I hear that a lot of people remove the back tray due to noises from the tray grinding against the metal of the car. I am still stuck the same boats as to what sub I should get. Thanks for all of your input.

 

Yeah the rear tray caused a lot of rattling for me with the sub so I just removed it. You definitely get more road noise with it gone but lots more bass.

 

This is mine. Infinity Reference 8" in a custom drop in box with a JL 200/2 amp. I have the Amp bridged for the sub so it's essentially 400/1. I have Alpine S Type door speakers, and a Kenwood X996 headunit. The door tweeters have been upgraded to Focals. I get crisp, clean, hard hitting bass in the car with extremely clear mids and highs. I have no extra sound deadening and it sounds amazing top up or down. I've had quite a few people compliment the SQ of the system.

 

Does the 8" provide enough thud for you or do you ever wish you went with something bigger?

 

my two 8"s provide way enuf thump. i was driving top down for about 2 hrs and i love listening to my bass and system as a whole. perfect even @ 70+mph. oh and for the rattle on the glove box door, i applied glue to the lock since i dont have much room inside due to the lower 8" takin up all the room, so no point in locking the door. i moved the trunk switch behind the drivers seat. very soon i was thinking to hollow out the entire console so no more door opening and top opening to allow 0 rattle and more room for subs to breathe.

 

That is pretty sweet.

 

thank u. i love it and am so glad its finally finished but i also have a top cover with no hole so if i mount that, u wont c a thing

 

I was having trouble making the same decision: 8-inch vs 10-inch subwoofer. I had a JL 10w3v3 powered by a JL 500/3 in my last S2000 (sub was getting 300 watts RMS) and was pretty impressed by the bass I got out of it. At times I wondered if it was too much bass. For my current S2000 I re-visited the debate. Do I really need a 10-inch subwoofer...or can I get by with an 8-inch? Given how advanced subwoofers are these days, I figured I could go with a smaller sub in a smaller box and still get it to "hit like a 10" (so to speak).

After talking to a few people in the car audio business, the consensus was that I should go with the 10-inch subwoofer (i.e. the 10w3v3, again) for its versatility and the fact that a lot of the bass is compartmentalized by the trunk and soft top tray (so the more power, the better). I was told that I would be better served just coasting along with a 10-inch than to have to crank up an 8-inch to compensate.

What was recommended to me was to try two 6-inch subs in the passenger footwell. Though the amount of leg room left was reasonable, I didn't want to give up any, at all.