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Old May 10, 2006 | 05:19 PM
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2nd gen subwoofer placement

after spending hours reading the threads that i got when i searched, I'll buy off on the best place to put a sub is at the back of the car in the spare tire well.

anybody got pics? or specs?

found tons of pics of subs in the bins, but that is where i keep the trunk monkey
http://www.trunkmonkeyad.com/
repost, but wtf
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Old May 12, 2006 | 10:57 PM
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If you want to put a sub at the back, your best bet is to make a custom box. Here are some of the boxes of other members and the one I'm making. But beware that you will add a lot of weight at the rear of your car.
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Old May 12, 2006 | 10:59 PM
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Nom mine, but it is way too big; so I have to fill the gap, and it's getting quite heavy.
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Old May 14, 2006 | 03:09 PM
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Mine is simple and effective.
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Old May 15, 2006 | 01:41 AM
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Mine is simple and effective.
Dude, how is that speaker still working? That Kicker is from the early 90's!!
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Old May 17, 2006 | 09:10 AM
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mine works great, plus when you flip the back carpet up
no one will ever know that you have a sub in your car,
and besides i really don't trust my 18yr old spare tire that
used to be sitting back there
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Old May 18, 2006 | 03:15 PM
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Dude, how is that speaker still working? That Kicker is from the early 90's!!
I still have a pair of 10'' Orions that thrash "Orion the Hot Setup"
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Old May 19, 2006 | 12:30 AM
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Originally Posted by sTaLa
If you want to put a sub at the back, your best bet is to make a custom box. Here are some of the boxes of other members and the one I'm making. But beware that you will add a lot of weight at the rear of your car.

I planned on doing something very similar to the first 3 pics but in a not so fancy way and using 8's instead. I know, who the heck uses 8's anymore. I'm not into bass like I used to be, but I still want to feel a little. My 5 1/4 components just aren't doing it for me.
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Old May 19, 2006 | 01:06 AM
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Originally Posted by fstrnyou
I planned on doing something very similar to the first 3 pics but in a not so fancy way and using 8's instead. I know, who the heck uses 8's anymore. I'm not into bass like I used to be, but I still want to feel a little. My 5 1/4 components just aren't doing it for me.
On the contrary we saw a guy last year come in with 4 8's and blew a 148.3dB. As for normal listening your right, shes not going to reach as low unleess you tune her that way. The box makes the driver not the other way around.

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Old May 19, 2006 | 01:15 AM
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On the contrary we saw a guy last year come in with 4 8's and blew a 148.3dB. As for normal listening your right, shes not going to reach as low unleess you tune her that way. The box makes the driver not the other way around.
Wow, what kinda 8's and what type of enclosure was he using?
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Old May 19, 2006 | 08:01 AM
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i dunno about that guy, but i was planning on using some RF 8's each rated at 200watts RMS.
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