Freddy

I know how much you guys always want to see pictures of everything , so heres my amp installation. Maybe someone finds it useful

First of all I removed the mat on the front passenger side. Under the mat you can see this aluminium panel.

Freddy

The panel is attached with 3 screws and is quite easy to remove. Under the panel there is quite much empty space.

Freddy

And heres a pic of the amp I want to install:

Freddy

After bending a few metal clips on the panel, the amplifier fits perfectly on the backside of the panel

Freddy

Heres the amp attached to the panel and all cables hooked up for testing and adjusting gains etc.

BlackC230Coupe

nice idea.

Freddy

Everything ready and panel + mats back in original position:

tberry

nice work Freddy. can you give us more info (is that a C coupe or Sedan? BOSE or non-BOSE?) and what kind of amp did you use. Can you also provide a bit more info on the amp installation procedure? Great work by the way.

jagiboy

Nice job...I will be installing my amp soon at a Car audio shop, I will ask them if they can do this. Btw what type of amp is yours.

Freddy

Thanks
That was installed in a C-coupe. I have an aftermarket HU and aftermarket speakers. The amp I used is a Helix HXA400mkII. I run it in 4 channel mode. It should give out about 4x70W rms into 4 ohms. The amp is connected to the HU with double cinch-cables(front and rear). I installed a 10mm (7 AWG) power cable directly from the battery.

Heres a pic of my HU. I know most of you will hate it because it looks too aftermarket but I like it, sound is good and it plays MP3s.

tberry

freddy i wanna see larger pics plz :p

kineda

Is there enough room in there for the amp not to overheat?

ryson

that's what I was wondering too... that amp is tucked away behind a plate and carpet.... what's the ventilation like?

Freddy

Yes, overheating might become a problem, I dont know yet. You are right that the area is not good ventilated but the upper area is open upwards so at least some of the heat will get out.

This whole idea might turn out to be totally crazy, but I decided to try it anyway. I will keep you updated if I get any heat problems.

Oh, and before someone else tries to do the same thing, if you have auto-tranny or parameter-steering this space is already occupied by some electronic boxes.

Rick

Wow.....he installed an optional foot well warmer to go with his heated seats. His passenger will be toasty warm and hopefully not too fuzzy over this. LOL
(sorry....couldn't resist)