I wanted to install 2- MB Quart micro amps under the steering wheel and had seen in someone else’s post where they use a plastic cutting board as their installation platform. I decided to use a metal plate instead. I wanted to show the dimensions i used to create it.
The tab on the front is slightly offset to the passenger side. If I wanted to spend more time with it I possibly could’ve made the whole thing larger to accommodate a bigger amp but I didn’t need to so I didn’t bother.
My amps did not allow me to use existing hole at the base of the steering column because the bolt hole was underneath one of the amps and I couldn’t get it to work. I ended up drilling a hole through that same plate and using a self tapping screw between the 2 amps to hold it in place. ( Circled in red).
The first pictures show the dimensions on the plate, including a tab on the front that slips into the U-shaped section of the steering column. I used a piece of wood as a spacer so I could bolt that tab into place as you see in the pictures. I went to Ace Hardware and got some nylon spacers so the amplifiers had a little bit of airflow between them and the metal plate. I had to offset the left hand amp closer to the firewall because it was bumping into the structure around the steering wheel.
One of them is a four channel amp and the other one is a mono amp for the subwoofer. It certainly wasn’t as easy as I imagined it but I’m very pleased with the outcome. The 2 Amps are completely hidden and all the wires are well out of the way of the foot pedals.
The tab on the front is slightly offset to the passenger side. If I wanted to spend more time with it I possibly could’ve made the whole thing larger to accommodate a bigger amp but I didn’t need to so I didn’t bother.
My amps did not allow me to use existing hole at the base of the steering column because the bolt hole was underneath one of the amps and I couldn’t get it to work. I ended up drilling a hole through that same plate and using a self tapping screw between the 2 amps to hold it in place. ( Circled in red).
The first pictures show the dimensions on the plate, including a tab on the front that slips into the U-shaped section of the steering column. I used a piece of wood as a spacer so I could bolt that tab into place as you see in the pictures. I went to Ace Hardware and got some nylon spacers so the amplifiers had a little bit of airflow between them and the metal plate. I had to offset the left hand amp closer to the firewall because it was bumping into the structure around the steering wheel.
One of them is a four channel amp and the other one is a mono amp for the subwoofer. It certainly wasn’t as easy as I imagined it but I’m very pleased with the outcome. The 2 Amps are completely hidden and all the wires are well out of the way of the foot pedals.
