MY09 owners - what's under your passenger seat?

[subi_man]

I was helping a MY09 owning mate install a UHF radio, 240v inverter etc on the weekend, and under the passenger seat I found quite a large electrical box that my Triton doesn't have. By the number of wires coming into and out of the box I would say its something to do with the engine computer - if so, it's not a good place for it given the lack of water sealing others have experienced ! (It's also possibly a small amp for the stereo, which would explain why the later ones sound so much better then mine )

Does anyone know for sure what this does? This leaves NO room for a carPC under the passenger seat for anyone with a MY09!!

Cheers

[trouble]

Nothing under mine except rubbish from the kids

[subi_man]

Hmmmm... this was a diesel manual MY09 GLX-R. I tried to take a pic, but my phone camera has no flash

[Jitsukablue]

Subi, ECUs will only have 1 wire going in and out, well by that I mean a wiring harness. The connector could be as wide as your index finger is long. I think your amp is a better guess. Tried unplugging it to see what doesn't work?

[Dylan 191]

hey subi i just had a look and i have the same box , my09 diesle
sitting on a stand about 50mm of the floor with some wires coming out the front that go under the carpet
no idea what its for but its there

[subi_man]

Sounds like the same one Dylan

Jitsuka I wasn't game enough to unplug the harnesses to see what happened

[boostedbmw]

I recon its to do with the premium sound system the 09 diesels come with

[daryn]

Its the sound system, at least you know you have a something bigger than std, but we still cant find the 8 speakers that we are suppose to have.

[Racer]

I have one as well...wanna buy it Subi?

[Dylan 191]

[subi_man]

I'm willing to pay a few bucks for a bit more bass

[Still-Lurking]

Subi, I would check under the seat of mine except I still don't have one..

Thanks for nothing the Global Economic Cluster F*ck..

[Choady]

Subi - I have an MY09 but VR and it has nothing under the passenger seat. When I installed my UHF, I was looking for the area that the bluetooth box would have lived that others had talked about behind the ash tray/ciggie lighter area - but found nothing. All that was there was a 'G' meter for airbag/SRS system and a pink box which I thought was the ECU for airbag system as it had wires going into the G meter.

My guess is that they have moved the bluetooth box to under the seat for GLX-R owners.

[amalinze]

it is definately a small amplifier for the premium sound system. i had to rip mine out so i could fit a bigger amp.

[subi_man]

You reckon it's able to be retrofitted to an earlier model Triton amalinze? assuming it's worth going to the trouble

[Greedy]

You reckon it's able to be retrofitted to an earlier model Triton amalinze? assuming it's worth going to the trouble

Why would you bother Subi? Mitsi's are going to charge a fortune for something probably sub-standard to an aftermarket amp anyway unless you can get one second hand. The wiring could also be an issue given our systems weren't designed with this addition in mind.

[Racer]

You reckon it's able to be retrofitted to an earlier model Triton amalinze? assuming it's worth going to the trouble

You want to buy mine don't you Subi

[Choady]

it is definately a small amplifier for the premium sound system. i had to rip mine out so i could fit a bigger amp.

Thats interesting - and makes sense too. It doesn't mention an amp in the specs sheets anywhere - perhaps a new addition for the MY09 ? Anyone with an earlier than MY 09 GLX-R have and/or know where the amp lives ?

And where is the bluetooth box located ?

[subi_man]

Earlier GLX-R's don't have an amp mate

And the Bluetooth brain on mine is under the front of the centre gearshift/console area

[amalinze]

Only put an amp in if your going to update the speakers. and then dont use the standard one. amps are pretty cheap when you look into it.

[dangerman424]

my 09 vr auto has no box under the PS
so i stuck a 1000 watt invertor in there.
and i was under the impression that the vr had the same stereo components as the glxr

[snowman]

MY09 GLX-R and GLS get the mitsubishi 'power sound' or something so yep its an amplifier.

not a bad sound for a OE commercial vehicle but you full on stereo heads would scoff at it......

so that's an amplifier AND GLX-R piece of cr@p floor mats i got for an extra $4000........

[Greedy]

so that's an amplifier AND GLX-R piece of cr@p floor mats i got for an extra $4000........

Don't forget a crappy bluetooth system.