Yes they are attached and i planned on putting amps there as well but the fear of overheating amps or melting seats stopped but there is room as long as the are mounted low and really shallow amps. I only know this because when i raised my seats 2" i had to modify the brackets for the back rest so the seat still functioned.

 

No, the rear seat is bolted to the floor only. There are u-bolts if you will that are mounted to the back wall and the seat has J-hooks that slide behind them. When you unbolt the seat you must slide the entire seat up to get it unhooked. That is how the seat is able to fold up and down. If it was bolted it wouldn't be able to do that. Next time you flip your seat up, watch the back part, it moves up at first and then settles back down. That's the J-hook sliding up and down in the U-bolt style hook.


Most pre-fabbed boxes won't allow the use of larger framed 10" subs that would sound very nice. You are stuck with using smaller framed subs that don't sound as good. Actually no where near close for sound! That's why I built my box.
Also, my subs are as low as possible so they don't touch the under lining of the seats and I have made grills to protect the speakers so when adults sit in the back seat they don't squash the speaker and burn the voice coils out. Most of the boxes I have seen jam the sub into the bottom of the seat and when you sit on it, it will not allow proper function for the subwoofer. You can really hurt the sub doing that!

 

I will not be having a key start alarm installed. I bought the truck with that already on it. It was included in the Laramie package.

When I told the installer what subs I have and in what truck, he had that "Uh oh" look. I knew it'd be a tight fit, but he said he can definitely get it done. I plan on purchasing a grill for my subs as well. I sometimes do have people sitting in my back seats and am worried about them. My girlfriend and I get back there sometimes too, heh, so I gotta be careful too! Well, careful about more than just the subs.

Prefab boxes are never an option for me in the truck. The only prefab boxes I'll ever buy are those for cars and SUV's. It's cheap and easy. But like dirtydog mentioned, the airspace needed is quite significant and with fiberglass, you grab as much of it as you possibly can. Since my subs require so much space, that was my only option. I'm an audiophile, I need to have it all perfect and top-of-the-line.

 

Well, I got my truck back on December 30th last year. I didn't have time to get pictures in because I picked it up at night time and yesterday I was out and about. Plus, my sis didn't have her camera on her. I washed my truck today and took pics. So here's my whole system with pics of my head unit as well. The box is AWESOME!!!! You'll see in the pictures that my subs don't stick out the box. It seems as though they were built in. Again, these are 10" Alpine Type-R, MTX TC6001 amp, stock Infinity door speakers, and an Innovatek 433BTS head unit. I hope you all enjoy because I know I am!

 

That looks really sweet. I'd love to get a nice system like that, but I want to do it right, and don't have the funds to transfer over towards doing it right. Plus, I don't really need a system. But that looks really sweet. My only thought would be if the back seat muffles to sound a little bit since it's sitting right on it. I can see in my truck imprints from the subs the previous owner had in there.

 

I have two amps and put the larher one that runs the subs under the passenger seat so it wasn't as noticeable because there's the cover for the jack. I put the jack behing the back of the seat towards the back of the box. It looks like you have more room than I do because I went alomst to the back wall.

Also, there's no room for speaker grills because you have to remember about excursion of the woofer while they are being used. You'll def need a cut-off switch for your amps if you are running passengers. Having people sit right on top of your subs will heat up the coice coils and burn them up and damage the woofer driver as well because it will actually be bottoming out.

Installing a switch to turn the subs on/off is very simple. You just need a 2 way toggle switch. You run the remote power to the switch and then from there to the remote on the amp since that's the power source to turn the amp on. Just a thought to think about. I had to do that with my old truck if there was ever a passenger in the middle console seat. The flip of the console would actually rest against the rubber surround of the woofer so i turned off the sub when i had the extra rider.

 

Thanks guys!

ried69, I agree with the muffling. I flip up my back seats because I have that irritating feeling about muffling. Not saying that it does or doesn't muffle but it's just in the back of my mind. Haha. I remember in my old Ram that I had the sub imprint as well. I can't wait to get them into this one =]

dirtydog, the installer told me I shouldn't worry about my subs under the seats because the seats are hollow and that they sat on the seat and tried it out themselves. I asked about the grill and he said that the grill is only cosmetic. I did want to get a bass remote, but it'd be a waste of $40 since I'll be upgrading my amp once I get the funds. Amps always come with the switch.

 

on/off switch sounds like a good idea but a waste of time and money. If your head unit has a rca sub output then it is adjustable and if you wanted to turn then off you could do it with the cd player. Most head units have this feature now.