I just installed mine today ive only been hearing how bad they were and im very impressed with mine, i mean yes its obv an 8 so it doesnt beat like crazy but im getting plenty of bass out of it for me...after hearing of the terrible rattles and such i added a lot of extra foam around mine and i have NO rattles at all. for me its perfect because i wanted to save the valuable space and wanted to keep everything oem looking aka no huge box, specs are im running a polk 180w powered by an alpine 4 ch amp thats bridged and amped pioneer 5.25's all around

like i said nothing crazy but the quality of the sound is very very good and im very pleased this would be a great set up for someone who wants to keep all the space but have some good bass

before i hid the wires



and crappy pic of it mounted

 

it looks good,i have 2 8" subs in my hatch,but thats a good use of space