Boss BASS-600 8" powered sub

It looks nice, and the specs seem good too. From what I can gather in doing a few Google searches on this, is that people are generally happy about it. The amp looks to be 200 Watts RMS, which is a decent amount of power for an 8" sub. The cost seems right, too. It won't be as loud as the Infinity Basslink, but it should be louder than the Kenwood KSC-SW1.

 

It's less than 3" in height, so it may be a possibility. It may press up against the underside of the seat a bit, but that may be good or bad depending on your passenger . Having it under the passenger seat would be nice since your audio and remote power connections are within inches. The hardest part would be running the main power cable from the battery to under the seat, but even that isn't too much of an issue since you don't need a heavy guage cable; 12 gauge should be more than sufficient. You can probably step down to 14 gauge without denying the sub the power that it needs.

 

I was taking a look under the seat today too. It would be a tight fit. I guess you could always remove the JBL amp cover and just sit it right on top of the amp. Heat may be an issue, but I don't think the JBL pushes enough power to cause significant issues.

 

According to the manual, there is a remote connection. Just need to tap that onto the wiring harness - ACC (Gray). That's the on/off trigger for the sub.

I just finished off install a Bazooka on my Prius. This Boss Bass600 can be install using the same procedure as installing bazooka.

 

I know I'm a year behind this discussion, but I want to suggest removing the bolts that hold the seat in place and putting 4 washers on each bolt between the seat rail and car body. That should give you 3/8ths to a 1/2 inch.

I currently have the passenger seat out of a Nissan Versa I bought last week. The Bass600 should show up tomorrow/Monday so I can reassemble. It could easily be installed without removing the seat but I'm anal about clean installs. I built mounting hardware to hold it firmly in place. The only way that sucker is moving is if something rips the seat out! Unless I tell someone it's under there they won't know it without putting their head on the floor to look under the seat.

If the sound is as good as the reviews I will add this to a 2005 Prius, and likely raise the seat as needed like I mentioned above.

 

I posted this a while ago, the Boss unit has more than met my expectations. It just adds that little extra bottom end I was I was looking for. And the install whie a little invoved, woked out well !!! I went with a "BOSS 800" for the car. I did not want to really see it, just hear it. So I made Aluminum mounting blocks, and Grill Cloth covers for it, and here is the result,



This gives you access to all the controls, and wiring. The Amp itself is bolted down to the cover over the HV battery! It fits PERFECT in this location.



Put the covers back on the Sub, drop the mat back in and it is about as subtle as I can see!!!



It sounds pretty damn good!!! spent about 5 or 6 Pink Floyd songs setting it up...Holy cow my rear view mirror now vibrates and distorts the image!!!!!SWEET!!!

It fills in the bottom end that I thought was always missing!!!

For under $116.00 its an attractive price at Amazon...
http://www.amazon.com/dp/product/B000OSZA44?tag=priuschatcom-20

 

I have the BASS600 mounted on top of the JBL amp. It requires removing one of the factory brackets holding the JBL amp in place, and bending the remaining bracket to make the JBL amp sit slightly lower. There's a thin metal bracket under the seat that holds clips to hold wires in place which needs to be bent up to gain a little more clearance. The BASS600 is then held in place using the hook portion of included velcro at the front of the sub enclosure to grip the carpet immediately under the passenger seat, and the hook and loop velcro to hold the back of the enclosure on top of the factory plastic shroud of the JBL amp.

I'll try to get some pictures of my setup later.