 12” subs just installed at a local Best Buy for somewhere around $1200-1400 total, I believe, and his subs shook the car and you felt it in your body, even when the bass knob was only turned up 1/2 way it was still pretty strong). Anyway, I originally ordered everything from crutchfield and got a custom box off eBay, everything with 4+ stars out of 5. I then had a local shop install it for 350-400 or so, they have 4.9/5 starts on both yelp and goole too. At that point my build was around 1400 including installation. The next day they call me to come pick up the car. I eventually get to the shop and test the subs, I am very unimpressed at that point. I noticed a small difference but nothing major especially for 2 12” subs. I had to turn the bass knob up to 100% to feel a slight vibration in the door when I was resting my leg on it. Also when looking at the speakers they did not seem to be moving much, even when on max speaker volume and bass knob. So I asked them why and they say my box isn’t big enough for the speakers I have, if I want the kind of output my buddy had. So I buy a new box and have them rework it, I also end up buying a new amp from them too, and send the old one back to CF. After they installed the new gear it was noticeably better but still nothing compared to what my buddy had years ago. Am I expecting too much out of my set up? Is something off with the installation? I’m just not too sure why I’m not getting a ton of output like my buddy did. I also took a picture of the current amp tune the shop did, maybe that is off? If anyone has any suggestions please let me know, here is my speaker and amp below.
Speakers: 2X - Rockford Fosgate P2D2-12 Punch P2
Amp: Sony XM-1ES
Box: This is the box it is in TL-12DV - Coated Tuff Coat Sprayliner-12” Dual Slammer Vented Divided
Enclosure Dimensions Sub cut out: 11.12”, mounting depth: 15”, Height: 13.75”, Width: 32”, Depth: 17”
Sub installation q50
I recently had subs installed into my q50, and right away I noticed they were not hitting as hard as I thought they would. (For reference my buddy had a g37 like 7 years ago with dual 12” subs just installed at a local Best Buy for somewhere around $1200-1400 total, I believe, and his subs shook the car and you felt it in your body, even when the bass knob was only turned up 1/2 way it was still pretty strong). Anyway, I originally ordered everything from crutchfield and got a custom box off eBay, everything with 4+ stars out of 5. I then had a local shop install it for 350-400 or so, they have 4.9/5 starts on both yelp and goole too. At that point my build was around 1400 including installation. The next day they call me to come pick up the car. I eventually get to the shop and test the subs, I am very unimpressed at that point. I noticed a small difference but nothing major especially for 2 12” subs. I had to turn the bass knob up to 100% to feel a slight vibration in the door when I was resting my leg on it. Also when looking at the speakers they did not seem to be moving much, even when on max speaker volume and bass knob. So I asked them why and they say my box isn’t big enough for the speakers I have, if I want the kind of output my buddy had. So I buy a new box and have them rework it, I also end up buying a new amp from them too, and send the old one back to CF. After they installed the new gear it was noticeably better but still nothing compared to what my buddy had years ago. Am I expecting too much out of my set up? Is something off with the installation? I’m just not too sure why I’m not getting a ton of output like my buddy did. I also took a picture of the current amp tune the shop did, maybe that is off? If anyone has any suggestions please let me know, here is my speaker and amp below.
Speakers: 2X - Rockford Fosgate P2D2-12 Punch P2
Amp: Sony XM-1ES
Box: This is the box it is in TL-12DV - Coated Tuff Coat Sprayliner-12” Dual Slammer Vented Divided
Enclosure Dimensions Sub cut out: 11.12”, mounting depth: 15”, Height: 13.75”, Width: 32”, Depth: 17”