Trail Seven - Self-powered Kicker 12" Solo-Baric Kit Install

[Chapito]

I wanted to share my experience installing the Trail Seven Kicker 12" Powered Subwoofer kit. In my mind, this is an "almost perfect" plug-and-play solution.

Installation Details:

• Power: The kit includes pre-cut and terminated power/ground wiring. I opted for the optional fuse mount, which is very sturdy and utilizes an existing bolt by the battery for a clean mount. I routed the power cable through the factory firewall grommet.
• Signal: The kit comes with T-taps to pull signal from the driver-side kick panel, but I’m not a fan of tapping factory wires. Instead, I used a Bronco-specific speaker harness and soldered it to the included RCA harness for a 100% PNP setup.
• Control: I mounted the bass knob directly under the steering wheel, which makes it easy to adjust the levels on the fly.

Performance: The enclosure is on the larger side and does eat up some cargo space, but the jump in bass makes it a worthy trade-off for me. A huge plus is the auto-sensing turn-on so there was no need to run a remote wire and the ability to use the existing speaker signal so there is no need separate low line converter.

Overall Impression: This sub is a great addition to the existing B&O system, which definitely lacks low-end power from the factory.

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[RideClimbNJ]

I was looking at this. Can you send a pic of where you mounted it?

 

[EOD98]

I don’t think this is a mounted sub. Just sits in the back cargo area

 

[RideClimbNJ]

I don’t think this is a mounted sub. Just sits in the back cargo area

Oh interesting. Just sits on the carpet? I guess you can unplug it and take out if you needed the cargo room.

 

[23OBX2.7]

Can easily tailgate mount any shallow sub with couple solod metal brackets and rivnuts.

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