Subwoofer enclosures

nineball · Post by **nineball** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 9:39 am

who says you have to run your amp at max power? just turn your gain down 33% and you will be fine.

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 9:41 am

I want more power, haha. IIRC, the Kicker systems in the SRTs have 300 RMS, so I'd be half a step over that with stuff that can do more. So if I were to go that route, I should sell my stuff and pick up the kicker stuff, and swap back to a stock CD player.

nineball · Post by **nineball** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 10:17 am

the stock kicker amp does 100rms @ 1ohm.

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 10:18 am

Hm. 300 max then? Apparently I was wrong.

nineball · Post by **nineball** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 10:20 am

i highly doubt it does even 300 max.

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 10:21 am

What is that system, 10" sub, right?

If only I could find a box just like that one with a 12" sub opening, I'd do that in a heartbeat.

Someone start making this shit!

nineball · Post by **nineball** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 10:22 am

make it yourself! the hardest part would be making the mounting ring and you can buy them all day long online.

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 10:27 am

I have never done FG work and am not terribly interested in making my car smell like resin.

nineball · Post by **nineball** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 10:40 am

fg is super easy to do and your car won't smell like resin. head over to www.fiberglassforums.com and you will learn everything you need to. if you can wait i am going to be building a new enclosure later this summer, maybe a corner even but i haven't decided yet. i'll be posting pics and a how-to as well.

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 10:55 am

Oh I'm in no hurry to do this, haha.

However, everything that I've read is that in order to make the mould of the trunk I need to in order to make this fit properly, I'd need to do some of the resin work in the trunk. So how, then, would it not make the car stink?

nineball · Post by **nineball** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 11:11 am

step 1. put down 2 layers of blue painters tape, in opposite directions, 6'10" PAST the area you want to make.

step 2. put down a layer of aluminum foil over the tape and tape the seams.

step 3. lay out tarps over the areas that are not being glassed.

basically you are sealing off anything but the area to be glassed. in a properly vented area, with the trunk open and seatback up, you should have no problems with vapors in the car. here is a nice little thread showing how to make a corner mold.

http://fiberglassforums.com/showthread. ... corner+box

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 12:15 pm

Except that with the fabric seats up, the smell will permeate the seats.

1972demon · Post by **1972demon** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 12:28 pm

if you were closer i would make you up something , but you shipping me the sub and then me shipping back a box and sub would be killer.

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 12:30 pm

You could just base it off of a 12 inch sub and bring it to Carlisle. Then give it to Adam, and I can pick it up from him, haha.

1972demon · Post by **1972demon** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 12:32 pm

if you want to wait that long , but i could make it happen, you want it kind of like the kicker but bigger, for more power.

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 12:33 pm

I'm just messing with ya, if you wanted to make one, I'd pay ya for it and all, but I have no monies for a while. But yeah, similar, but with enough space and all to run my sub. And ideally, one for the opposite side of the trunk so I can keep both subs.

1972demon · Post by **1972demon** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 1:04 pm

if i get bored during the show season i will see what i can come up with.

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 1:08 pm

In return I'll totally wear a cheetah/plaid toga and model with your car.

nineball · Post by **nineball** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 6:28 pm

TheRandom1 wrote:Except that with the fabric seats up, the smell will permeate the seats.

not gonna happen. it would have to go through the cloth on the back of the seat, then through the metal plate under the cloth, then through the padding and finally through the seat cover. i have done many, many fiberglass builds and none of the interiors ever smelled like resin when i was finished. the only way that will happen would be if you literally poured liquid resin into the interior and let it cure.

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Sat Mar 20, 2010 12:07 am

Good. Then come on over and do mine.

nineball · Post by **nineball** » Sat Mar 20, 2010 12:12 am

i have the tools, workspace and knowledge. i will build it for lunch and a 12 pack plus materials if you drive here. hell i can make the mold before you even get here.

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Sat Mar 20, 2010 12:14 am

Hmm, that's an idea... where is "here" I assume nowhere near Chicago.

nineball · Post by **nineball** » Sat Mar 20, 2010 12:15 am

everything is near chicago if you are willing to travel enough. about 30 mins west of cleveland, so not that bad.

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Sat Mar 20, 2010 12:18 am

No, not terrible...

FAC3L3SS · Post by **FAC3L3SS** » Sat Mar 20, 2010 12:21 am

I'll come! It's like 3 hours for me.

nineball · Post by **nineball** » Sat Mar 20, 2010 12:27 am

ok, i'll make it simple. if anyone wants an enclosure i will guide you through it, but you have to buy all materials (i'll give you a list and the site to buy the fg stuff, everything else we can get at harbor freight cheaply) and you will be doing the work. i will step in where need be and tell you how to do everything but if i am not charging for my labor then you are providing it

i will still only charge lunch and a 12 pack.

i do have a lot of projects to do this summer including a new interior in one of my cars but i should have a couple weekends open.

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Sat Mar 20, 2010 12:28 am

Nice, good deal man.

Dan is supposed to come out here and give me a hand too, so we'll see how that goes as well.