chips229 Posted May 7, 2004 Share Posted May 7, 2004 Hi all,im looking to replace my standard 8inch sub with a aftermarket sub.. Can anyone tell me the output of the amp that powers the sub...and how much the sub is rated at watts wise? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcb Posted May 8, 2004 Share Posted May 8, 2004 It's a farily small output, I'm estimating at 10w RMS (which equates to probably about 40w Peak to peak, amp manufacturure use inflated numbers these days). I replaced my head unit and looked at putting a more powerful subwoofer in, but your hole diameter in the back window is about 6 3/4" and all of the subwoofers I looked at were 7" or greater, and I didn't want to cut sheetmetal in such a beautiful car. I might want to restore it to stock someday. Also, the mount to the subwoofer is a stepped mount, you would probably have to fashion custom hold-downs for the 4 mounting points for the speaker. After all of the trouble pulling XM radio cables through the car, I just didn't want to do any additional work. Hope this helps. Let us know what you decide and how it works out. KCB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chips229 Posted May 8, 2004 Author Share Posted May 8, 2004 It's a farily small output, I'm estimating at 10w RMS (which equates to probably about 40w Peak to peak, amp manufacturure use inflated numbers these days). I replaced my head unit and looked at putting a more powerful subwoofer in, but your hole diameter in the back window is about 6 3/4" and all of the subwoofers I looked at were 7" or greater, and I didn't want to cut sheetmetal in such a beautiful car. I might want to restore it to stock someday.Also, the mount to the subwoofer is a stepped mount, you would probably have to fashion custom hold-downs for the 4 mounting points for the speaker. After all of the trouble pulling XM radio cables through the car, I just didn't want to do any additional work. Hope this helps. Let us know what you decide and how it works out. KCB I also dont want to cut the car metal about....or upgrade any part of the audio in the car,it sounds good enough for me...id be happy to put a Lexus replacement sub in but here in the uk the price from Lexus for a replacement is £127 :whistles: ...no way im going to pay that price as the one ive took out is just a paper cone one.Im going up to have a look at a second hand one at a breakers yard tomorrow...so all being well it will be a quick and cheap fix :D .....i was looking at replacing it with a kicker air free sub at £90,thats meant to be for sale in the shops over here at the end of the month..but like you say i would have to may be make new brackets for it to fix right.. Thanks for your info about the outputs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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