Subwoofer Removal

davis449 · 03-20-2017, 11:32 AM

So I decided I did, in fact, need the interior bass adjustment knob and wired that up real quick this past weekend. The nice thing about the XD JL amps is that the remote control knob adjusts the overall volume of the sub independent of the rest of the system as opposed to adjusting the gain. I took some pics along the way. Forgive the pics as I was doing this at night in my garage, there's no where for me to put a shop light near the rear of the car due to the garage door, and so I had to use an LED work light back there.

Here are the pics of the JL amp. It's mounted above the SAT radio tuner. There was a bracket there, originally, that held nothing. It was removed and the amp mounted on a plate cleanly in its place.

Now for some pics of the stock amplifier and subsequent wiring using the plug and play harness with it's integrated low level RCA preouts. Worth every penny not to have to cut wires.

dblaron30i · 03-20-2017, 08:52 PM

Looks good. Tight fit and it looks like they did a good job leaving you what they call a service loop on the loom going into the amp. That's good because if you ever have to replace a connector you don't have to splice or replace all the wire.

03-20-2017, 11:32 AM	#23
davis449 Captain 423 Rep 887 Posts Drives: 2014 Audi SQ5 Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: San Antonio, TX iTrader: (0)	So I decided I did, in fact, need the interior bass adjustment knob and wired that up real quick this past weekend. The nice thing about the XD JL amps is that the remote control knob adjusts the overall volume of the sub independent of the rest of the system as opposed to adjusting the gain. I took some pics along the way. Forgive the pics as I was doing this at night in my garage, there's no where for me to put a shop light near the rear of the car due to the garage door, and so I had to use an LED work light back there. Here are the pics of the JL amp. It's mounted above the SAT radio tuner. There was a bracket there, originally, that held nothing. It was removed and the amp mounted on a plate cleanly in its place. Now for some pics of the stock amplifier and subsequent wiring using the plug and play harness with it's integrated low level RCA preouts. Worth every penny not to have to cut wires.
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03-20-2017, 08:52 PM	#24
dblaron30i Enlisted Member 3 Rep 40 Posts Drives: Sapphire black Z4 30i Join Date: Nov 2016 Location: Orange County iTrader: (0)	Looks good. Tight fit and it looks like they did a good job leaving you what they call a service loop on the loom going into the amp. That's good because if you ever have to replace a connector you don't have to splice or replace all the wire.
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