 » Site Navigation | | | | » Recent Threads | | | |  |  |  | |  09-13-2005, 02:46 PM | #1 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: UK Posts: 312 |  Custom Sub enclosure
Just finished installing the sub box I've been building for the last few days.It's made out of fibreglass & mdf,houses a 12" Alpine S class & weighs about ½ of what an all mdf box would. Sound the muts nuts as well  What'd yall reacon?   If anyone fancies having a go at building one for themselves here's the tutorial that inspired me. http://www.talkaudio.co.uk/vbb/showthread.php?t=76606 My box differs a little as I built the baffle out of fibreglass to give it a bit more volume. |  |  | | 09-13-2005, 03:26 PM | #2 | | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Virginia Posts: 247 |
Damn! That is pretty darn cool.
I have dual 12" Rockfords in a bandpass box...but it takes up pretty much the whole trunk...I may look into that as an alternative.
Nice work! __________________ Silver 98 318ti Standard trans, Sport Package: 16" Stock Wheels, Foglamps, Sunroof, Heated Leather Seats, Bilstein performance shocks, OEM Sach's clutch kit, Dunlop SP Sport A2 225/50/16 tires, Alpine CDA 7894, Dual Rockford Fosgate 12" subs, Rockford Fosgate Amp, Leather Armrest, Replaced M44 engine with only 40k on it!
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Very clean. Nice job! __________________
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looks sweet | | | | | 09-14-2005, 06:31 AM | #5 | | Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: New Mexico Posts: 66 |
beautiful! where did you find the matching carpet? and was it hard to take that shape? it looks like it belongs there awesome job! | | | | | 09-14-2005, 01:22 PM | #6 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: UK Posts: 312 |
It's actually alot easier than you'd think, just make sure you cover everthing with plastic trash bags/tape. I got a small drop of resin on my bumper & there's no way it'll come off. The carpets not a perfect match although it looks ok, it's just standard black 'sub-box' carpet I got off ebay for a few quid. Here's a good site that shows how you get the contoured frount baffle shape using fleece stretched over an mdf ring: http://web.njit.edu/%7Ecas1383/proj/main/ | | | | | 09-15-2005, 04:41 AM | #7 | | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Virginia Posts: 247 |
How did you attach your amps to your seats?? Is there metal inside to screw into? __________________ Silver 98 318ti Standard trans, Sport Package: 16" Stock Wheels, Foglamps, Sunroof, Heated Leather Seats, Bilstein performance shocks, OEM Sach's clutch kit, Dunlop SP Sport A2 225/50/16 tires, Alpine CDA 7894, Dual Rockford Fosgate 12" subs, Rockford Fosgate Amp, Leather Armrest, Replaced M44 engine with only 40k on it!
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Quote: | Originally Posted by evalha007 How did you attach your amps to your seats?? Is there metal inside to screw into? | The seat backs are sheet metal under the trim so I just drilled pilot holes & used self tapping screws. | | | | | 01-25-2006, 11:53 PM | #9 | | TRETEN IRGENDEINES ESELS Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Rhode Island Posts: 3,687 |
Quote: | Originally Posted by halek The seat backs are sheet metal under the trim so I just drilled pilot holes & used self tapping screws. | Yeah thats how i mounted my cd changer. I forget his name but he lives in Jamaica and has a red ti,he just did a custom side enclosure for his sub. __________________ 98 Avus Blue 318 ti Active
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nice enclosure | | | | | 01-26-2006, 01:43 AM | #11 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Fort Collins, CO Posts: 1,305 |
very nice, very clean | | | | | 01-26-2006, 02:03 AM | #12 | | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: çî˙ ĝf ċNgëL§, CA Posts: 5,314 |
are you gonna make one for the other side???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? | | | | | 01-26-2006, 08:56 AM | #13 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: UK Posts: 312 |
Quote: | Originally Posted by 1996Bmw318TI are you gonna make one for the other side? | No, the setup as it is doesn't need another sub. I'm into sound quality not SPL/streetbass. One thing I have done since, is fit some sub ports in the parcel shelf to let some of that sweet bass into the cabin.   | | | | | 02-06-2006, 01:26 PM | #14 | | Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Newcastle, England Posts: 71 |
I build enclosures on both sides just for my amps.
Removed the spare wheel and build a sub box under there and fliped the sub over (so can see the chrome) and centered it in the boot!
shop quote: £400
DIY Price: £35 plus 2 days labour
can you believe that!!!!!!! | | | | | 02-06-2006, 01:52 PM | #15 | | Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: England, UK Posts: 1,288 |
how much would you charge to build one like your again halek?  __________________
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