Hey guys.....

I made a box for my fd in shop class but I want something more custom. One that takes up the whole hatch area. I want it to be metal and to be able to be painted. any of you guy know where I can find pics of this or a shop who could do such a project.

Matt

 

Dude, what city are you in? What state, for that matter?

 

olympia Wa. I know I've seen some in import tuner and such.

Matt

 

anyone?

 

DamonB has done a batch of subwoofer enclosure........

do a search for him....

 

check on cardomain.com, there are a couple.

you want it to be metal? i don't think it is a good idea...

 

why is it not a good idea to be metal? Aluminum?

 

I know very little about car stereos. I have never owned a car CD player and the radio in my R1 doesn't even work.

However, I do know that the acoustic characteristics of a metal enclosure would not be as good as that of a wooden one.

 

what if it's a thicker metal?

 

Ok, Do a custom wheel well enclosure in fiberglass and then make the facad out of aluminum.

 

hhhmmmmm, that would work nice........ it gives me the option of powder coating it any color/texture I like.

Better then the traditional carpet

 

I have been around car stereo nuts for a couple of years now and I have never seen an enclosure that incorporated metal into the design. The sound quality, and resonance for that matter, of metal make it bad choice for the construction of any audio enclosure. You want to use MDF (meduim-density fiberboard) to make your enclosure. If you want to make a box similar to those in show cars than you will need to make the baffles and structure out of MDF and then, for lack of a better description, cover it in fiberglass. THen the fiberglass can be painted to a show-quality finish. I recomend that you search for some car audio forums. They can give you step by step instructions.

 

thanks guys. I had no idea that metal would not be a good choice of material to use with a speaker box. I really like the idea of the use of fiberglass. any of you guys have pic?

matt

 

In my humble, and moreover expert opinion, there is no such thing as a good sub box for an Rx-7, esp. an FD. Anything on display in a glass solarium like our cars will just look ridiculous. Subs are for trunks.

 

Why not pick up a Inifinity Basslink for ~200 on ebay and be done with it.... Decent thump for the $$


http://www.sounddomain.com/sku/INFBASSLINK

 

I've got a carpet semi custom box i made in shop class. It holds three tens and I think it looks nice, but I just want something a little nicer that will really inhance the look of the car.

I'll get some pics up of the box in the next day or so.

Matt

 

How's this for an FD Bass Unit?

 

hah looks like a twinky foz

 

lol, no ****.

 

NICE!!! Simple.

 

Dont ask me why some of these things have been done.

ill post some pics in a sec

 

I wouldnt mind having a few of these setups though

 

gay gay gay and more gay..... do somthing diffrent like remover the BINS and put subs there..... you heard it here first.

 

hey..this one looks pretty nice. might have to do something like this with my JLs.

 

I've heard sub setups in the bins, it's a poor location to load bass in the car.