new subwoofer box........HOME MADE!!!!!

http://members.cardomain.com/ruffkilla · by **greeensolara** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 8:22 pm

so i got sick of my old box takin up my whole entire trunk.... i thought about it and got my brains together to make somthin like this... all what it had cost me is 15 dollars and about 4 hours of labor cause of the lack of tools.. but for those who have the tools shouldnt take that much! take a look hope you like it. i would love to know what you think ... thanks..

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it sucks i didnt spend time lookin for a background that will match.. so i just got black.. to closest

by **SC V6** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 8:32 pm

neat x's

by **dominoSLEV6** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 9:51 pm

Nice. With a little more work or carpeting over the wood it would actually look really sick, and it's very functional for what you were going for.

Props to you on that.

-chris

by **theprodigy79** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 10:31 pm

Hey bro, looks pretty good! Definitely saves a lot of space :-)

If you want to get a perfect (or nearly perfect) match on it, you may want to consider carpeting it. The materials can be found dirt cheap at your local hardware store (Home Depot for example) and it would be VERY simple to carpet that panel (and it would look great)!

Couple of questions for you:

#1) What kind of power are you running to those subs, and at what volume do you usually play your music? I ask because you are going from a bandpass enclosure to an infinite baffle mount... If you like to crank up the bass and have a high power amplifier you may have some issues, however if you listen to your music at moderate levels and have an amplifier that pushes right around the RMS rating of the subs (or a bit less) you should be fine... Infinite mounts reduce power handling, so just be careful and you'll be alright (and don't crank it with your trunk open)!

#2) What kind of wood did you use (and what width)? From the shots it looks like you used 1/2" thick plywood, but I'm not sure... If so, you may want to step up to 3/4" (and consider using MDF fiberboard, although plywood will be fine and actually weighs about half as much). 1/2" will have a lot of flex (esp on plywood), and it may not support those subs properly (weight wise or pressure wise). If you did use 3/4", just ignore this question (it was hard to tell from the shots)!!

Keep in mind, It won't be nearly as loud as the bandpass, but it will have much better low frequency extention and transient response (ability to perform quick musicle changes), so it should sound pretty good!

So.. most important question:

How does it sound??

Enjoy it bro! :-D

-James

http://members.cardomain.com/ruffkilla · by **greeensolara** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 2:27 am

^^^^^
1. i went to home depot to see if they have the carpet and they didnt have any that would match the color... they had a light blue one.. so i passes and just put black vinyl for the time being... ill do this some other time.
2. i used 3/4 and its plywood.. i really wanna reduce the weight of it.. i was gonna use oak... but its too heavy.. i think this should do the job..

I know the bass wont be hittin as much as it used to because of the bandpass and the infinite.. but i dont like to boost the bass up all the way.. even with the bandpass i had it all the way down.... the amp. matches the subs specs.. so im assumin it should be great.. i didnt get a chance to hook up the wires yet cause it got dark and i got tired... so tomorrow ima do that and ill let you know how it sounds... i usually run my music aroun 17, max is 48 and its pretty loud at 17 with pioneer all around and a pioneer head unit
hopefully it will satisfy my needs when it comes to a lil bass.
thanks for your interest and advices

Moe

by **Paladin06Greg** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 4:09 am

That's very similiar to what I had made. It's an enclosed box filled with foam and covered with carpet to match the trunk.

by **SleeperSolara** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 6:26 am

Looks pretty good to me.
Ncie job man.

by **hskrsolara** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 8:03 am

Man, those have to be some shallow mounting subs to pull that off! Looks good man, and you did it yourself, which is always a plus

by **gone** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 8:09 am

looks great

http://members.cardomain.com/ruffkilla · by **greeensolara** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 12:47 pm

i put everything together today.. all the wires are great hooked and mounted... and the subs sound a lot better and hit harder tooo!!!!!!! i was like WTF, i shouldve done this a long time ago... its awesome i love it! it sounds clean and i had to turn down the amp all the way cause it was hittin so hard...

by **Sap Z** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 12:52 pm

looks great man.

keep up the good work

by **theprodigy79** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 1:30 pm

greeensolara wrote:i put everything together today.. all the wires are great hooked and mounted... and the subs sound a lot better and hit harder tooo!!!!!!! i was like WTF, i shouldve done this a long time ago... its awesome i love it! it sounds clean and i had to turn down the amp all the way cause it was hittin so hard...

Awesome, that's great to hear! I'm glad that everything worked the way you wanted it to (or better actually)! That's phat that you can now save that much trunk space. :-)

Take care,

-James

by **trdkamuri51o** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 8:13 pm

my only question is how are you supporting that board from falling over. some pics with the seats down to see it would tell us alot too.. good job on it.. cant wait to see it carpeted...

http://members.cardomain.com/ruffkilla · by **greeensolara** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 12:17 am

^^^ one screw is holdin the board.. when i cut it i made sure it was a lil big like a MM ( melimeter) so when i put it in it would be forced by the sides... i just put one screw with a medal corner on the top middle to hold it from moving... i really doubt its gonna fall cause i moved it in with a hammer

new subwoofer box........HOME MADE!!!!!

new subwoofer box........HOME MADE!!!!!

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