Let me start by saying this thread isn’t to discuss the benefit of adding extra low end to your audio experience in a Tesla Y. You either enjoy hearing & feeling extra bass in your music or not, it is preference and the reason we all mod our vehicles differently.
I am designing my setup with the goal of modest bass gains, retaining as much usable space as possible, and stealth appearance. Will use a small class D 500W rms amp and an existing JL Audio shallow mount 10TW3-D4 dual 4 ohm 10” subwoofer from my previous vehicle. Fantastic little subwoofer with surprising capability. Will have a remote bass knob somewhere easily accessible by the drivers seat. Plan is to tap into the factory subwoofer speaker lines and use as both a remote turn on for the amp and signal. Reading about some issues when using a 12V switched source in a Tesla drawing power vs using existing speakers as a turn-on source. Not sure yet if I will remove the factory sub or simply turn down the low frequencies on the factory EQ.
There are a few threads about adding a subwoofer in a model 3 and where to tap into power, ground and signal. Also read about someone replacing the actual 8” factory sub with a new one and adding an amplifier. Not sure how the new subwoofer matched the box requirements...
Has anyone added an amp and subwoofer in the hatch area to a model Y?
Probably not a lot of volume upside just yet but it would be amazing if someone built a custom box that is either molded to the sub trunk floor OR the small pocket areas on either side of the hatch. My preference is a ported box but may end up going sealed for simplicity. Not interested in personally building a box but will do the install.
Looking forward to following this thread and will update it as I start to make progress.
I am designing my setup with the goal of modest bass gains, retaining as much usable space as possible, and stealth appearance. Will use a small class D 500W rms amp and an existing JL Audio shallow mount 10TW3-D4 dual 4 ohm 10” subwoofer from my previous vehicle. Fantastic little subwoofer with surprising capability. Will have a remote bass knob somewhere easily accessible by the drivers seat. Plan is to tap into the factory subwoofer speaker lines and use as both a remote turn on for the amp and signal. Reading about some issues when using a 12V switched source in a Tesla drawing power vs using existing speakers as a turn-on source. Not sure yet if I will remove the factory sub or simply turn down the low frequencies on the factory EQ.
There are a few threads about adding a subwoofer in a model 3 and where to tap into power, ground and signal. Also read about someone replacing the actual 8” factory sub with a new one and adding an amplifier. Not sure how the new subwoofer matched the box requirements...
Has anyone added an amp and subwoofer in the hatch area to a model Y?
Probably not a lot of volume upside just yet but it would be amazing if someone built a custom box that is either molded to the sub trunk floor OR the small pocket areas on either side of the hatch. My preference is a ported box but may end up going sealed for simplicity. Not interested in personally building a box but will do the install.
Looking forward to following this thread and will update it as I start to make progress.