MASSIVE SUBWOOFER INSTALL ON MY OBS!!!

[@DamnYankee77]

The 30 day truck seems to have become a keeper

[@marshallgerow3277]

Love the install. I would suggest putting a grommet around the power wire so it does not wear through and case an issue.

[@TheDieseldog]

Back in the day Best Buy ran the power wire right on the exhaust manifold. That’s when I learned how to do my own stuff lol

[@rockmason8625]

I got the same exact sub in my truck. Them skar 15s will rattle any and every that's lose. Love the videos!

[@renabecton1457]

I have the same prefab enclosure too but after 5 months of running the sdr 15" it started making a rattling noise so I brought a sounqube hds d2 15" and it hits even harder and the lows are crazy. I always run a old-school head unit with 4 volt pre outs for a good signal.

[@rynev3392]

On the radio, put a high pass crossover on the speakers at 100hz to roll off the bass below that, should help with the speaker distortion. Add a low pass crossover to the subwoofer, experiment with 60-100hz and the slope of it to find what blends the best with the main speakers

[@SMOKEATER850]

A head unit with dedicated subwoofer preamp outputs will make all the difference. The basic point without going into it too much is that will allow you to take the bass out of your door speakers and the treble out of your sub. That's 100% what you need, I'd recommend a mid level Pioneer head unit.

[@BassHeadzDJ]

Shortest length wire for negative to ground possible. There’s always a space in the firewall where oem wire is fed…safest opening to bring in power. Settings on the Kenwood should allow for input level based on source.

[@sylvesterspivey2708]

Glad you kept the truck them boggers look good on that truck also yeah new head unit and proper tune that single 15 will rock that truck for sure

[@RyanBassForLife]

Is your amplifier gain level adjusted correctly because if its not up correctly it might not sound as loud as it should. Get a PAC ground isolator 10× the rca booster. Also is your subwoofer rca hooked to subwoofer output. Dont forget to turn your low pass filter on your Skar amplifier to 150hz. I seen that its all the way down so your only being able to play the very low frequencies. Now leave the subsonic off like how you have it set.

[@petedetraglia4776]

150hz will sound horrible and the subwoofer itself will get out of control and boomy. 80hz is the max and the subsonic filter should be set 25hz - 30hz.The subsonic filter should always be set to the Fs of the box. Boosting RCA voltage is also risky as it can and will at mininal pop the fuse and worse case scenerio over heat the amp and kill it. If his amp is a true 800 watts at 65% gain it should be rattling the panels loose...The RMS of that subwoofer is probably 600 to 700 watts.

[@joshuaduehring9524]

Go into the settings and look for the sub controller part of the head unit. I have the same kenwood, and it sounds amazing.

[@NSG_Sanctio]

get a new head unit and as for the amp tuning, have radio volume set to the highest volume that you will be listening to and turn bass knob all the way to max. turn down your gain to lowest for now and then turn bass eq to 12 dB then play a song and while it plays slowly turn up the gain until your liking or until you hear the sub clipping. sounds good but for a 15 it should definitely be hitting harder it barely moved the rearview mirror. if you cant turn up gain as much as you want without it clipping then turn bass eq to 6 and repeat the steps

[@nick_ytryfn4276]

I recommend getting a pioneer DEH S4220 head unit because I have a 8” skar sub and I used that one and I put it to 17 vol and it sounded great

[@vidsbfree4me]

Pick up an Audio Control Lc2. Clean signal to the Sub is essential

[@highgoals4204]

Great job bro. I love seeing videos of real people opinions on skar in any other brand ran along with it

[@grantpearson150]

I used to a have a SKAR SDR 18” in my 02’ F150. That thing was so cool and fun. I definitely recommend you getting one

[@zeekrrr-.-]

skar sdr isnt that good. they burn their voice coils and blow WAY to easily. try their competitive series.

[@grantpearson150]

@@zeekrrr-.- well I don’t abuse tf out of my audio equipment, had no problems with it. Sold it to buddy and it’s still going to this day

[@tonez71]

Caddy roof racks on the obs would look good

[@Ronathon02]

I’m curious to see that. I’m more of a slick top fan. No rails or racks.

[@henrybowman7637]

You can get an affordable eq/dsp unit. it will make a drastic difference in your tunability.

[@Meangreen94578]

Well depending on if you have Factory inside speakers you might want to change those out and put in a 4-channel amp on your door speakers and rear speakers you'll get a lot better quality sound

[@zowski6.2]

I would definitely try going up on the low pass filter, atleast 1/3 of the way no more than half you be the judge of what you think sounds good. Only because you dont have all the proper tools to sent your amp up

[@reidlesar3230]

There should be a setting in the radio that will have fm/am output, cd output, aux output, etc.. find aux output and turn that all the way up or wherever desired. Someone else probably just used the radio and found the am/fm output and turned that up already.

[@reidlesar3230]

Also a few comments saying phone wasn’t up all the way which that very well could be.

[@wallace7108]

The intro was dope

[@breezy2pimpin]

I had this exact same setup in my f150 sold it for 2 Skar 12 evls which hit way harder than

[@shawnparten8026]

Hey man try looking into the head unit settings and see if there is a fm level or source level adjustment for the aux and turn it up

[@hitmann8420021]

I just recently installed a skar 10 500rms. With about 370rms 1600x2 amp

[@cymbalenthusiast3265]

I suggest a Kenwood Excelon headunit. They are definitely some of the best headunits on the market.

[@renabecton1457]

Go through your radio settings to see if you have a aux level to turn up. I had head units that had them and you have to adjust your volume on your phone too.

[@jameslancaster5281]

TRY TURNING THE SOURCE LEVEL VOLUME UP IN THE SETTINGS ON UR KENWOOD HEAD UNIT...ALSO MAKE SURE THE LOUD SETTING IS ON HIGH ON THE KENWOOD & TURN UR PHONE VOLUME ALL THE WAY UP WHEN U PLAY MUSIC

[@markkostreva8440]

You can try turning the headphone safety off in your phone settings I had the same problem

[@337bayouboys]

bass boost is a no-no in cardio you will eventually go into protect mode and whenever you put your ground wherever you put it at make sure that you take the paint off or whatever you put it out because it’s not gonna get a true ground on it that will eventually go into protect mode too, and you will have problems

[@That_blu_09]

Go into your Bluetooth settings for audio and make sure it’s on all instead of front speakers

[@benjamincollins6553]

We're you put that ground it can burn your amp up try one of the bolts that hold the set down

[@jessefoote2357]

I’d say put a 40 hertz test tone through the head unit and tune ur amp that way to see if you can get some more out of it! Got the 12 inch version for my bronco

[@kari2546]

Did u check the phone to make sure the volume was turned up when connected to the head unit cuz it automatically turns down to not be too loud for headphones so u may just need to turn the volume up on your phone

[@Cuzzco]

Big skar fan here The brake in period is long but it will sound better after that

[@evilinside5984]

@Imfscrew- Just for reference, i have 30+ years of experience, in the car audio competition scene. First, what is the Model # of this deck/source unit? Second, does this unit have a dedicated Sub RCA pre-out? If this deck/source unit, has a set of Rear/Sub, RCA pre-out's, go into the Audio settings, and it should have the option of rear, or subwoofer, select subwoofer, then there should be a sub gain adjustment available, in your deck's audio settings( example: my deck's sub output adj. goes from -24 to +6 ) on the contrary to what some might think, 0 is not all the way up, and +6 is not a 6Db gain over 0.. What ever is the highest sub output level, that is what you should set it too, and adjust the amplifier gain to match that. Also in the decks settings, there should be an option for the LPF= Low pass filter settings, that should have choices like 30Hz, 40Hz, 50Hz, 60Hz, 70Hz, 80Hz, 90Hz, 100Hz, 125Hz, 160Hz, and or 200Hz. Most people use the 80Hz LPF setting, and run the -6Db per octave slope to smoothly blend into your full range speakers, as that is the standard for Thx certified home audio, as the x-over point, between subwoofers, and full range speakers. The volume being different using your phone( 1st make sure your phone volume is turned up), then go into the decks Audio settings, and go to Volume offset, and adjust this setting to its highest setting, or @ least higher than the radio sensitivity. This has a Cd player , you should be able to adjust your Volume offset settings to match the output of a very well recorded Cd, like Dixie Chicks, the Cd with the song, Wide Open Spaces= great Sq disc by the way. Also on your amp settings, turn your subsonic filter all the way down to off, which is not really off by the way. Then the amps LPF= Low Pass Filter, turn that all the way up to 220Hz, but only if you have LPF settings on/in your deck, then this will allow you to adjust where you want the LPF set, up front, again on your deck LPF setting i suggest 80Hz, @ -6Db per octave slope. And set your front and rear full range speakers high passed= HPF @ 120 Hz, @ -24Db per octave. Please turn down your bass settings to flat, with no bass boost. You should not need to do that after getting all of these settings, and x-over points right. Hope to get this decks model #, thanks.

[@bigbuckboys.c5059]

Upgrade the head unit plus door speakers and get some super tweeters and yea turn up the gain and subsonic on amp and watch the tail end start shaking like a stripper

[@memyselfandi3925]

Buy a cheap rockville head unit. They have strong clear aux signal. Good sound just low power 10wx4 longs the doors are factory it will sound good

[@Zachecker]

If you like this type of content thats all i do on my channel. Great vid man.

[@andrewphilcox3428]

Would definitely recommend Sony for single din or a boss bcpa9 is perfect for a huge display

[@slickrickdeasy7400]

On some head units you have to change the radii to subwoofer or rear output also is the volume on you phone up

[@jspec25]

Always create your own ground when installing an amplifier. Never utilize anything else that was present. Best thing I could suggest is drilling a hole through the floor, using a grommet and grounding it to the frame of the truck. Also, never use T-taps on anything

[@deuntadennard9804]

Try a portable Bluetooth receiver and turn the cord on the aux port on your radio and see if you a shutter or a lot of static or because the problem might be the headphone jack on your phone

[@j_mill9356]

10:34 it’s in your setting when your plug up with phone go to the settings and adjust the stuff around should have a custom one where you can adjust from like 40hz -8khz and adjust the sub also if it similar radio to mine

[@trentmartin7295]

There is a setting to change the output on the aux mine would change it to mono before I found that setting

[@country0800]

You have your trigger wire hooked to your antenna. Trust me I'm 100% sure of this. I'm a 12 volt tech 17 year experienced installer. You don't need a new deck just move your remote turn on wire off your antenna wire

[@scamchan]

So no fuse on the power wire??

[@migofrmdaa3182]

That’s a 600 watt sub tbh that’s why it’s not it’s not LOUD😂 but with the cone area it has it should be doing something with all that room the obs has

[@driveway3]

I have the same problem in my s10 with the aux and radio I don’t have the solution but when you figure out what’s wrong I will try the solution on my truck

[@NIKONUGENT]

New door speakers make sure your phone volume is turned all the way up

[@jasonbenton2068]

Should have a separate level control in the settings that works as s sub - 4 way fader. My Pioneer has some weird name for it like Q-Max or some stupid shit.

[@1kbutta]

Drill and tap your own ground on the body not the seat. It’ll help.

[@BobSacramento-tr9gz]

Antenna wire

[@youngtrapper2603]

Replace that old head unit, Do not use any additional sub level+ or bass boost from this head unit or a new one this introduces distortion 9.9/10 times lowering the life expectancy of your system, do all sub tuning from amp besides setting LPF/ crossover falloff in head unit settings.

[@kylestokes6235]

You need a radio with a 4v preout.

[@JaceWilson17-]

Buy a Bluetooth piece that plugs into ur 12volt and it’ll work with ur fm and you’ll have the loudness like u need

[@MadballBaby]

I like the stance of he truck just beautiful. Check out Big Jeff for a head unit and enjoy your bass he’s on KZbin to . Love the cowl hood I have 97 Tahoe I’m running 2 12”s W7 double din pioneer some skar mids and highs .Md❤

[@winyoung1206]

The settings in your phone are probably turned down! I just had the same issue with my settings just a week ago!

[@johnwilfong5019]

I have 4 15s in my 04 Tahoe

[@alexxtambunga2270]

Needa turn it up on your phone and the head unit

[@doggedlydetermined7022]

What sub setup should I get for like 200$ all in? Any recommendations

[@pyschreaper8605]

make sure your phone isnt defaulting to like minimum volume

[@dustinkey8885]

get a pioneer double din and change the speakers to b2 audio

[@ethanwilson4190]

Gah I miss my 2 15’s in my old Tahoe

[@PaytonWoodard-e4j]

Keep up the good work 👍.

[@Houston_sides]

Hey LMFSCREW what do you listen to

[@blaiseposorske1751]

Turn the subsonic all the way up and the lpf half way up

[@evilinside5984]

That would take most of the useable bass away! The subsonic filter has an adjustment from (10Hz to 50Hz), if he turned that all the way up, it would block all of the bass from 50Hz, and down! A subwoofer is meant to play @ least (20Hz up to 80Hz). Rec. Subsonic filter setting is, 1/2 of an octave, below port tunning. So for this enclosure= around 23Hz, and the LPF= Low Pass Filter, around 80Hz.

[@AB-ot3bc]

Check the EQ on your phone

[@johnjack8195]

You need a amp for the door speakers 💯💯 i’m telling you 💯💯

[@coreykane]

Turn volume up on the phone

[@cornbread057]

Do you have words coming out of your sub?

[@coreymccracken7329]

Get you a built box to the specs of that sub and you’ll be surprised of the difference

[@Dracowolf90]

i have a single 15 in my toyota but i have on a 5k amp

[@Zephaniah-u2g]

My guess the aux port is turned off

[@jacobbragg-eg6xg]

turn your phone volume up all the way when on aux

[@brandinedler6421]

I have that same 15 and amp stuffed in a ford ranger

[@LucasLucas-dq8nt]

Bump some bone thugs n Harmony / Twiztid/ three 6 Mafia 👍👍🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

[@NSG_Sanctio]

try not to run that sub without truck engine on. it will kill ur battery

[@braydenflores4470]

I know on mine it had a loud setting you could turn it off and on and it was more of a bass boost and I had a sl setting and could turn it to 2 and the speakers were louder

[@kevinwhite2769]

Never turn your phone to max volume with the head unit being max volume it’ll blow the mother board on the amp because it’s surging to much power to the amp I’ve installed over a 1,000 systems and in my apprentice days I literally blew 2 2,000 watt amps because I didn’t know anything about this and my uncle plugged his phone up and it went it to protect mode the first time second time it blew. Keep phone at half the volume turn radio to the max you will ever listen to and adjust the gains and everything through the amp if you have a bass boost knob put it at max when adjusting so that if you ever decide to turn it up you don’t ruin anything later. Whenever you are tuning you always tune at the max volume that you plan to listen to and then everything will sound good from there and no distortion. Pad up the doors and rear with sound dampening and it’ll cut down on the rattle noise trust me you’ll than me later I had a 93 k5 blazer and everyone loved the way it sounded no rattle and massive amount of bass and crisp sound

[@dustinkey8885]

change the door speakers

[@Kqrsen]

Be careful pushing the sub to it’s full potential brand new cause it will blow the sub

[@terrycalvert7812]

Yeah man all the loose screws cracked plastic and rust flakes vibrating when that sub hits sounds awesome!!! Just don’t forget to pull your pants below your ass cheeks and turn you hat sideways!!

[@evilinside5984]

@terrycalvert7812- Just because someone likes Bass, does not mean they look a certain way.

[@jonjonnielsen8071]

dude can you do me a big favor and just test fit the box and speakers in chomper into the duramax. some say it fits some say it dont. im wanting to see for my dmax

[@lmfscrew]

I know they have different seat mounts, I’ll have to look behind

[@majin2967]

maybe do the measurement's yourself bro

[@jonjonnielsen8071]

hey bro i did. some say it does and some say its to close@@majin2967

[@jonjonnielsen8071]

ive been looking at that box you have and asking in groups. some says it fits good some say its to close. i was just wondering if you would give it a try. plus the dmax needs some speakers to @@lmfscrew

[@GMT400Chevy]

You have to get a specific box for a truck with the 5ft 8 bed because the bed floor is completely different. Ran into that issue my self. Subboxes for a hd will not fit a 1500 crewcab.

[@Zephaniah-u2g]

It's because your using aux cord Bluetooth is how we all do it

[@Bigcaesar410]

Bro, just get a new head unit. Bluetooth, we are done with AUX. It's so many options for the low.

[@SuperSportAudioProduction]

Could've done much better with the budget BUT if your happy with it that's what matters.

[@SuperSportAudioProduction]

After watching further.. do not use bass boost on your head unit. When you use bass boost on your headunit your more likely to send a clipped signal to the amp and at that point you have the chance of frying your amp or even your sub.

[@SuperSportAudioProduction]

For the headunit level issue I'd grab a new headunit.. something could be wring with that headunit internally.

[@SuperSportAudioProduction]

Also you only got a 800watt amp hooked up. With box rise and impedence rise you aren't getting the full 800watts your probably getting 500-600watts.. the subs rated 600 rms-1200 max that sub needs a little bit bigger amp. Smallest amp I would've went with would've been the skar rp1200.

[@denniswalker1640]

Pro tip, you need a head unit , with more set up features, need a bass channle , so you can set the cross over to 80hrtz , plus the new head units have a feature called , source volume offset that way you compensate , for volume loss per source, plus the new head units have built in crossovers per channle !! That will definitely solve all your problems, and make you sub sound better!

[@keegottifoster2331]

Hell yea 💪🏾💪🏾

[@alexdel-toro323]

Should have got the 18

[@05cateye96]

Frl i have one and it slapps

[@alexdel-toro323]

I took the sdr out and put a sun down u18 in and was disappointed in the sundown

[@05cateye96]

@@alexdel-toro323 the sundown wasnt better than the skar?

[@jeffanderson5096]

Its been a long month!

[@quevicular]

Step drill for those pesky eyelet holes

[@Truck-This-56]

I have the same problem

[@j.a.r.family2576]

Get a quality head unit. You need to be able to adjust so many more options. Shouldn't need to be anywhere near full volume.

[@j.a.r.family2576]

Also, very important you crimp those wires and shrink the heat shrink (the blue sleeve) double check that ground too.

[@benjamincollins6553]

Something is super worn should be doing way more than that

[@seanthomas8487]

That big space needs 2 15s. Some radios you can turn the source volume up or down. Meaning turn whatever aux or Bluetooth volume up and down.

[@xdura4350]

people like to hear the music

[@groundshakersociety6637]

​@@xdura4350that's why you upgrade the door speakers

[@kimchibro78]

Exactly 💯👍

[@holeshotinspectionllc2412]

Really, it just depends on budget, electrical, space you have, or what your goals are. I compete, do 162.3 db with 4 18's at 16v. Im down with whatever makes ppl happy with car audio. As long as it's safe, it's all good🤙

[@YKDatBoiJoe]

i got a single 12" sounding like 2 15s w my box lmao

[@wethepeoplegaming6056]

Is your phone volume all the way up, that was the case for me atleast, but it could very well be the head unit

[@skywalker3084]

Yes, you definitely need a new head unit! That will allow you to actually tune that sub to its optimal frequency. After you figure out your preferred range you can tune the amp at the same frequency. You should never have to turn anything to it's max.

[@frankupnxt]

Yea… upgrading the door speakers may also help. Besides the head unit I would recommend shorting up your ground wire. I’m not sure what type of sun you have but I would recommend a bigger amp. 800 watts doesn’t seem enough for a 15”. But it could be the type of sun. Skar is known for putting lower power subs in boxes sold together.

[@mingomane1]

I don’t think I’ve ever tuned the sub using a head unit. I must be an idiot.

[@fintansky9369]

To mess with the crossovers

[@GTILOUD]

​@@mingomane1I know right 😂 that's what a dsp is for leave all that shit on the hu and bass boost on the amp off

[@CajunReaper95]

Oh dear god, you don’t tune a subwoofer via the head unit you set the gains and x-over on the amp properly furthermore if you want fine adjustments you get a dsp which offers a wide range of options for your system in terms of tuning, car audio 101 touching any of the EQ on the car can mess up the audio quality, audio systems should be flat that means no frequency will be overpowering the others, imax movie theaters are flat, 20hz-20khz, a flat response is the most optimal audio quality because like i said no frequency will be louder than others, the fact people still recommend this malarkey is sad, leave the fking EQ alone on your head unit!

[@joeh6440]

Reach out to me and I'll walk you through the settings on the radio if needed. Kenwood has a volume offest for different source input. +-8 its in the menu on the radio. Select your source w src button. Then press volume knob to enter Function mode. Turn volume knob till screen says Audio Control. Turn thru settings till Volume Offset and adjust accordingly.

[@RichiePalmer-m3o]

That's not how you do it so you need to connect the stereo amp in the front to the amplifier in the back then connect the subwoofer to the amplifier connect the bas switch to the amplifier in the back and that's it bro wait I forgot something connect the battery to the amplifier

[@b00nd0cksa1nt1979]

I used to have the same truck. But mine was a yukon. And i ran my system the same exact way. Same drilled hole in the floor and all. 2 years i had it no issues at all. I pulled it all when i sold it.

[@Garrett710]

His is a Yukon💀