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Alright guys well I got accepted to the University of Washington so I'll be heading 300miles to Seattle...obviously there is a lot of crime over there and its not going to be safe to have a "pimped out ride" over there...my sister had some 92piece of shit civic with an old low-end deck and it got broken into at a parking garage on campus.

Right now I have a JL 300/4 powering some Elevation Audio comps...I have a Kicker KX 1200.1 powering a RE XXX. The XXX is in a fiberglass against the back of my trunk (against the back seats) and then the amps are bolted to the "False floor" I put in...its a sheet of MDF and its hinged so I can get to my spare tire. It would take a set of thieves an hour or two to steal it all. The sub cannot be taken out of the fiberglass unless you took the whole fiberglass box out, which is attached to my false floor with wood screws that cannot be removed unless the sub comes out (lol its confusing). The amps are tethered by security screws...etc.

Ive basically spent the past year on and off making that setup above.
However...I don't know if it will do for college. I love the SPL that comes from my XXX, even though "I dont always use it, I like the potential for when Im listening to rap.

Sorry for rambling on...my question is:
1.) Do you think I should re-do my install and hide everything...amps under a false floor...subwoofer kind of like Justins install in the Saturn...except you couldnt see the subs it would just look like a wall. Or should I just keep my XXX how it is with its difficulty and rearrange the amps a bit?

But if I should change it.....what sub can I get...that isnt gonna require power like the XXX, but is gonna give me some decent SPL when/if I want it but mostly focus on SQ. Is there an XXX that exists without the high power draw?

Money is no issue...just trying to throw some ideas around at this point...

I personally would do anything you can to hide stuff. Make it hard for people to steal it.

You know, you could always get some beater car to drive to school. That is an option, but an expensive one.

take the system out of the car.
replace it when you graduate.

My truck spends only 2-1/2 hours a day at ACU. But my truck looks no different than any other vehicle its parked next to. No fancy rims, no lowering kit, no advertising. In fact, it looks like an ordinary Ranger P/U.

Stealth install works and I don't advertise. When I pull into the parking lot my system is OFF.

If you tell just one person, then take GlassWolf's advise. I have found that when a system is stolen it is usually one of your "buddies".

Stealth:
http://www.sounddomain.com/ride/351178
http://www.sounddomain.com/ride/351178/2

i would deffintly try to go stealth first and if you dont think you can do that swap in a RE se and give it 600 watts. and deffintly do a stealth location for your deck and put the factory one back in the original spot itll throw alot of people off.

To be honest, I wouldn't worry about it too much. I live in San Frnacisco and while there are nice parts of town, there are also very bad parts. I'm just going to make sure my trunk cover is ALWAYS on whenever I park. So they can't see my sub or amp if I decide to put in the trunk. In addition, I'll tkae the faceplate off my head unit and hide it somewhere, maybe under the seat.

I don't think anything will happen or I hope not.

if i had a case for my face plate, i'd probably take it with me, that way if someone trys to jack me, it makes the unit useless. if they're smart, they'll look in obviousp laces for things.

I'm not extremely worried about getting my stuff jacked here. i live in a good neighborhood and am moving to a better one.. the place i really have to worry about is my sister's house... but i'm never there long enough for anything to happen. I want to do a stealth install but i don't have the fabrication skills to do something like that.

it's always the ones who think they're not at risk :)

Damn. See I'm tempted to go with Kiki's advice and just take it all out and put it back in when I graduate. However, I will be travelling a lot, and I will be in the car a lot. Not necessarily around campus, but my family will be 300miles away and I'll be making that trip at least every month, so I'm very tempted to keep a system.

I know I can do the fabrication for a stealth install because I have quite a bit of fiberglass experience, false floor, trunk pocket, and fabrication experience.

Now I am thinking about putting coaxials in the doors, storing away my comps and my JL 300/4 and just running a 150w amp with a RE 8" I already have purchased from awhile ago.

Dunno if that would suffice, though.
Thanks for the thoughts and ideas so far guys.


Btw, Dev(i/o)n, where could you relocate the actual HU if you wanted to put the stock one back? I just cant seem to think of a pragmatic location, like somewhere in the center console or something? Have you ever done an install like that for a customer or just in general? Thanks