PETERzVTEC

i want to upgrade to a better sub but i wasnt sure where the amp is if indeed there is one? Has anybody upgraded yet? if so can you tell me where the amp is located?

RPJ28

The amp is located on the right side of the trunk.. You can just grab your signal from the sub itself, to save some time. I'm definately debating adding a sub. My stock 6x9's in my old accord put out more bass at times that this sub...

BOOSTED09TSX

I am looking at upgrading as well. Let me know how your goes. I will not be doing mine for a couple of more months.

PETERzVTEC

all i see is a little box located in the middle of the sub and 6x9, is that suppose to be the amp?

RPJ28

Not at all... You have to pull the right carpet trim panel to see it. Its mounted on the side facing the quarter panel, so you might have to unbolt it to gain access to the wires, I havent checked. What exactly do you need to do with it? Let me know, I've been doing all this stuff for about 10 years now. And btw, you must have a pretty rare TSX cuz the rear speakers between the sub are 6.5" not 6x9"

PETERzVTEC

lol nice that explains it! nah they prob are 6.5..i assumed they were 6x9..BUT i have the base model and i have all 10 speakers including the sub which was surprising? yeah i just purchased a 8inch rockford 200rms...and im trying to plug and play so see if i need to upgrade the amp itself or would it be good enough to handle. Yeah if you can help me out with suggestions that would be awesome. and im not trying to put a whole system in, i just want it to hit a little bit harder.

RPJ28

I can't imagine it sounding good at all off the stock amp. The stock sub is is a 2 ohm sub and im sure that the Rockford is 4 or higher, so whatever amount of power feeds the stock sub, it would feed half of that to the Rockford. I wish I could do that too.. Im over putting big systems in my cars. I was planning on putting a 10" in there whenever a get around to it. So regardless you'll need another amp for that sub. And a box, if you were planning to just mount it in the stock location. I doubt its a free air sub

BOOSTED09TSX

Do they still even make free air subs anymore? Seem like I have not seen thoes in years.

RPJ28

I think Kicker makes a couple different free air subs. JL makes one but its a marine sub. Other than that, I have no idea...

BOOSTED09TSX

I am thinking about building a box and having the port come through the rear shelf where the factory sub comes through. That should keep it clean looking, and I can seal the area in the trunk and still have room for golf bags.

RPJ28

Thats not a bad idea. Im still trying to figure out what I want to do back there. I was thinking about building something myself, but I procrastinate a lot. I want to see pics

bjohnston115

i just put a 10 inch power series JBL sub in my car with a 1200w jbl amp. It is in a sealed box(.75 ft^3) and it hits very clean. I ran a 4 awg wire from the battery to the trunk, got a ground from the trunk. Then i took the remote from the satellite radio which is located behind the seat on the rear passengre side. I took the signal off the factory sub by sodering a terminal on the sub itself. This way i can controll my sub via the subwoofer controll on from the radio. Once you figure out where everything is this is easy. I can send pictures or post with a tutorial showing where everything is.

PETERzVTEC

sounds awesome..yeah if you can post pics with tutorial that would be pretty cool

bjohnston115

i dont really like to hear the bass, i rather feel it. I have the crossover turned way down on my aftermarket sub so it really only hits very low freq. The stock sub covers not of everything else. I also instaled a switch on the remote wire so i can turn the amp off when i want. sorry no pics yet, i will try to take them when i get home from work today, if not then def over the weekend. Im soo lazy when i get home from work, all i want to do it eat dinner and relax.

ed_423

cant wait to see the pics!

brianmp007

would this fit right in?
http://www.crutchfield.com/p_136ZR80...CW.html?tp=105

bjohnston115

that is not a sub woofer, it is a 8inch woofer that is supposed to be used with a componet system which includes a woofer, tweeter and a crossover box. The factory sub will probably hit harder than that. I have a 8inch open air kicker sub that would probaly fit with a small amount of work, but you would still need to put a different amp in for it.

iboon04

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if any of you guys wanna sell me your stock sub and amp id be down to take it


i had a 2009 tsx rental and the sub sounded alot better than the one in the previous gen TL

iboon04

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email'd

iboon04

iTrader: (5)

anyone else? haha i wanna put this in my TL and see how it sounds.. even though i know are ELS now

iboon04

iTrader: (5)

found sub, now i need the stock amp anybody?

Kawika

iTrader: (6)

hi i was wondering if you could send me a pm or let me know if post your install my brother has a 09 tsx and was wondering where you ran the power wire through the firewall?
Thanks

87MustangGT

Way old thread revival --- anyone replaced the stock sub with a free air and amp?

ipatella

That's exactly what I want to do. Replace the sub and then get a new amp to power it. That way I get to keep my trunk space.

sky82

has anyone try just to put a slightly more powerful sub in the stock sub location? i wanna keep my truck space but wouldnt mind adding a little bit more bass.

Tannis

Only if JL made the TW5 in an 8 inch model we'd be set. But I'd still opt for the 10W7. Nothing like hearing the opening of Chevelle's 'Comfortable Liar' on a 10W7.

Bhullar Jatt

i am facing no radio sound problem in my acura tsx 2013 can anybody tell me the location of the amplifier so that i can go and check what’s wrong