well i sold my old sony amp and my new profile 2000 watt amp is coming in tomaro. i want to get it all wired and bolted down b4 i leave friday for the power tour. i dont want to bolt it down to the metal b/c the gas tank is right there. idk how i should go about bolting it down... ill attach the pic of where i had my sony mounted and where the new one will be mounted. thanks in advance for the help.



also what did you guys use to keep your side mirrors and license plate from rattling...? also that black piece that runs along the top of the door panel rattles in mine too anyway to fix that?

 

I usually get industrial velco to keep my amps in place, it works pretty well. When the top pieces of my doors would rattle it's either because the edges started to bow upward (in which case you replace them) or they came seperated from the door panel itself ( which you can reattach with some epoxy or replace the door panels). There is a company that makes reproduction upper door plastics but they are pretty **** poor and I sent them back. If they need to be replaced there are usually some good sets offered on e-bay of the classifieds here. New door panels are easy to find a some companys do a good job at making them, you just have to see which ones you like

 

thanks for the infor mgomez. i had a little bit of velcro there with the old amp but it was a small piece. and it allowed the amp to still move around a little. i just have heard everyone preching that it needed to be bolted down so i figured i would go ahead and do it tomaro while i was putting the new amp in. anyone know what to do with the sidemirrors though? and i figured i could get some styrofoam to put behind the license plate do you think that would work?

 

my amp is bolted to the back of my sub box so not to block t-tops.

 

Make sure you put a drop of super glue in each of the holes you made for you old amp becuase it you more than likey drilled through the tank when you mounted it.

 

cut a piece of mdf to fit in the area then bolt your amp to that. Then you can make a cover plate to hide your wires

 

i was thinking about that but if i just put the board in the back it wouldnt really serve much of a purpose b/c the whole point of bolting it down back there is so the amp doesnt move or fly through the car like if you i get in a wreck. could i put the board under the carpet and then bolt the amp to it? or is that what you are suggesting? that might work but idk im leaving tomaro so i wont be able to work on it till i get back. i will post pics when it is done.

idk if you read the post or not but i did not bolt the amp to the floor b/c i didnt want to hit the fuel tank nor did i want to bolt it too the floor which was my reason for this thread to ask how other people did it...

i dont want to do that for two reasons one i want the amplifier to be seen when you open the hatch, like exactly where my old one was mounted and that can be seen in the pic up top. number two i have heard bad things about bolting the amp to the sub box, they say the bass notes from the subs over time can fry the inside of the amp which idk if its true or not but i would rather not put it there.

thank you all for the comments and suggestions. but does anyone know what to do with these mirrors to get them to quite rattling so bad? and what did you do with the license plate.

 

It sure looks like your sony amp is bolted to just above the gas tank.

 

I restored my car, so I had the rear axle out, so it was easy to remove my gas tank. So I did.

Then I placed my amps where I wanted them, drilled mounting holes. Then I used button head, pin in head allen drive (tamper proof) sheet metal screws, and screwed them down. Then from under the car, I used an angle grinder to cut off excess screw length, so I had ~1/8" long protruding through the floor. Then put everything back. It'd be a hassle, but it's an idea. Plus tamper proof screws are a nice idea to help prevent theft.

 

lol i know i wont be doing that.... way to much work to bolt it down but since your stuff was already practically out that would be the thing to do.

naw its not bolted it just has a little velcrow on the underside of it.

 

Put some MDF UNDER the carpet, bolt amps to that.

It's not that it will 'fry the inside or the amp', but it can rattle some solder connections loose. Bad connection in the amp are, well, not good...

 

And if u'r still worried about it, use some metal-safe silicone to glue the MDF to the floor. It will hold securely, but u'll still be able to pry it up and remove it w/o tearing off the paint.

 

Now that seems like a pretty good Idea. I might end up trying that one myself. I was originally planning to build my box with a section jutting out to mount the amp to but now I'm concerned about the vibrations with it actually attached to the box. I am working on some anti-theft ideas too and that might work with some of the things I'm considering.

 

I have just attached my amp on the hump over my gas tank ('90 firebird). I had it bolted to the back of my rear seats for about 2 years (thus making them unusable)and i finally got fed up with it. I looked for ways to attach it to the back area. I ended up putting some plywood underneath the carpet and then screwed the amp into that. I also ran the wires under the carpet and cut a slit to stick them through right next to the amp, so there isnt a clutter. I had home depot cut some 3/4 in. thick plywood 3 feet long, and 1'4" wide. It seems to work great. It doesnt even look like there is anything under there and the wood doesnt seem to move around at all either (i didn't attach it to the metal in anyway). A car audio place said they'd arrange some sort of amp rack for about 150 bucks (3 hours of labor basically), so i did it myself, it took an afternoon and cost me 20 bucks for the wood because u have to buy the whole darn board. Ill attach a couple pictures of the process if i can figure out how, (first post). hope this helps someone.

 

hey man thanks for the info thats actually what i ended up doing and it worked great. i also cut a little hole on each side of the amp for the wires to come up through. lol you should have posted this earlier so i would have known how i wanted to do it instead of thinking about how i wanted to do it lol. i spent awhile trying to figure out how to make some covers for the wires but i figured poking them up through the carpet would be the quickest and definitely easiest way to do it. great first post man.


ill try and post up some pictures this weekend. but i also had to rerun my remote wire b/c b4 all i had was speaker wire for the remote wire and i figured that was way to small so i ran some 16 ga. i also ran the phone coard for the bass ****. but i have yet to figure out a permanent place to mount the ****.

just for kicks and gigles 87CIZ how would i go about making a cover for the wires? i thought about it for a while and i couldnt figure out a GOOD way to do it and im curious now as to how to do it.

 

glad to hear that your amp mounting went well, took me all afternoon but im very happy with how it looks...i also need to find a place for my bass **** too. when i bought the amp, the bracket for the **** was missing so i never was able to get one. That style has been discontinued and i think that you have to buy the whole cord, ****, and bracket; when i only need the 2 dollar bracket. maybe i can figure out a way to make one...if you find a good place for it, let me know. mine currently hangs by my right knee when driving lol.

About the wire covers, dont they sell different style sheaths to hide cords on walls in homes? i'm not positive tho, but it might be worth checking in to if you could get one that looks decent.

 

i had mine mounted on the dash right under where the rear defrost botton is you know beside the instrument cluster. i used double sided tape and mounted it to the bottom of that part of the dash and i really liked how it looked there but i turned the car on and the damn led was so bright... it was pointing right at my eyes so i took it off of there and have yet to find another place for it. i want to mount it inside the ash tray but it is a little bit to big maybe ill fab something up. btw those covers from home depot sound pretty neat i might have to check those out. thanks for the tip.