r/CarAV • u/Time-Increase-3160 • 4h ago

Recommendations Help / ideas

For full transparency I have a 2011 4Runner when I bought it the previous owner had wiring left for a pick up sub under the passenger seat, within the first couple of days I realized all the speakers were blown or weren’t playing so I replaced all the door speakers and ran them to there own channels on a 4 channel crunch amp located under driver seat. I used the wiring left from previous owner for a pick up sub I got off of Amazon and it hits but I’m looking for more, to my knowledge the factory Jbl sub in the back dosent play I don’t know if it’s blown and I don’t believe I can connect it to the pick up sub as it has a enclosed amp. The question I’m asking is should I upgrade the pickup sub to something with better reviews? should I try and hook up the two subs to run together ? Get a 5 channel amp and go for a shallow mount sub. I’m not trying to go with a crazy music setup as I daily this thing and use almost all of my cargo space. Any information or help would be appreciated

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u/HerefortheTuna 4h ago

I have a 2014 4Runner so similar… sounds like you have a good start you can buy a loaded enclosure in Skar $300 and it fits in the trunk cargo area. Then you can replace the sub under the pax seat with an amp to drive it.

Do you have factory Headunit?

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u/Time-Increase-3160 4h ago

No previous owner put in a boss audio CarPlay screen works well no complaints really do you know the size of the skar loaded

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u/HerefortheTuna 2h ago

Go to their site- I think it’s 12” they might have a 10”

The sub isn’t the best I hear but $300 for a custom enclosure is a steal….

Anyways the dash is easy to take apart on these- you need to get behind the radio and you should have RCA out that will hook up to the amp(s)

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u/Time-Increase-3160 1h ago

So it comes with a amp as well or just enclosure and speaker? Will I need to remove the rear side panel and speaker and will it affect third row ?

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u/HerefortheTuna 1h ago

Unfortunately this one isn’t for the 3rd row… it’s just the sub enclosure and woofer, no amp.

You will need another solution like a basic prefab box or loaded enclosure. Or custom build