At 12:35 AM -0700 4/23/99, Austin wrote:
>At 08:44 AM 4/22/99 -0700, you wrote:
>>Has anyone come up with a good way to add a subwoofer to their Westy without
>>creating irreversible damage to their upholstery or sheet metal?  I found a
>>good place for an amp (behind the glove box seems like a nice spot), but I'm
>>stumped for a place for a subwoofer.  Anyone had luck with those "tube" type
>>subwoofers or other "portable" speaker systems?  I'm thinking about mounting
>>some quick-disconnects somewhere so that the subwoofer could be plugged in
>>for road trips, but removed from the van for around town...
>>
>>Brent Christensen
>>'89 Syncro Westy

For those who don't mind cutting a bit, here's a way to massage the driver.

http://www.evcl.com/strvan/Subs.jpg

And:
http://www.evcl.com/strvan/Amps.jpg

I havn't had time to make a page with previews etc. But here's a quick rundown.
On the left a MTX Thunder 225HO 700W amp drives the 3 Sound Stream SPL12
free air subs. On the right a MTX 4320 560W amp drives 4 each of the
Eclipse 8243 4" and 8253 5-1/4" co-axial speakers around the interior. They
both have fans because they used to overheat. The 700 Watt powerstar
inverter is also visible.

 -Otmar-
86 Syncro (front) 82 (rear) Stretch GTI Westfalia. "Power of two"
http://www.evcl.com/strvan/strvan.html
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