DIY Compact Subwoofer Installation on a Ford Explorer Timberline

[@RiniyaEldon]

Great video. Which fuse did you use near the battery + and the AWG of the power & speaker wires?

[@BradHemedes]

I bought a kit from Crutchfield. Comes with the power wire and fuse. So I’m not sure about the specs.

[@RiniyaEldon]

@@BradHemedes Thanks for the reply. The sub comes with a 15 A fuse near its terminal right? So do we need to add an extra fuse near the battery also?

[@BradHemedes]

@RiniyaEldon oh yes! Power cable fuse protects the car battery

[@nickthompson1362]

So you did not have to use the remote wire/turn on wire? How does the amp know when to power on and off? I was following your install and now I'm stuck on how to get a signal to the remote wire for a kicker hideaway 8" compact sub.

[@BradHemedes]

From the speaker signal. It will turn on and off your amp. I believe it is a standard feature for amps. There maybe a switch though between remote wire or speaker signal. Check your manual. I am sure Kicker has that feature.

[@eddyt5465]

Why did you have to connect to both left and right speakers to receive the signal? I saw another video that connected to only one side to receive the signal.

[@BradHemedes]

I believe bass signal is stereo also. Meaning some bass signal are sent to left speaker and others to the right.

[@brayanramirez24]

How you use it my truck came with one but il turn on just that u don’t hear the bass

[@BradHemedes]

Check if the remote level control turned all the way up. If the wired remote is not installed, you have turn it up on the bass module itself

[@christopher88719]

How does it sound? Do you like it?

[@BradHemedes]

Added depth to the sound. Definitely made my base speaker system sound better. Don’t expect that this unit will make your car vibrate that much. It only does a little when playing bass music.

[@christopher88719]

@@BradHemedes Thanks for the reply!

[@BradHemedes]

You’re welcome

[@fuzion2003]

But hits hard? Feel it in the chest? I'm looking into this one or Rockford one. Thank you.

[@BradHemedes]

No not this one. You should consider the the Kicker with 10in sub. My friend told that has more bass and I think it’s cheaper too.