What’s in your trunk?

[swcrow]

I don't follow. Remove everything, wire it up with Fender wiring, put in and put floor over it.

So write ups I've read, incorporate another piece of audio equipment I've never used....read as if it converted audio signals. So you're saying all I need to do is acquire autobahn fender wiring harnesses?

 

[riceburner]

I keep mine as empty as possible but keep a random gym bag thing for if i wind up needing it somewhere, extra socks/underwear/old shoes, battery cable, multitool and a tire plug/inflator kit.

 

[Diggs24]

If you have Fender you just cut the wires or source some pinned wires to jamb into the existing harness and wire it that way. It's all detailed in the fender sub replacement thread.

https://www.golfmk7.com/forums/index.php?threads/subwoofer-upgrade-fender-audio.319137/

or

https://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?7603322-Replace-your-Fender-sub-the-cheap-and-easy-way

 

[swcrow]

If you have Fender you just cut the wires or source some pinned wires to jamb into the existing harness and wire it that way. It's all detailed in the fender sub replacement thread.

https://www.golfmk7.com/forums/index.php?threads/subwoofer-upgrade-fender-audio.319137/

Ahh.....I haz NO fender

 

[Diggs24]

Sorry, forgot MK7.5 SE didn't have Fender. Yeah, you'd need an amp and wire it to the battery.

 

[Dog Dad Wagon]

Ahh.....I haz NO fender

Then go helix bud! It’s fantastic. Better than fender for the most part, but Fender still wins on clarity and balance at higher volumes.

Mine isn’t coded properly though so my perspective may be off

 

[Diggs24]

This fits in the spare:

https://www.sonicelectronix.com/item-145545-Cerwin-Vega-VPAS12ST.html

You just have to steal signal from the rear doors and get power from the battery.

 

[swcrow]

This fits in the spare:

https://www.sonicelectronix.com/item-145545-Cerwin-Vega-VPAS12ST.html

You just have to steal signal from the rear doors and get power from the battery.

So the piece I was referring (seen in another thread) too must have been where you wired in the rear door signal

 

[Diggs24]

I didn't have to. Fender has it's own amp. I just took out the fender sub and spare and dropped that box in. Fender is "easier" but is limited in functionality because the Fender amp doesn't have a ton of output like a dedicated sub amp would. Pretty sure that Cerwin Vega hits harder than my DIY sub.

 

[Cuzoe]

My trunk, Helix system but with the sub out feeding my own amp/sub... still fits under the floor in the upper position. Quick disconnect to pull the sub if I need the spare. Spare comes out without disturbing the amp rack. The funnel and spark plug socket are not normally in there, was on my way to work on the Mk4 that day. Normally keep a movers blanket sitting back there and use it to protect the car/whatever I might may be carrying.

 

[swcrow]

My trunk, Helix system but with the sub out feeding my own amp/sub... still fits under the floor in the upper position. Quick disconnect to pull the sub if I need the spare. Spare comes out without disturbing the amp rack. The funnel and spark plug socket are not normally in there, was on my way to work on the Mk4 that day. Normally keep a movers blanket sitting back there and use it to protect the car/whatever I might may be carrying.
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Nice work there!

 

[Baka]

Water, energy bars, change of clothes, coat, gloves, hat, wipes, first aid kit, goggles, ear defenders, glass cleaner, de-icer, pressure gauge, tyre pump, antacids, antihistamines, painkillers, clothes, paper towels, body bags, quick lime, shovel.

 

[imthanick_a]

12v vacuum, set of lug nuts for the spare tire, and a fishing bobber.

 

[Strange Mud]

OCD enough to keep a vacuum in trunk?

 

[El_bigote_AJ]

So the piece I was referring (seen in another thread) too must have been where you wired in the rear door signal

It’s a line converter your referring to, the cerwin setup, is powered and the internal amp already had line output converters, so you would just need the powered sub, and direct power feed from the battery and to tap off the rear speaker lines (you don’t need a remote turn on wire either since the amp uses the signal from the speakers for that also)

I’ve had excessive systems in a cars to the Degree of 4 12” with a second battery in the trunk, and can confirm the bass output from this is excessive for any regular person just wanting some bass.

Also my trunk = lots n lots of junk and still the spare and roadside kit...