What do you guys do with spare tires?
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I was BARELY able to squeeze my spare in the trunk with this setup, but I think it rubbed on the face of one of the subs.
The sealed boxes themselves were built to JL Audio's spec for the 10W6v2, but it's possible I could've mounted them just a BIT higher on the face board, which would've let me push the whole thing a BIT farther back toward the back seat. As it was, the bottom edge of each sub box was hitting that God damned hump over the rear end.
EDIT: now that I look at the pictures again and think back, I believe we went as high up and as far back as we could. If you were to install struts/actuators on the trunk lid arms and get rid of the torsion bars you could definitely reproduce my setup with the boxes farther up/back, leaving plenty of room for the spare.
EDIT2: I somehow missed that you only want one 12" sub. Should be easy, if you mount the amp in the quarter panel (like I had the 1F capacitor on the passenger side below), just put the 12" box off to the side, as close to the hinge as you can, and put the spare on the right. The W6v2 line is also a big sub; if you were to get W3 or W0, you will have more room.
10W0v2: 0.65 cu.ft. sealed
12W0v2: 1.375 cu.ft. sealed
15W0v2: 1.75 cu.ft. sealed
The sealed boxes themselves were built to JL Audio's spec for the 10W6v2, but it's possible I could've mounted them just a BIT higher on the face board, which would've let me push the whole thing a BIT farther back toward the back seat. As it was, the bottom edge of each sub box was hitting that God damned hump over the rear end.
EDIT: now that I look at the pictures again and think back, I believe we went as high up and as far back as we could. If you were to install struts/actuators on the trunk lid arms and get rid of the torsion bars you could definitely reproduce my setup with the boxes farther up/back, leaving plenty of room for the spare.
EDIT2: I somehow missed that you only want one 12" sub. Should be easy, if you mount the amp in the quarter panel (like I had the 1F capacitor on the passenger side below), just put the 12" box off to the side, as close to the hinge as you can, and put the spare on the right. The W6v2 line is also a big sub; if you were to get W3 or W0, you will have more room.
10W0v2: 0.65 cu.ft. sealed
12W0v2: 1.375 cu.ft. sealed
15W0v2: 1.75 cu.ft. sealed
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I have 10 stock wheels sitting in storage...I just hover wherever I go. 
I've never ran a spare.
I've never ran a spare.
I have roadside coverage through my insurance company. If I get a flat, I call a tow truck.
But... I do have a can of Fix-A-Flat in the trunk in case it is a screw or nail and goes flat slowly.
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But... I do have a can of Fix-A-Flat in the trunk in case it is a screw or nail and goes flat slowly.
Tire plugs, and a portable compressor saved me following a road course incident at ImpalaFest 2006.
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