Hmm, you both present good points. I do have an aftermarket deck (Pioneer Premier 50x4 MOSFET and all that crap) and its not unusual for me to turn it up 3/4 or 2/3 of the way to listen to a song I really like. Nothing in the world sounds worse than overstressing a speaker, and with the ability to control the RCA channels with a menu on my head deck there very well may be a song that I want a little more bass with than usual.

But theres light grey carpeting in the trunk. I think I could get over the box if we could get it decently shallow and wide to look halfway normal...but I can't see any amp looking decent. It just looks like shit to me to see an amp sticking out in the middle of the trunk... a custom box with an overhang on the side that you set the amp right into and drill right down would be nice, but again I don't see how you could get a sensible looking box large enough to do so with.

Does anybody make 'compact' amps? I'm thinking if I could so a shallow box but make up the cu inch by making it wider and get a long, skinny amp I could just do the idea with hiding it on the side.