Subwoofer?

[bjms3]

According the Mazda Canada web site the MS3 has a sub woofer as standard.

My car does not have one

Anyone have one?

 

[Stan-O]

According the Mazda Canada web site the MS3 has a sub woofer as standard.

My car does not have one

Anyone have one?

Check under the passenger seat......you might find a treat!

 

[bjms3]

Not under the passenger seat.

 

[zumzumzoom03]

Not under the passenger seat.

Did the Canadians get screwed again? Thats wierd if they left that out.

 

[CosmoMS3]

According the Mazda Canada web site the MS3 has a sub woofer as standard.

My car does not have one

Anyone have one?

If you have the MS3 GT with BOSE, than you have a sub. If not, not.

 

[bjms3]

I have Bose 6 CD sterio but there is no sub. I have very little base. I have two Volvos that do not have subs in them but they each have way more base than the Mazda.

If you have a sub in your car could you tell me where it is in your car.

Thanks.

 

[Adammazda06]

I have Bose 6 CD sterio but there is no sub. I have very little base. I have two Volvos that do not have subs in them but they each have way more base than the Mazda.

If you have a sub in your car could you tell me where it is in your car.

Thanks.

If you have a Mazdaspeed3 Grand Touring, then the Bose stereo is standard, and the subwoofer is located under the passenger seat. If you have a Sport you are out of luck. Best bet is to check your Monroney Label. Even with the sub, it still does'nt produce very much bass.

 

[MM3Canuck]

What size is that Bose sub supposed to be?

 

[clos561]

its proly a 10...and yea its under the pasenger seat...o yea when i first got the car, i had a penny stuck in the port for so long and it was really annoying

 

[MM3Canuck]

Would a 10" even fit under that seat? I dont know about the Speed3's, but my Mazda3 doesnt have much room under the seats.

 

[clos561]

i duno , i said maybe i never took my seat out to measure...u cna proly find out online or soemthing at mazda.com

 

[bjms3]

I have some base now

I just checked out my car again and using a flashlight I could see that there is something by Bose under the passenger seat. I turned on the Cd and could just barely feel some base coming from the sub. I started reading in the manual about the stereo and saw that if you press the right button for two seconds it will reset your base, trebel, faid and balance settings. I pressed the button and it said "clear". When the stereo restarted all the settings were at "0". I adjusted the base to +6 and it seems like I have more base than before and there is now vibration coming from the sub under the passenger seat. I will do some more testing when I drive the car to work tommorrow morning.

 

[chuyler1]

I doubt it is a 10". It is probably considered a 9" by Bose which means it is really a 6-7".

 

[clos561]

I just checked out my car again and using a flashlight I could see that there is something by Bose under the passenger seat. I turned on the Cd and could just barely feel some base coming from the sub. I started reading in the manual about the stereo and saw that if you press the right button for two seconds it will reset your base, trebel, faid and balance settings. I pressed the button and it said "clear". When the stereo restarted all the settings were at "0". I adjusted the base to +6 and it seems like I have more base than before and there is now vibration coming from the sub under the passenger seat. I will do some more testing when I drive the car to work tommorrow morning.

yea its all in a very small ported box...u can feel the air coming out of the port feel on the front left of the passenger seat..the port is there

 

[Springerzz]

Could you possibly replace the factory sub with an aftermarket one to give it more bass? Maybe something that has a manual gain knob you could run right under your dash. Any one have any ideas of what might work?

 

[clos561]

Could you possibly replace the factory sub with an aftermarket one to give it more bass? Maybe something that has a manual gain knob you could run right under your dash. Any one have any ideas of what might work?

u could but the best bet is to jsut get a sub in the trunk, small amp and a nice 10 would be good , it would jsut add to the stock bass etc.

 

[DefinitiveCars]

Hello,

This is my first post! I am planning on getting a MS3 in a few months. I will be getting the GT. I was hoping someone has added a Sub to the BOSE system. Has anyone done this yet? Can you post how you hooked it up. I know BOSE stereos can be very tricky. I had some issues in my Infiniti FX.

THanks,
Definitive

 

[clos561]

i havent hook up anything to my bose car stereo...but if u have aftermarket head unit u jsut run it like you normally would and it adds to the bose...there are harnesses for the 3 that plug right in ..that is what i used and its fine...if iw anted to add sub i jsut have to run power wire..rca wires and thats it...

 

[mcopare]

I think it is actually something like 5 1/4 inch.

 

[DefinitiveCars]

Yea, I actually used to be a stereo installer while I was in college. I dont really want to change out the stock HU. Im not sure if they have the wiring harness for the Bose? The wiring is usually pretty weird.

Anyway, I was hoping someone has added a sub to the Bose stereo I sub and amp ready to put in it. Well I have to get the car first!!!(hand)

Definitive