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Subject:Re: Vanagon Bass experiment
From:Marc Perdue
Date:Thu, 13 Feb 2003 19:46:53 -0500

I wouldn't remove the rear heater; I'd fix it.  My girls like being
warm.  :^)  I'd put something like a 10" or 12" subwoofer on the
passenger side of the heater.  I've seen it done on someone else's
Vanagon, just can't remember whose or where . . .

Marc

Mark Dorm wrote:

> If you were to remove the rear heater ...(when that thing breaks and
> floods it really sucks - coolant and water everywhere, then you have
> to take the carpet to the carwash because if you leave the coolant in
> the rug it'll suck moisture out of the air, and you'll always have a
> puddle of water on your rug)... then you have a hole already cut out
> for the bass... is that a good placement? Does being centered make a
> difference? At least when parked there wouldn't be anything that made
> your vanagon look like it had something other vanagons didn't... >
> If >I were to tweak it out, I'd probably put a subwoofer in the front
> panel beneath
>
> >the rear bench seat and put an amplifier under the seat for it.
>
>
>
> > I presume you're putting (or have already put)
>
> >sound deadening material on the metal panels of the doors? Makes a
> heckofa
> >difference!
> >
>
> >Marc Perdue
>
>
>
> Whats your favorite manufacture of this stuff? ? ? Does the moisture
> barrier help at all too? (mine have been removed)
> >
>
>
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