There are couple of reasons for the senario that you are seeing one is that you are loading the woofer two is that lower frequencies need a longer wavelength in order to play now you are making for a longer wavelength by causing frequencies to travel the distance to the back and then to the front of the car. To see more on loading there is a post in install about woofer placement.

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