Moon and Tunes upgrade

[NiceWubsVibe]

I recently purchased an '04 Vibe and was looking to pick up a moon and tunes piece and maybe upgrading the sub. im guessing it would be very easy to throw in a harder-hitting 8" sub (due to the fact its the same size as the factory sub) would it be possible to modify the factory casing to house a 10"

[Wolfman213]

The factory sub is actually a 6.5. I've placed and aftermarket 6.5 in the factory sub housing and IIRC, you could possibly fabricate it enough to fit an 8 if it's a shallow mount (very skeptical though), but I seriously doubt you'll be able to fit a 10 into the factory housing.

[BlueCrush]

Quote, originally posted by Wolfman213 »The factory sub is actually a 6.5. I've placed and aftermarket 6.5 in the factory sub housing and IIRC, you could possibly fabricate it enough to fit an 8 if it's a shallow mount (very skeptical though), but I seriously doubt you'll be able to fit a 10 into the factory housing.Really? You did this? Got any pics? I still have my stock sub box retrofit waiting for me to finish it.

[Wolfman213]

I don't have any but I plan on tearing into the Vibe this weekend and will try to remember to take some.

[bigdaddyjosh]

You could always just make your own 10" sub box. You can even make it form fitting to fill the same space where that moon and tunes box would go

[VibeBear]

Like bigdaddyjosh said, you could make your own where the factory moon & tunes would go. This is what the head installer at my work did in a first gen Matrix and what I did on the other side in my '09 Vibe 'Although I plan on building a new box on the passenger side, for a 10" sub because the 8" doesn't hit hard enough for me

[bigdaddyjosh]

I made one for a 10" sub. It came out decent. I could have done a better job on the bondo before I painted it though. I can always sand it an smooth out the bondo and repaint it. I documented the whole build on the forums here. Take a look and see if it is something you would want to persue.http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=43985