Bose Bass Box - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

z24modifier · 06-03-2017, 04:54 AM

Hi i've tried searching but i can't seem to find anything on it. I have the bose bass box and i want to put it into my 2000 986, but it didn't already have speakers in the back, no plug on the rollbar. So i was just wondering if anyone knew how i could install it. Thanks!

GTA_G20 · 06-05-2017, 06:21 AM

What door speakers and headunit are you using?

Banana S · 06-05-2017, 10:56 AM

FWIW, after my stock headunit and amp died, I installed a Kenwood headunit and ran separate wires back to the stock Bose rear unit. (The stock wiring to the box appears to have some unwanted crossovers--I wasn't getting full-range sound until I ran new wires.) The Kenwood headunit drives the rear Bose unit--and all of the other stock speakers--just fine.

Timco · 06-06-2017, 07:02 PM

My stereo guy said it's an odd ohm speaker(s). Check that. It needs its own amp or a bigger one.

Banana S · 06-09-2017, 06:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Timco

My stereo guy said it's an odd ohm speaker(s). Check that. It needs its own amp or a bigger one.

Nah... It works fine with the Kenwood head unit, which can deal with 2- or 4-ohm speakers. Even if the Bose box eventually kills the head unit, the head unit was only about a hundred bucks... I can buy four more of them for the price of a decent amp. (And I would never add weight to this car with a separate amp in the first place...)