There are generally two types of people in car audio, ones that like sound quality that like to keep the music in the car and some that like to listen to there music to the loudest, creating a mobile disco on wheels. If you want to increase the amount of bass your car subwoofer produces, then this amazing car audio article will help you with that.
Firstly, the enclosure the subwoofer driver is placed in makes the biggest impact on how your bass sounds. If your want really loud bass that can be heard streets way, then you want an custom vented box dedicated for the driver your using. The port tuning needs to be fairly high to get the loudest bass possible, 38HZ port vent tuning is optimal for really loud bass. An SPL tuned box in the upper 30s will not play really deep bass, but it will be punchy loud and ear smashing. If you want more of an deeper bass, but want to sacrifice some loudness, 33HZ is a good musical tuning in the car audio world. If your running a prefab random sealed box for your car subwoofers that is also going to hinder performance. Sealed subwoofer boxes are not designed to get loud, although the are smaller in size. To get the best out of your bass speaker, you need an enclosure made for it. You can't just stick it into an random box and get the best sound in the world.
Add an power capacitor. If you want really loud bass to project outside the car, then an power capacitor will help your car amplifier do so. What it does is makes the voltage on the car amplifier stronger, stopping it dropping volts. This increases the amount of RMS power your car amplifier is making. More power means more bass. Also ensure that your overpowering your car subwoofer by 100 rms to give it more potential to achieve distortion free bass. You can also bridge your car amplifier and double the amount of output that is created, simply by combining both stereo channels into one mono channel.
Thicker speaker wire helps. High quality OFC speaker wire that's 8 gauge or lower for your car subwoofer is going to ensure better sound quality and constant performance. Cheap speaker wire found on ebay tends to hardly have any copper inside it, making it an bad choice. The more copper strands in your car speaker wire, the better the car subwoofer will handle high rms power. When the car speaker wire heats up, the subwoofer will loose some power. Thicker speaker wire can handle more demanding loads. Also ensure the car amplifier wiring kit is oversized. If your car amplifier needs 8 gauge recommend, always go for 4 gauge to ensure the car amplifier is getting the most from your car battery.
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