Pioneer A-Series TS-A2000LD2 8” Subwoofer – 700W Max, Shallow-Mount Design, Deep Bass in Tight Spaces

Great price for what it is. Its more on the quiet side (vs my old 1 ohm), but it has great depth and boom to it. Big inprovement to stock car speaker. Also wiring connectors on them are great. no solder needed.

Much more bass than I hoped for from a shallow 8”. Sounds pretty good for most music. I have it in the stock location in a Ford Edge paired with a sound stream 4000w mini amp. Like I said pretty good, not for a base head but plenty of thump for most people. Personally I like to hear the windows flex. If you want plenty of thump and keep the room in your suv for hauling the kids, dogs and groceries then this is the answer

Great product and great sound.

So far so good! But I received the box like it opened

IT'S ONLY 2.5" DEEP, SO THERE IS ANOTHER 1" OF SPACE BEHIND THE BACK IN THE BOX.CUSTOM SEALED .4 CU F BOX MADE OF 1/2" MDF FOR UNDER THE FRONT SEAT .. AND IT SOUNDS GREAT AT 1 OHM (WITH RECOIL 700W AMP)

The Pioneer subwoofer fit in my 2012 Mustang convertible without spacers or cutting the door panel to fit them, they sound much cleaner and deeper sound than the factory 500 watt subwoofers did and changing to these speakers also eliminated the rattle from the door panel, the factory door panel itself is a sealed speaker box and these sub woofers are perfect for those door panels I’m extremely happy with them. I only had to make two modification for them to fit the door panel, pioneers have a plastic cover around the speaker magnet which is held on by two Philips screws, ONCE REMOVED and cut off the 2 Plastic Guide pins on the door panel and the 4 little guide pins off the back of the speaker cover (not the trim ring) they popped right into the door panel with zero issues and the factory speaker cover and trim went right back over them keeping the car looking clean with a stock finish. These will fit in most factory subwoofer locations, AS FAR AS WIRING THEM, each speaker has 4 wires, the white wire with BLACK stripe is the Negative on one side of the speaker and the white wire with the BLUE stripe is the negative on the other side of the speaker, you will see the back of the speaker on each side has a wide spade that is (+) and the small spade is the (-). I used a speaker tester to pop the speaker to see which one is + and -.

It arrived quickly and in good shape. Installation myself was easy with a YouTube tutorial on my 2006 4Runner. The screw holes lined up perfectly which was nice. Sounds much better than the cracked one I replaced!

Found a video on YouTube from Toyota and Dodge Garage that was a huge help in removing the interior panel. The old sub surround was dry rotted and needed to be replaced in my 2008 4Runner Sport. I bought this sub due to price and the fact that the mounting holes line up with the original so no extra drilling. The original sub has foam behind the sub mounting frame to seal it, but this sub does not have that. I used caulk, but I would get speaker seal if I did it again.As for performance, the original sub actually went lower, but this Pioneer is a little tighter and cleaner. It's kind of strange, on some songs this sub will provide more bass, but other times it's barely there. Also, volume needs to be higher to get the same bass. I assume the OEM was just more efficient than this one. It's a decent replacement, but if you don't mind drilling holes, one of the other shallow depth subs might be better if you are looking for an actual upgrade.