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| barbel jim Member Since: 12 Dec 2012 Location: Northants Posts: 1412   
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If you go for a digital amp they don’t really get hot. Cost more but also smaller as a rule. I have mine on the bulkhead behind the seats, but that won’t work for you. The alternative is make your own sub enclosure and put it on the back ??
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20th Dec 2021 8:56pm |
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| pilsburypie Member Since: 19 Jul 2021 Location: Birmingham Posts: 173 
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Not got an amp yet, but I too was going to place in the battery box under the passenger seat. Seems an ideal place out of the way.
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22nd Dec 2021 5:05pm |
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| Race.it Member Since: 27 Aug 2019 Location: Algeciras Posts: 741  
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Mine will be in the seat box not decided yet with battery or with the fuses Searching for my first Defender...and started just as Covid hit, so talk about timing.
5 months after starting the search I found it, and here is the details |
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22nd Dec 2021 6:19pm |
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| MichaelE Member Since: 18 Jan 2020 Location: Crawley West Sussex Posts: 155 
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Depending on what you have under your driver's seat you could put it there with a bit of work. I manufactured a sunken box to put my sub in. My tank is under this seat so it was a bit tight but it fitted perfectly. If you don't have a tank then there could potentially be lots of space.
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22nd Dec 2021 6:52pm |
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| mwestcrew Member Since: 09 Dec 2019 Location: South Warwickshire Posts: 222 
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Lots of excellent 4 channel amps around. Some even allow bridging two channels to power a sub. probably have a smaller footprint than an older Rockford. 2011 130 Utility Body
2005 110 Van |
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22nd Dec 2021 7:19pm |
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| Likeomg Member Since: 29 Jun 2012 Location: Lake District / Newcastle Posts: 2627 
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I have a hertz Hdp4 and HDP1 both either side of the sub in the boot. hdp1 powering a HX380D sub, and the HDP4 doing all 4 speakers.
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22nd Dec 2021 8:36pm |
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| landy andy Member Since: 15 Feb 2009 Location: Ware, Herts Posts: 5425 
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If anybody wants a Hetz HE4 amp, and also a sub in a box let me know, as I’ve got both that I’m fed up with taking room up in the garage. Can’t be arssed to post, so collect only. If not will end up in the bin.
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22nd Dec 2021 8:53pm |
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| LandymanStefan Member Since: 30 Aug 2017 Location: Surrey Posts: 862 
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On the lower part on the bulkhead behind the seats for me. I used to have it in the battery box but I did get concerned about water ingress etc. I used to have a budget alpine amp but switched to an alpine pdx-v9 and it’s simply incredible the difference. I can’t recommend it enough, it probably one of the best sound systems I’ve ever heard now. Will have to try and get a picture for you.
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21st Jan 2022 9:15pm |
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| PCM Member Since: 25 Jan 2019 Location: North East Posts: 862
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Battery box every time for me
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22nd Jan 2022 5:28pm |
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| bankz5152 Member Since: 02 Feb 2017 Location: South London/North Kent Posts: 2082 
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In my 110 DCPU its mounted on the rear bulkhead behind the rear seats.
In my 90, bulkhead behind the seats. Mate of mine used a cubby lock and mounted it under the cubby box. Instagram @defender_ventures Empire Tuning - Agent |
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22nd Jan 2022 6:33pm |
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| diesel_jim Member Since: 13 Oct 2008 Location: hiding Posts: 6041 
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I built a wooden box up in the back of the roof (done this on the past few defenders I've had), full width of the roof, following the profile of it, and qbout 12" deep. Into which are a pair of trusty 6x9's, so a nice bass box if you will.
Inside this box I've also got a couple of amps mounted (one for the 6x9s and another for the bass unit mounted on the back floor) probably not to everyones taste as it takes up valuable room in the back, but mine only carries off road kit and a second spare wheel in the back, so no issue there. Does sound good mind! |
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24th Jan 2022 7:05am |
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| Intercept Member Since: 27 Feb 2017 Location: Suffolk Posts: 587 
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Mine lives in the electrical department below the driver's seat, beneath the rail that holds the ECU (Td5).
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24th Jan 2022 10:49am |
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| d-digby Member Since: 02 Aug 2013 Location: New Forest Posts: 12 
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Same here, under the drivers seat
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24th Jan 2022 11:18am |
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| MatLandy Member Since: 11 Sep 2020 Location: Paris Posts: 177  
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I have what I think is the simplest and smallest (in size) power Amp available on the market: the Alpine KTP-445A. I have it hidden directly inside the dash, secured in a recess.
https://www.alpine.co.uk/p/Products/SingleView/KTP-445A I inititially installed it as a temporary-cheap solution to drive new Focal ES100K (front) and PC130 (rear) untill I decide on a bigger amp setup and location. That was 3 years ago. Happy with it so far, does the job and what it says on the box, and I don't plan to upgrade it in a near future. /Mat |
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25th Jan 2022 8:25am |
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