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I'm currently building a custom trunk for my car, it's not finnished yet, but I taught i'd post some pics while doing it and post more when done. I did something somewhat similar to the DIY, but with one sub and because my type-r was deeper than the subs in the DIY, I had to make 4 steps to stick my sub out more. Im not sure how it's gonna sound yet, but hope it doesnt sound too bad because of the steps.

 
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Looks good, can't wait to see it when it is done.

 
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looks good just take ur time

 
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Wow, lookin nice and clean.

 
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that looks great
lol i htink i might copy it and modify like putting a grille over the sub or soemthing

 
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Here are some more pics. everything is completly sanded, assembled and ready for primer and paint.
Ill post one more final pic when it is painted and in my car.

Anybody have any ideas on wich colour i should paint it??? My car is white, but i think that might be too easy to get dirty.

 
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interesting concept

 
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looks good man, keep postin' pics man, i wanna see how it comes out

 
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paint it blue. Like the color on the Alpine amp

 
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nniiice!!

 
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A few more pics. Everything is done and ready to go in the car. The only thing missing in the pics is the 2 power wires entering the distobution block, the cover of the distrobution block, the 2 ring terminals for the cap, the remote wire and the RCA's (cause they are all in the car). I will post one final pic of it in the car later today or tommorow.

 
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Very nice setup

 
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very unique

 
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color me jealous.. excellent design and I like the color...not sure how it will sound though...so updates!!

 
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What material are you using? Is that mdf?

 
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interesting

 
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Props for uniqueness

 
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Here are the last pics, it's finnaly in my car, but can't turn it on t'ill i go buy my new headunit, so i will only be able to tell you how it sounds when i get the HU. anyways, i decided to cut a hole in the carpet and staple it to my base underneath so it looks like the base is on top of the carpet, cause if i hadn't put carpet, on each sides it had nothing cause my new base doesn't cover the whole trunk. I also installed 4 LED's on top of trunk to come on when the trunk opens.







yes, it's 3/4" MDF

 
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Ahhhhh stock mids and highs. Looks very nice.

 
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no, changing the fronts, putting infinity components, but not amping them, i would have loved to, but gotta buy a double din alpine HU (iva-w200) wich is draining me another 1500$. i hope those infinity's will be loud as my stocks, i only send frequencies over 80 hz to my speakers just to get the higher frequencies, i send the lower frequencies to my sub. i went to look for a 4 chanel alpine to match the mrd-605 i have right now for the sub and it was another 500+ before taxes, so i said forget it, and now my trunk is made, so it's too late to put another amp on that. Anyways, i gotta start spending a little more on outside looks now (drop, rims, .......)

 
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that came out nice..hows it sound?

 
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thats HOT... I love the white... goes with the car very nicely ! Good job!

 
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very nice. origional. i like it

 
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I want to thank everybody for all the compliments!!!

not sure yet, waiting for my new HU, it's only available to ship in like 3 weeks, will let you know when i get it

 
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Looks good - job well done!
My only fear is the size of the enclosure for the sub.
Thats a nice sub, and it really doesn't *look* like there is the right about of volume... how did you account for this?

 
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give the man a chance...he already said he won't hook it up u til he get a new HU. Good job man, looks really good. Again, only concern is the air space for that sub. i would have painted a diff color or even covered it in carpet, but that's just me

+1 for your creative genius

 
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yeah I know, that is my only fear. Anybody know the volume needed for a type-r? I have no idea, i never built a sub box before, I made it the biggest posible 18X18 and 5 1/2 tall (thats the box that is underneath the base). But I have a full 4 years waranty on the sub (so they automatically replace it if it blows). I don't really listen to it extremely loud and often anyways.

 
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i dunno either, but i would think about 1.5 ft^3 should be sufficient....hmmm..the math tells me you have about 1.03 ft^3 (1728 in^3)....that may be a little small...don't know if you said already but what size is that sub. if it's a 10" you might still be ok since it is a sealed enclosure....10" needs .5-.8 ft^3 and 12" needs .7- 1 ft^3 in a sealed box as per both Crutchfield and the Alpine website. You should be good dude, let us know how it sounds!!!


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it looks awesome - but the volume is something you're going to want to make sure is as close to spec. as possible - a little bit won't matter....

Check out the website, they should have the specs for it.
I'm the worst for this stuff - but I know from experince that if the volume isn't correct it's not going to sound very good!...and it can be detrimental to your speaker (sub).

IF it's too small the way it is, you could always make more room under it by removing the spare wheel and building an extension on the box.
Or, add another level or 2...

Hope it works out for ya, looks slick!

 
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looks great with the car!
+1 for design, uniqueness
i wouldn't change the colour or carpet it