Quick question regarding factory sub.

[BE-Fresh]

Are our cars pre-wired for the factory subwoofer?

[chuckthefuk]

USDM BE GT 5MT has no factory wires.... At least not in the few that I've seen.

-Chuck

[BE-Fresh]

OK. Only reason I ask is because there is a female connection underneath my driver's seat, and I can't think of anything else that it might be for.

[Okin DaVanh]

OK. Only reason I ask is because there is a female connection underneath my driver's seat, and I can't think of anything else that it might be for.


Seat belt alert?

[BE-Fresh]

It could be. I have a seatbelt light on the dash that comes on with the CEL, airbag, battery, oil etc...., but shuts off a bit after the car is started. And I have driven my car for over a minute without my seatbelt on and haven't had a light/chime come on at all.

Edit: just checked, and the female end leads to underneath the carpet. But, I also followed the wire from the seatbelt to a point where it splits off to the connector in question, and then to underneath the carpet. Meaning, that there are a few wires "shrink wrapped", and the connector comes out before the rest of them lead to under the carpet. I hope that wasn't too confusing, haha.

[chuckthefuk]

Were airbags in the seats an option for the BE?
-Chuck

[Okin DaVanh]

Were airbags in the seats an option for the BE?
-Chuck

I thought that too, but I wasn't sure for the model year he has. Also, wouldn't airbag seats come with more than 2 wires?

[Airgne]

if you have the premium sound than yes your car would come with a factory sub under the pass seat. is the car wired for it i would say yes. if kag will speak up i sold him mine. he would be able to tell you and where to look.

[ouch1011]

The sub wiring on my car looked practically like a dealer installed option. It looked like it had been (professionally) installed into the factory harness, and it came out from underneath the center console. So, the factory wiring may be there, but it might be under the center console and not under the seat.

Then again, this was on a BD. BE may be different.

[rougeben83]

the wire harness has 5-6 or so wires on it, if its that what you have under there, then you have the sub pre-wired. If not, the sub wiring harness is included with the sub itself if you buy it from the dealer. It basically plugs into the stock factory stereo harness.

[BE-Fresh]

Yeah, I'm just gonna spend the money and get a Basslink setup. Much easier choice, and it'll probably last longer as well.

[subydrift]

The factory sub wiring harness has a male end under the seat and the subwoofer has the female end in it. It usually comes out of the center console, not the carpet.

[BG5guy]

The factory sub is garbage IMO, be better off running aftermarket system or getting a factory sub/amp out of a 2008+ impreza, they run 10 inch kickers and utilize the same connectors I I remember correctly

[BE-Fresh]

The factory sub is garbage IMO, be better off running aftermarket system or getting a factory sub/amp out of a 2008+ impreza, they run 10 inch kickers and utilize the same connectors I I remember correctly

I'll have to look into that