I needed more bang than the Wang and Ollufson offered, but options were limited. I did not want to move lots of stuff in the car and I did not want to loose my cargo space. So, local shop built a box using the right rear panel.
He moved the 12volt outlet to the next panel over, took out the panel with the little cargo net, and removed the back of that panel. He then made an MDF piece to hold the sub and started fiber glassing the box. Not sure how many coats in the end, he worked the box for over a week letting it cure between applications.
He also reinforced the factory hook that holds the panel in. There is no flex to the panel at all now that he is done with it and it is a sealed box.
We mounted an Image Dynamics 10" sub in the box.
He had to put new carpet on and it is almost a perfect match to the factory carpet. He can't use the factory carpet because it does not stretch much.
On the other side of the car, we mounted a Phoenix Gold Small Block 600W amp in the factory bracket just below the B&O amp and above the Nav equipment.
Finally, we put a sub volume nob upfront by the cup holders. It had a blue LED in it that I have since removed and might put a red LED in.
Here are the pictures.
The Sub and panel
So far, I am loving this. I listen to most types of music, rock, metal, classical, classic rock, some techno. It is great. I can hear a full orchestra now in the classical, I can hear the bass lines in rock and metal and the techno is just nuts!
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