Mopar Subwoofer

I've completed a couple projects in the past few weeks: a 8" Mopar factory subwoofer was installed in Christine's Cruiser; I did a little bit of work cleaning up the LHS's dash.

I bought the subwoofer on eBay a while back from a guy who had it in his 2001. Unfortunately it was wired to be installed in a 2001. I quickly realized our 2005 factory radio differed from the 2001 factory radio! I found the original manufacturer on a PT Cruiser forum, and he was able to make an adapter for the 2001 style sub wiring harness for our 2005 radio, but it took a while to properly power the sub/amp. Ended up bypassing the included subwoofer wire harness' relay and was able to power everything correctly. A big pain in the butt, but it ended up being totally worth it. The sub was adjusted to about 75% power level and it still kicks pretty hard! Very satisfied with the sound; I even need to keep the bass at -2 (on a scale of -8 to +8 at the radio) so my brain isn't rattled.

All I did for the LHS was wire up a cigarette style power outlet behind the dash, tied into the radio power. Now the Sirius' power cord is run behind the dash, tidying up the front of the car a bit. Nice and cheap addition.

As a side note, my Sirius XACT XTR7 started having issues with the back light about a month or two ago. It'll flicker in and out randomly. I may look for a new unit to replace it once my year subscription runs out next spring.