I tried something different....
#1
I tried something different....
I had a 15 inch mtx sub which I got off of Thusee, and was offered an alpine amp for 60 bucks, I didnt have a box, so I decided on doing something cheap so I could have it up and working when I picked up the amp on Thursday.
I grabbed some mdf wood from Home depot 4 x 2 feet, and traced out the space behind the back seats and cut it out with my table jigsaw. Then I painted it up(yes I like painting lol) and installed it on thursday. Its not a high end sub, but it still gives me the kick I wanted.
I forgot to take pics before i started cutting and painting though
What do you guys think? Does it look ok or does it need some work?
After I painted it
Installed
It took me a day to do all the cutting and painting, then I installed it the next day after the paint dried thoroughly. I used some foam tape behind it so it doesnt have any gaps between the trunk and the wood. its pretty much sealed tight with the bottom portion under the wooden piece used as a port.
I grabbed some mdf wood from Home depot 4 x 2 feet, and traced out the space behind the back seats and cut it out with my table jigsaw. Then I painted it up(yes I like painting lol) and installed it on thursday. Its not a high end sub, but it still gives me the kick I wanted.
I forgot to take pics before i started cutting and painting though
What do you guys think? Does it look ok or does it need some work?
After I painted it
Installed
It took me a day to do all the cutting and painting, then I installed it the next day after the paint dried thoroughly. I used some foam tape behind it so it doesnt have any gaps between the trunk and the wood. its pretty much sealed tight with the bottom portion under the wooden piece used as a port.
Last edited by xxBvanxxx; 08-16-2008 at 01:55 PM.
#4
Back seats are still there I made it so there was breathing space for the sub, and wont get crushed, I still havent finished it for ppl to sit in the abck yet though. Driving with no passenger seat is cool, more room to throw ---- in lol.
#8
lol honestly it sounds fine, I could have just as well have purchased a box for 40, but I wanted to try something different. No rattling either, i was able to get rid of most of the distortions in the overall sound system, I jsut need to grab an amp to power my back speakers and I'm good.
#11
this is an excellent way to make a cheap box, if you think about it the whole trunk is your box haha...
when you get some money do a fiberglass one, they are sick plus you can custom make your design...good work man...
how much watts and rms is that sub?....
when you get some money do a fiberglass one, they are sick plus you can custom make your design...good work man...
how much watts and rms is that sub?....
#12
I dont wanna knock on you or anything BVAN... just making conversation, but is it really dedication, when you just make a face plate for your sub, and not a proper box, dedication is when you want to build something, and you do so, properly, IMO, not as good as it couldve been, you could have still used the faceplate idea, and build a box behind it or something, just doesnt seem like alot of time and effort put into it, once again, not trying to put you down or anything, just saying thats how it seems.
#14
I dont wanna knock on you or anything BVAN... just making conversation, but is it really dedication, when you just make a face plate for your sub, and not a proper box, dedication is when you want to build something, and you do so, properly, IMO, not as good as it couldve been, you could have still used the faceplate idea, and build a box behind it or something, just doesnt seem like alot of time and effort put into it, once again, not trying to put you down or anything, just saying thats how it seems.
#16
Naw I understand where your coming from, grabbing the materials, and tracing and measuring out the template, etc and cutting the wood and painting it all takes only about 5 mins... I wasnt going for the box in the trunk, I was actually trying to keep my trunk space, and utilize this for now, plus I like how it sounds. Im pushing the 325rms right now, I can power more, but I really dont care for that loud pound as I used to. I know my sub can sound a lot louder, but I dont even max it out with this. I'm past that phase lol my old system was running a 2000 watt Rockford sub with a 4000 watt amp running it. Running 1000 True RMS in my other teg(which I passed over to my brother). Trust me when I say I jsut wanted to try something different and see how it came out, personally I think its great and thats what matters right?
#17
^ dont worry next time I'll do it a little better lol. I'm not very good with wood working and all i really dont like touching that it isnt my thing, the face plate was really simple to make and I really wanted some sound so i jsut did it and im good, but if I had some time to create a box i would have done so. I'll be building a box behind it when i get some time.
#25
if you're doing the a free air or infinite baffle enclosure, you want to make sure the baffle (where the speaker mounts) is completely sealed, separating the front wave of the speaker from the backwave, otherwise you get cancellation. you also want to make sure the driver is designed for it too.
#26
^^^^QFTMFT.
With the proper enclosure and a free air sub it would definatly sound better than it does now. but if your happy with the way it came out then it all good.
Question how often do you drive with your seats down though? seems like you might as well drive around with a big "STEAL ME" sign on the car?
How does it sound with the seats up?
With the proper enclosure and a free air sub it would definatly sound better than it does now. but if your happy with the way it came out then it all good.
Question how often do you drive with your seats down though? seems like you might as well drive around with a big "STEAL ME" sign on the car?
How does it sound with the seats up?
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