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Aftermarket subwoofer with sky slider

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I'm considering putting a subwoofer in my liberty but I am hesitant because of the sky slider. Does anybody know if I did put one in my car if it would throw the roof off of the tracks or affect the roof because of the vibrating? Anyone have a subwoofer in their kk? Pics would be awesome
 
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Liberty09MN said:
Yes, I have the sky slider. It probably flexes a little but nothing crazy, its never been anything I noticed. Even solid roofs flex with a powerful system! What are your concerns? Just damaging the sliding mechanism? What are you going to be putting in?
Yes my biggest concern is knocking the sliding mechanism out of place. I have a 15inch kicker l7 with a kicker zx 1000.1 amp. The box is rather large(i had it in my previous car) and it flexed the roof alot and with this roof i am just worried of leaking or getting into thousands of dollars of repairs all for a subwoofer
 
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My sub has acquired some damage over the last three years ha, but my roof is fine, and I bang alllll the time. I'm actually about to switch my Fi out for my brother's L7 that he had replaced on warranty, think he has the same 1000W kicker amp too! I've had my box facing up at the roof for over a year now, sub and port, no problems! How big is your box in comparison to the trunk? have you set it in there yet? Mine faces long way parallel with my jeep. Takes up about 1/3 of the width, comes out to the edge of the hidden compartment, and is about level with the top of the back seats. I should be switching out my sub/amp soon (next few days) and if this one magically destroys the roof I'll let you know!
 
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Liberty09MN said:
My sub has acquired some damage over the last three years ha, but my roof is fine, and I bang alllll the time. I'm actually about to switch my Fi out for my brother's L7 that he had replaced on warranty, think he has the same 1000W kicker amp too! I've had my box facing up at the roof for over a year now, sub and port, no problems! How big is your box in comparison to the trunk? have you set it in there yet? Mine faces long way parallel with my jeep. Takes up about 1/3 of the width, comes out to the edge of the hidden compartment, and is about level with the top of the back seats. I should be switching out my sub/amp soon (next few days) and if this one magically destroys the roof I'll let you know!
Haha awesome! Here is a picture of it in the back of my old blazer. I have not done a test fit yet but i know it will fit. Let me know if you get it hooked up how the car reacts to it
 

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#9 ·
Bigger the box the better! Get them low low tones.

I had some issues when I was running some serious bass. AA mayhem 18 in ~7 cubes, 4 alpine type X 12s, crossfire xs 15 v2. I had two Audiopipe 3000d running to those combos. The. Went two audioque 2200s. My roof would be slopping like a drunk girl on her bottle of vitka. The only issues I had though was some bolts and nuts coming loose from the bass.

I no retired to an SA8v2 SPL in a hefty T Line box with a AQ 1200 on it at 1 ohm. It's just enough to get some vibrations through out the cab
 
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Liberty09MN said:
Definitely bigger than my box haha, but I still got a wee bit o trunk space! Enough to fit my bowling balls and disc golf bag nicely! I'll snap some pics when I'm doing my swap

upside down picture oops!
Hey man i went ahed and installed my l7 in the jeep. I used my factory head unit using an rca converter and running my amp rem wire to a switch. The sub wont play loud at all even with the bass and the volume all the way up im barely getting any vibration. If you have any suggestions please let me know. Thanks
 
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I'm not sure.. always had an aftermarket deck so if thats the problem I wouldn't be any help there. I would imagine you played with the gain and stuff on the amp, and the treble/bass/etc on the head unit? The sub is playing though, just not loud? When you say amp rem wire, are you talking about a gain/bass knob, or the blue wire for the amp to turn on?
 
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Don't want to thread jack this topic, but have any of you with the SkySlider noticed the little noises and such that the roof tends to naturally make when say, driving slowly and going over bumps\shifting the vehicles weight?

Note: This is when the music is off any everything is quiet as it is harder to hear when going faster...
 
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Don't want to thread jack this topic, but have any of you with the SkySlider noticed the little noises and such that the roof tends to naturally make when say, driving slowly and going over bumps\shifting the vehicles weight?

Note: This is when the music is off any everything is quiet as it is harder to hear when going faster...
I can't say I've noticed anything like that. The only problem I've had is a lot of air noise, like it doesn't seal as well and it's kind of loud at high speeds. Probably just from opening and closing a lot over the last three years or so, sometimes at higher speeds which probably doesn't help
 
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Liberty09MN said:
I'm not sure.. always had an aftermarket deck so if thats the problem I wouldn't be any help there. I would imagine you played with the gain and stuff on the amp, and the treble/bass/etc on the head unit? The sub is playing though, just not loud? When you say amp rem wire, are you talking about a gain/bass knob, or the blue wire for the amp to turn on?
Got it. Had a bad set of rca cables. Im in busisness now. Thanks though!
 
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Excellent! I'm glad it wasn't something serious! I always hate that moment of truth after you got everything hooked up and its just like "this better freakin work!" It's nice when it does instead of playing the "which wire is it" game! I got my sub/amp swapped out for the L7, did it on the 4th, still breaking it in a bit but its starting to sound good! still got that new sub smell when I turn the bass up haha

Nope no noises like that but i can tell you at speeds over 60-70 the noise is unbareable so i found a sunroof wind deflector that fit the sky slider. if anyone is interested i will post pics and a link. It literally cuts the noise down to basically a normal car.
I wouldn't mind the link, mine is pretty annoying at the same speeds as well. I'm pretty used to it by now or I will just turn the music up to phase it out. The worst is when other people get in your Jeep and are like ermagerd you drive with this all the time? And pictures of a fellow Jeep are always welcome!
 
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ViktorMax said:
Don't want to thread jack this topic, but have any of you with the SkySlider noticed the little noises and such that the roof tends to naturally make when say, driving slowly and going over bumps\shifting the vehicles weight?

Note: This is when the music is off any everything is quiet as it is harder to hear when going faster...
Nope no noises like that but i can tell you at speeds over 60-70 the noise is unbareable so i found a sunroof wind deflector that fit the sky slider. if anyone is interested i will post pics and a link. It literally cuts the noise down to basically a normal car.
 
#17 · (Edited)
For anyone that wants a fix to unbearable wind noise, just put some weather stripping on the front. I did this and it totally resolved the issue. It now sounds great.

Ask me any questions, I can send my pics too. I did mine slightly different than this, but still pretty much the same idea. Cheap and great fix! Must do for any SkySlider.
 
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Liberty09MN said:
Nice, doesn't look bad! Like how its pretty low profile. You should put up a full pic of your jeep, I don't think I've seen it on here yet? And that link would be great whenever you find it, or just the brand and I'll look for it. Thanks!
Auto Ventshade 77005 Windflector 41.5" Sunroof Wind Deflector
http://amzn.com/B0001EVUCM

here the link is. You may be able to find it cheaper looks like he raised the price a bit. Pocs are posted
 
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ViktorMax said:
On your third pic, it doesn't quite look like you stuck the ventshade flush to your roof, is this correct? If so, can you please elaborate? Thanks in advance.
The ventshade isnt ment for the jeep, lets face it. I had to put the shade in a place that would not interfear with the roof closing. I will do some fabricating with possibly thick two way tape and it will solve the problem but the bottom line is for now there is no longer that constant wind noise
 
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