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I was looking at just replacing the factory subwoofer and using the stock enclosure. I know there usually is not a huge difference in doing this. But in my past vehicles it always helped get a little better low end and sometimes a tad louder. (that depends on the efficiency\sensitivity of the woofer though) I have found conflicting reports that is a DVC 4ohm and another post say it is a DVC 3 OHM(Which would be impossible to find). Also if any one has done this what sub did you use? Any benefit to poly filling the stock enclosure?
 

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Its a 4ohm, I believe its a 50hz-200hz sub, pretty crappy no doubt and the magnet is super small. The Sony SW on the Sport was much better.
 

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subbed because im interested.
 

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Ok that helps , I’m guessing since it is a DVC 4ohm there are plenty of options. So it should be fairly easy to get a bit more low end and improve the sound little then. I know it won’t be anything dramatic but maybe just enough to balance it out. For $150-300 for a sub and few hours, I think I may give it a go.
 

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Let me know what options youre looking at.. or some links would help!
 

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bluesnake01 said:
Its a 4ohm, I believe its a 80hz-250hz sub, pretty crappy no doubt and the magnet is super small. The Sony SW on the Sport was much better
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80-250hz is a midbass, not a sub. I play my midbass down to 63hz.
 

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80-250hz is a midbass, not a sub. I play my midbass down to 63hz.
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You are correct! Was actually 50-200hz which isn't that much better either way. At least that's what I grabbed from another forum with an F-150 "B&O" setup.
 

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ZookaRoo said:
Ok that helps , I’m guessing since it is a DVC 4ohm there are plenty of options. So it should be fairly easy to get a bit more low end and improve the sound little then. I know it won’t be anything dramatic but maybe just enough to balance it out. For $150-300 for a sub and few hours, I think I may give it a go.
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Not sure if it would make much of a difference if any without an amp. I think someone did it without an amp and said the bass hardly improved. The low bass is seriously lacking on this system but I don't want to add subs on the back either...
 

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Just do what do @UNBROKEN did. I dream of setups like that haha but my wallet cant pull that off.
 

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I’m upgrading again…I would definitely not recommend doing what I’ve done. lol
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Haha you seem like the only who could pull it off.. I love all the custom fab work, keep it up.
 

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I’m upgrading again…I would definitely not recommend doing what I’ve done. lol
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Haha I'll take those 2k tweeters but at a 90% discount
 

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bluesnake01 said:
Its a 4ohm, I believe its a 50hz-200hz sub, pretty crappy no doubt and the magnet is super small. The Sony SW on the Sport was much better.
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The magnet is super small becaise it uses a neo magnet. Still a crappy woofer either way.
 

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What about those bazooka tubes with the built in amps? Are those any good? I had one about 20 years ago but not sure about them now. Poor mans bass I think.


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I’ve posted it before but I can’t stress enough…until you measure the internal volume of the oem enclosure, including the port diameter and length and search out a sub that will perform with those specs…anything else is a recipe for failure.
You can’t just drop in another sub because it fits in the hole.
 

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