I just finished My trunk on Friday. it took me a good 10+ hours, working on my spare time, but I finally finished. I started because i got sick of carrying stuff in my back seats, and i could not fold the seats down, so i went from a huge waste of space at the back of my trunk, to two slightly less wastes of space on the sides. now i can fold my seats down and carry "long" stuff (golf clubs, hockey stick, snowboard) Also when I said 150$, that did not include the actual stereo electronics, that was in there before. I spent:
33$ on a sheet of 3/4" MDF [RONA]
22$ on 6m of felt [wal-mart]
20$ on hinges, screws, lock [ home hardware]
25$ on led light [wal-mart]
35$ on 2 11x15 sheets perforated stainless 22 ga [Arc-tec welding]
0$ on random scraps of 3/8" + 3/4"plywood for the middle part. [my dad's garage]
135$ total.
Check it out and tell me what you think.
Thanks guys. No i'm not really worried about the amp overheating, before it was sandwitched between the box and the back seats, I don't really see it being any worse.. and it's not chicken mesh. as to the DIY, i know, i should have, but I didn't even think about it until the sub boxes were finished and I had started felting them, by then it was almost too late. but I could provide a set of prints and a walk-through. I'll work on it. The construction was pretty simple, all you need is pretty much a table saw, a jig saw and a nail gun. Also the boxes should be almost exactly 1 cubic foot of airspace.
I'm not really sure, it does sound a little different than before, slightly more quiet, but I did go from a ported enclosure to a sealed one, I'm pretty sure that is where my difference in sound is coming from. Good news though, I have a buddy who wants one of these setups, so I may be building another in the next few weeks, I will do up a DIY then.
I'm not really sure, it does sound a little different than before, slightly more quiet, but I did go from a ported enclosure to a sealed one, I'm pretty sure that is where my difference in sound is coming
Yeah I would have some concerns about cancellation with the subs firing towards each other in that way. It's always so tough to know for sure though when you're also changing enclosure type.
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Originally Posted by mneuls
I have a buddy who wants one of these setups, so I may be building another in the next few weeks
Maybe if you do this car and your buddy only wants one 12" or something you do the sub on one side and the amp across from it. Then compare the systems and see what you prefer? Just a thought.
this is the true beauty of doing a job yourself. for one, it is something to be proud of, but even more importantly, if you paid someone to do this for you, im willing to bet it would cost you upwards of 500. after looking at prices for sub boxes at worst buy, and realized that a plain box, that was smaller than what i needed, was over 150. I built my box for less than $30. Its hard for me to pay that much for something knowing how little it costs to make. looks real good man, although might be time to splurge on some speaker covers
