Custom Subs and Matching Car Seat!
 

Here's a quick pic of my 8 that i've been meaning to put up. Enjoy!

Close up on the Clear corners and the Fender Strakes.

Here's the matching Car Seat my wife found.

A custom box in the trunk for my 2 8" Solo Barics and a V12 pushing them.... When the Brake lights are on, the amp is accented in red (with the help of neon under the cover).

A different angle of the trunk.

haha i'm loving that matching baby seat...... and the subs are nice too:)

WoWWWWW
Love the strakes and corners
That baby seat is awesome
Your sub set up is really nice
I never saw black and red interior on the black 8 and it looks great


Check out my subs

two 12 inch JL w-3 subs and 600 watt audiobahn amp

That was an awesome find w/ the baby seat! BTW: How does one go about installing the subs? I don't have the bose system in my Sport Package version...

Yea, I saw your trunk a couple of monthes ago when you posted the pix, nicely done. I bet the hit pretty hard!

Do you have a cover for your amp?

Installing subs? Well, first you need to find one you want, what size, how hard you want it to hit and how much you are willing to spend. You can spend anywhere from just 200 dollars to 2 grand.

I understand all about subs with aftermarket head units... My question is about how to hook it up in the 8... Do you need to hook into the lines going to the speakers in the rear, or are there some sort of RCA outjacks from the stereo? Installing stereo "stuff" in cars is easy if you have you're own head unit, but I've never messed around w/ a stock head unit (which I have to do in the case of the 8).

No wires to the head unit. Just hooked up to the rear speakers.

I was hoping that I wouldn't have to go that route. I guess that's my only choice for now. Thanks for the info!

mine is also hooked to rear speakers and costed 700 for 2 subs ,amp, instalation and amp cover, I'm holding it up in pic to show the amp

keep your rx8's clean wit the systems please:)

Oh! I see it now. Does it have anywhere to breath or cool down?

"clean wit the systems"? What do you mean? I'm guessing you don't like the thump?

I'm looking at a single 8" sub and possibly 2 to 3 tweeters for the front. I wanted enough bottom end to just supplement what's coming out the front. Hope one 8 will do it. My custom audio shop came up with this set-up in a 1 cubic foot cab.

wow an 8in sub? i dont know if that would add the "thump" that would make your system nice and cut, but if you add a nice 10in in a sealed box you will defintely make the difference. personally i like kicker, JL audio and, Rockford Fosgate.

lol, not to be insulting or anything but you must not know much about subs do you? Ask anyone about kicker solo barics...... one 8" retails $230 without the box. They hit rather hard. No need to spend the same amount of money for less quality on a 10" or 12"...... Just like the RX-8, since it's 1.3 liter, a Protege ES MUST be faster since it's 1.8!! lol

here's a link.

http://www.crutchfield.com/cgi-bin/S...=0&cc=01&avf=N

In that case KC you would be right...since solo-baric subs are equivalent to the size 2 in larger than it (sqaure design) I was just saying in his case. they make 8" solo barics? I've only seen the 10's 12's and 15's. but yea 1 solo baric would be do well in this case, but figure, the larger the sub the more air it moves, thats when you feel the hit. IMHO i wouldnt pay the $200+ for an 8in solo baric speaker, just go for the 10's or 12's about 40-50 extra and you will hear and fell the difference. BTW this was tested in my frontyard. Two Solo Baric 12L7's produced 110+ dba, two JL Audio 12W7's produced 120+ both were conected to two kicker 1200 watts mono amps. there ya go, just cuz its a sqaure design doesn't mean its better.

Agreed. I never said that solo barics are better than any other sub, but just because it's 8" subs, that doesn't mean it doesn't "thump". Big things come in little packages, i'm sure you know since you are in this forum. :D

KC_RX-8,
Where did you find that car seat? What brand is it? If I MUST get a car seat, that one is pretty cool!

Definitely, KC you know, thats why we all love the 238 NA HP our 8's give us in just two rotors...