Any ideas on how to mount a sub behind the bench in a reg cab? The panel is not flat. Maybe epoxy a piece of plywood to make it flat, then mount the sub to the plywood. Not very happy with that idea though.
Rockville RW10CA 10" (L x W x H) 12.4 x 13.4 x 2.7

 

This thing sounds great BTW.
STILL having trouble finding a way to mount it though. I was going to make a box and attach it to the box. Then the box would be held back by the bench BUT I would lose leg space. I need the bench back almost all the way.

 

I have the same issue and have not came up with anything, I had a brief thought(very brief) to drill some screws from inside out with an L bracket but I just can’t ghetto rig it.

but my speaker is a wedge carpeted custom box I had my buddy make so it wedges with pressure from the seat BUT I lost some space......

I haven’t messed with it for a while as a solution is hard with such little space. That box is pretty thin though. Maybe some foam to keep it from moving and call it good? I mean how much do you adjust the seat?

 

Go old school and mount it under the passenger seat! Nothing drops panties like a sub under mounted to the seat.

 

I wish I could drop panties still....single cabs don’t drop panties

 

Haha..”ghetto rig it”
Foam sounds good to me. I didn’t think of that. It would also act as a shock absorber for protection. Good idea!

The only thing that concerns me about that is airflow. Maybe I’ll mount it to a custom box and put foam around the box to help secure it in place.

Thanks for the reply.

 

Water noodles could also be wedged and double sided taped to it to have the back of the seat and the back of the cab wedge it if that makes sense, I mean really once your seats back out of sight who cares how it’s secured, only time I ever move my seat is when my lady drives it which is very rare

 

Not enough room under the bench seat. I thought about adding washers to raise the bench but I’m skeptical it would fit.

 

Yeah, I’ve got some water noodles. I will try that tomorrow.

Making progress. I wasn’t coming up with any ideas. Thanks.

 

Just throwing out ideas, as I said mine is carpeted and it just wedges, my amp is separate also so kinda different.

 

Maybe my Rockford Fosgate amp will fit under the seat.

• Where is your amp?
• Is your sub box custom?
• How many notches does your seat have to scoot forward for the box to fit?

The smallest wedge box I've come across is Rockford Fosgate with a 10" shallow mount sub.

 

My bad, forgot you said it's custom.

 

There is some math you can do, your weight plus wifey weight plus seat weight multiplied by expected G-force of sudden impact (or 10g at which point you're out COLD anyway and all limp and floppy) gives you the shear strength of the new hardware (bolts). Don't use washer if it's more than about three fender washers but cut some stand offs instead as long as you have comfortable head room it's good.

There is literally tons of room under there, later models have a factory amp in there. I'm picturing it side ways between the front riser and the rear side of the seat rails.

You're gonna have to measure it, pull the seat and test fit it.

You might even be able to mount it to the seat frame, above the slider cables. This is how we used to mount panty dropper subs in classic cars with them straight mounted beneath the foam on the springs..


You can definitely wedge it with foam behind the seats, which is what I think was mentioned above but ideally it should have firm mounts. I recall there being a double walled section in there near the middle you can bolt stand offs to with out rust concerns (that might be an extra cab thing).
Yeah I'm Fecking old

 

As you can see, it will not fit under the bench.

I ended up using the water noodles for now and just wedged it. Will update if I find a better solution.