Stock 8" sub vs Aftermarket Setup

[Justplayinn]

I have the thunderform in my 01 Denali sounds great! I also have the 10" under the seat sub box in my garage that iam not using anymore. I only have the org jl 250x1 amp pushing it with a Polk 10"

 

[casey.2]

How tough is it to get the rear panel off to access the Sub?

 

[01TX_Tahoe]

Not hard at all. I replaced my stock sub with a JL 8" in the stock enclosure and it sounds pretty bad ***! I also have the JL 250/1 amp pushing it, more than enough power.

 

[Mudfrog]

Not hard at all. I replaced my stock sub with a JL 8" in the stock enclosure and it sounds pretty bad ***! I also have the JL 250/1 amp pushing it, more than enough power.

Do you know what model number JL sub you used? I didn't see where they offered a slim fit version.

 

[01TX_Tahoe]

Do you know what model number JL sub you used? I didn't see where they offered a slim fit version.

It's not the slim fit, just the 8w3 they have. Fits perfect and sounds really impressive. Gets mistaken for a pair of 10s or 12s at times.

 

[Mudfrog]

It's not the slim fit, just the 8w3 they have. Fits perfect and sounds really impressive. Gets mistaken for a pair of 10s or 12s at times.

Really? and no modifications were needed to the box? Aside from possibly different mounting holes? Sounds like a winner to me. I've been debating on which sub to pick up but I honestly did not like any of the choices when it comes to slim fit subs.

 

[YukonXL04]

Gets mistaken for a pair of 10s or 12s at times.

LOL come on man...

 

[01TX_Tahoe]

The only thing I did was cut the face off the stock enclosure and made a new one out of 1/2" mdf for the JL.

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For real. You'd be surprised how good it sounds.

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[AH64Medic]

Sorry to bring up an old thread. So I got tired of removing the sub box (with 2x 10" RF subs) everytime I needed to remove the 3rd row and carry something. After reading what everyone suggested I thought about the factory sub location. I found several shallow 8" subs on Amazon and I'm kinda leaning toward the Polk Audio db840DVC 8-Inch Dual Voice Coil Subwoofer to go in place of the factory sub. It appears several people have chosen and wrote some reviews about replacing the factory sub with any of the shallow mount subs on amazon. So my question since I'm not a electronics novice, would the factory amp power this subwoofer? I have a 2000 NBS Suburban with the non-bose system. Some of the reviews on Amazon say there are instructions on wiring the sub to run 2 Ohm and wanted some advice from you awesome electronics experts. BTW when I first made this post I mentioned the thought of making a box to fit under the captains chairs which I later found out was dumb and probably impossible but it's the perfect size to fit my overly stuffed tool bag. Thanks everyone.

 

[YukonXL04]

While you can wire that polk to the factory amp, I wouldn't recommend it. the factory amp isnt going to put enough power to it IMO. You could however try it out first, if satisfied keep it. if not add a amp later on.

I agree with you on the moving the sub box around all of the time. I am in the process of building a center console to house mine. I realized I wasnt going to get enough bass from the stock location.