Originally Posted by JustJeff
(Post 8670683)
Oh yeah....here is where I originally wanted to put the 8. With my experience with the JL10 under the reardeck, I wasn't expecting much satisfaction from the 8 under the deck. BUT it was also much, much easier to build than the same speaker mounted in the cockpit of the car.
Here is a view of an upgraded system in stock locations: http://www.viperalley.com/gallery/da...L_Speakers.JPG
Originally Posted by 90FC
(Post 8670659)
No. Should it?
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Originally Posted by DrKillJoY
(Post 8670767)
It's going to rattle the hell out of your wind deflector :lol: :D FWIW - That's pretty much where they put the subwoofer in the factory Viper system.
I'm surprised no previous RX vert owner has posted anything similar to the Viper pic? It seems "common sense" to want to put it/them there. But then again I got a better idea of the work involved and backed off. It seems like the 8 under the deck is going to be just fine, but time will tell. |
Under the deck surely is the popular choice.
Ive considered taking my top out permanently and making a fiberglass cowl (ala Corvette) and building the subs into the lower part of the covered area as their own deck along with the amps. Basically they would have a little "cave" under there covered on top by the fiberglass.... but that's a big project I'm not quite ready for. Example of Corvette Cowl I'm talking about http://www.gasolinealleyantiques.com...et-silver1.JPG |
Originally Posted by JustJeff
(Post 8670762)
I'm definitely function over form. Yeah the green stuff is fiberglass resin hardened. Read my post a little ways up, there is a quick write-up on how I made it.
Ooohhh. Sorry I had looked though it a yester day, I must have forgot.
Originally Posted by JustJeff
(Post 8670762)
I've got a couple pics of the opposite side of the box I can post if you'd like.
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Originally Posted by DrKillJoY
(Post 8670767)
It can. Depending heavily on the quality of the plywood and the wood used to make those plys. Some plywood such as birch ply or A-A marine plywood can be very good for making boxes, while other types of plywood with lower ratings can contain imperfections and poor adhesive materials which can lead to poor performance. MDF is generally considered the best bang for the buck when building boxes because the material is generally consistant and easy to work with.
If it starts giving me trouble, I'll just rip it out and start over. I'm not really one to say good enough.;) |
Yeah that's part of it wood separation, but also there is typical a lack of uniformity in the wood. Some areas are dense, some not so much. These can cause other sound quality issues. It might not be an issue for a casual install, but just knowing it was there would give me nightmares. :D
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DKJ basically summed it up for me. In my expirence, just say no to plywood.
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Originally Posted by DrKillJoY
(Post 8671128)
Yeah that's part of it wood separation, but also there is typical a lack of uniformity in the wood. Some areas are dense, some not so much. These can cause other sound quality issues. It might not be an issue for a casual install, but just knowing it was there would give me nightmares. :D
And I don't like to think anything I've done to my car as "casual". :D |
I meant casual as in non-competitive, not as in the quality of work.
99% of installs aren't meant for competition, I figured "amateur" would have a less appropriate term. |
Originally Posted by DrKillJoY
(Post 8671254)
I meant casual as in non-competitive, not as in the quality of work.
99% of installs aren't meant for competition, I figured "amateur" would have a less appropriate term. No, I would not consider my box a competition setup. |
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Here's the even uglier side of my enclosure. The woven material you see is fiberglass matting cut into strips. I included a pic of the well, add some deadening material to the well and it form fits, with very little unused space.
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Originally Posted by DrKillJoY
(Post 8670972)
Under the deck surely is the popular choice.
Ive considered taking my top out permanently and making a fiberglass cowl (ala Corvette) and building the subs into the lower part of the covered area as their own deck along with the amps. Basically they would have a little "cave" under there covered on top by the fiberglass.... but that's a big project I'm not quite ready for. Example of Corvette Cowl I'm talking about http://www.gasolinealleyantiques.com...et-silver1.JPG |
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I've installed a couple of sub setups in my FC and I found that the box in the storage bins sound like S--t. I was using 8" Kicker competition speakers with an Alpine v12 amp. It looked the best, but did not perform good. I ended up buying a 8" 4ohm dual voice coil Bazooka tube and mounted it to my rear strut tower bar. Looks good and sound great. My amp is located in the storage bin now. My garage has a picture of the bazooka tube installed.
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ah nevermind I misread. anyway I have a 12 in my vert. pictures to come.
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Originally Posted by 10thaniv
(Post 8677757)
I've installed a couple of sub setups in my FC and I found that the box in the storage bins sound like S--t. I was using 8" Kicker competition speakers with an Alpine v12 amp. It looked the best, but did not perform good. I ended up buying a 8" 4ohm dual voice coil Bazooka tube and mounted it to my rear strut tower bar. Looks good and sound great. My amp is located in the storage bin now. My garage has a picture of the bazooka tube installed.
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Originally Posted by yeti
(Post 8679184)
ah nevermind I misread. anyway I have a 12 in my vert. pictures to come.
Why does there seem to be a direct correlation to reading comprehension and being a prick on the internet. :dunno: (I only make this statement after seeing numerous people today make rude lil snips, only to apologize about it or edited it moments later citing they misread) |
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Oh it would have been the same reaction in person too.. I don't remember exactly what I said but I was about the packaging peanuts I thought they were leaving it in the box as you would with polyfil. Instead of using it as a unit of measure. haha But yeah I have some ployfil in mine but I'm not sure of the effects. Anyway, here are some pictures I have...
The purple paint is what I had around, it's chipping because there was some weird primer stuff used that didn't work. And this was my first and cold ass winter outside box. So it's not the best. Although I think it's alright I could certainly do much better now that I have some experience. |
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I found an old pic of my sub in storage bin. I did not want to cut the lid up, triing to keep all parts on my 10th original. Now the bin looks like this.
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so i finally got around to building a box for my 10. what i did was take out the passenger side storage bin completely and build the box within the parameters of the stock bins, its a pretty small box but i'm not going for huge slumpin bass, it should sound pretty tight because the airspace is limited, but i utilized what was available to me :) . it's drying as we speak, as soon as i get it screwed in and carpeted i'll post pics, just giving an update.
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hmm, tried out the box that i made and not too satisfied with it, the bass it gives is ok, tight and punchy but just not enough for me, i made it as level as i could without having to make it slanted to conform to the bottom of the bin, so it was only about 6-7" deep. i'm going to redo the bottom half of it and make a custom fiberglass enclosure so it'll give more air space. should be done with it pretty quick so i'll let everyone know as soon as i finish :)
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Finally got the pics up
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I like that setup Islanders
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10 inch oldschool Rockford Fosgate Punch.
What I did was instead of making a box, I used the composite material that is already below the bins and injected Great Stuff Foam to make the bin area enclosed. Then right behind the passenger seat, near the bottom side of the bin, I drilled out a 3 inch hole and inserted a bass port and sealed it up as well. Sounds great and have ran it like this for 4 years. |
How does those speakers sound in fiberglass enclosures? Don't believe i've heard any like that yet just mdf.
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