Predator_R32's - MK4 Golf R32 Progress Thread - Little Overdue Update & De-Cat Video - Page 25 - Page 19 - Saxperience

D--R--E--W · 29th January 2012, 18:06

Sounds good man, gonna post a video tonight of my exhaust noise aswell

Predator_R32^p · 29th January 2012, 18:48

cool mate look forward to it, decat should get mine popping and spitting flames

Predator_R32^p · 3rd February 2012, 19:30

Well all the stuff has now arrived, apart from a few wires but should be here tomorrow

Started the false floor cutting last week using a cardboard template to get a nice fit, then went to lay it out, and the box just about fits (phewwww) its about the right size for the alpine sub im using so all good, bought a mono alpine mrd m605 amp to power the sub too always loved these amps and totally digital amp settings

Carpet options are a pain, the one i need doesnt come big enough and id have to break the floor up into pieces which i dont want to do so the carpet ive choose isnt an exact match but will have to do for now until i decide to wither cut the floor up into two sections or to make a sub box into the wheel well using fibreglass that all depends on how long i keep the car, go for an Evo or go for a rotrex supercharger on the R hmmmmmmmmm decisions

Anyway heres a few pictures, work has to be subsided for now as ive pulled tendons in my foot so in soooo much pain right now

Obviously another piece of mdf over the amps and cut around the sub box is to go in and also the floor battons to go in, its going to look pretty OEM apart from the box, bigger than expected but its about the right size for this sub to perform to its full potential

blackie_2k5 · 3rd February 2012, 19:33

Supercharger makes much more sense then an Evo mate

Predator_R32^p · 3rd February 2012, 20:45

lol it does but however i still love evos, all depends on my job front in next few years though, but is different charged R32 they go like stink and sound lush

Well wasnt happy with carpet so bought the closest match to the boot carpet and got about 3 metres of this carpet, apparently is a 99% match

Should be enough to trim the floor in two parts and retrim the sub box for a nice OEM finish making me a happy guy

josh11490 · 4th February 2012, 00:23

a charged R32 would be better than a evo imo, not as many around either...

car looks stunning though, would love one of these oneday!

Predator_R32^p · 4th February 2012, 01:52

It would be nice but just been looking at evo 8 and 9s mr's fq 340/360s in red and my god i do love them

kennym1987 · 4th February 2012, 03:45

yo mate i see you have an alpine type r sub. i have 2 but am not sure what i would be needing in terms of amps to run them. i dont have any knowledge on subs etc. any chance would you be able to point me in the right direction?

Predator_R32^p · 4th February 2012, 14:13

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Originally Posted by kennym1987

yo mate i see you have an alpine type r sub. i have 2 but am not sure what i would be needing in terms of amps to run them. i dont have any knowledge on subs etc. any chance would you be able to point me in the right direction?

whats the exact model of your subs mate as you can get dual and single voice coiled ones??

you can run 2 subs off one mono amp depending one which amp and subs

johnlambert · 4th February 2012, 14:22

really a huge fan of this car!!
keep up the good work!

kennym1987 · 6th February 2012, 05:24

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Originally Posted by Predator_R32

whats the exact model of your subs mate as you can get dual and single voice coiled ones??

you can run 2 subs off one mono amp depending one which amp and subs

hmmm not sure about the exact model. i know they are 12" and 1500w each. maybe 2ohms. doesnt mean much to me though. all i know for sure is they were awesome when my mate owned them haha. i will remove one from the box and find out what it says on the back of it

kennym1987 · 7th February 2012, 14:08

dont know if this means anything to you mate but its the only thing i could see on the back of the sub:

SWR-1241D
4Ω+4Ω

Predator_R32^p · 7th February 2012, 14:39

Right go to this link then go to page 3 for the dual 4ohm subs example number 4 will show you how to wire up one amplifier to two subs

http://a248.e.akamai.net/pix.crutchf...500SWR1021.PDF

as for a box you can either make one up or but a dual type box, best to use rockford fosgates woofer box wizard if your going to make one yourself

as for an amp you should be looking at getting a mono amp with at least 200 RMS at 4 ohms heres a few one ebay or you could buy the alpine mrd m605 what i have, i got mine second hand for 90 delivered there are a few on ebay

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Alpine-MRD...item3f13384488

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Alpine-MRD...item4ab3968ebf

And the amp i have

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Alpine-MRD...item3f13327f70

these should be all good enough to power two of your subs when wired in how it says on the pdf manual

kennym1987 · 7th February 2012, 14:54

they are already in a dual box with connections on either side to join to an amp/amps. i was mostly wanting pointed towards the correct type of amp to run them. thats great info though. thanks very much for the links mate thats very helpful

Predator_R32^p · 9th February 2012, 00:25

Well not much happening

but i decided to retrim my sub box i wanst too happy with the original carpet on it already

On the ends i toyed with a few ideas

Alcantara

Black faux leather

But decided to just do all the same carpet as i am trying to keep it oem looking

Before

After

Ill be spending a full day on her tomorrow cutting the top part of the false floor around the sub box so it is sunk in, and will probablies try and get it finished in the boot then there is just front components to fit and to lay a few wires and its all done, hopeful during next week itll be done

Predator_R32^p · 10th February 2012, 16:02

Boot is now finished and im really pleased with the results, looks pretty oem to me and makes the boot still useable :five:

I still need to installe front speakers, dynamat door kit to do, put the focal polyglass components in up front and a few wires to run but thats easy enough

Right ill let the pics to the talking

The good ole template

Trimming time

Few bits for around the box trimmed

All back in the car to test fit and all snug that sub box is not going anywere and all nice an neat and them little trim pieces really make the difference

Amps mounted

Sub mounted and just say get the shelf in phewwwwww

Boot light still useable but the cargo hooks arent, dont really use them anyway

Finished result

Cant wait to get the front components in and all wired up now