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Old Oct 16, 2006 | 01:41 PM
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can the subaru oem sub be wired into any other car?

i had to drive me dad's outback last night to the store and i realized his car had quite a bit of bass to it... instinctivly i checked under the drivers seat, nothing then checked under tha passanger seat and saw the OEM sub sitting there, i took a look at it and saw it had its own harness pluged into it not any RCA's or speaker wire directly into it.

so my question is how would you wire one up to an aftermarket deck or better yet another car

more specifically into my miata since i have no space anyplace else for a sub, i have a apline head unit just to let you know

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Old Oct 16, 2006 | 04:47 PM
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You'd need the sub and harness and then you'd have to adapt the wiring for your car and HU. There are no RCAs because it has speaker level inputs and taps off the rear speaker outputs of the HU.
The sub isn't all that powerful due to its small size but if all you want is some bass fill it will suffice. For what you get it is way too expensive to buy new from Subaru but if you check the classifieds here and at NASIOC you will sometimes find them for sale used at reasonable prices. Just be sure that the one you are considering includes the complete harness, sometimes people don't bother to pull the harness out of the car or they cut one end off. A replacement harness is around $75 or more from Subaru.
Also there are other aftermarket underseat subs that may give you better results, two that I know of are Kenwood and Clarion.
Old Oct 18, 2006 | 03:00 PM
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i pulled it out of my dad's outback so everything free, i figured i could DIY and just add a little bit of free bass to my miata, so my next question is where do i go from here,

i have the sub and whole wiring harness whats next?
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Old Oct 30, 2006 | 05:43 PM
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