Sorry man, but you will *have* to either cut the face plate, or buy the DMCH upgrade. There is simply *no* way around this, unless you wanna opt for another tape deck. Amplifier? - YES Woofer? - Maybe. Depends on how much bass you want. If you listen to a lot of rap and the like, this is obviously a must. Where do you plan to mount this sub? DMCH / DMCF's upgrade is about $1,000 or so, and they really give you the works! My only gripe with this setup is that you lose the driver-side lockbox for the 8" sub. Some people remove the spare tire and drop in big subs in there. I personally don't recommend this setup, only because I've had to use my spare tire before! I have four 5.25" speakers, two in the footwells, two on the rear-shelf. The deck is a Sony MP3 CD player... I forget the model number, but it cost about $120. 52 x 4 peak, around 20 ~ 22 RMS. In my experience, this has been a real lousy setup. The deck was really worth the $120, and the sound is good too... up until around 55 mph. I'm thinking an amplifier may solve this problem, but I haven't decided anything quite yet. I may go 6x9s in the rear shelf, and tweeters in the front dash (where the old 3s were). Subwoofer in the trunk, alongside an amp or two. But I digress. If you really like the sound of your home stereo set, you're going to have to spend some real money to copy that sound over to your DeLorean (you can quite easily run up your $1k budget). If you're really a nutball like I am, you may also take a few avenues to reduce the level of sound the DeLorean itself produces (wind noise, engine noise, etc etc). Dynamat (it is Dynamat, right?) is a popular choice. And there's always new seals and what not. Hope this helps. Regards, William F. #1366 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/