Fiberglass Sub Box - Part 2 - Done and Installed (PICS)

[Rahul Sharma]

Well i finally got some time this weekend to get it all done and installed in the trac...



Wrapped up in fleece, soaked in resin:



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5 layers of FG added to the fleece (not on the mdf portion):



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Carpeted:



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With the Subs:



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2-channel amp driving the front door speakers (thanks to everyone's input for my previous post on that topic!):



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Amp and Box installed in the back:



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I also debadged the back of the trac, and with the extra decal lying around, thought i'd put it to good use!



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The system sounds awesome. with the back seats down it is unreal, but with the seats back up, you do loose a little bit. But i have all the audio equipment now and everything is wired in with 4awg or 8awg wire so if i ever get around to what i REALLY want to do (2 captain chairs in the back and a console that runs from the front to the back with a monitor and subs in it...1 day...) then most of my effort will be on the build of the console alone...but for now, this setup is exactly the sound i wanted...SPL meets SQ...so to speak....

 

[Carey Frennier]

Looks ok. I really like the subs. I'm planning on picking up a pair of Kickers myself. First I need to figure out what (if anything) I'm going to do with my two JBL1202D subs I have collecting dust.



The way I understand it, and my experiance had discovered that your bass shouldn't be effected by having the seats up or down because bass isn't directional like your front stage highs & mids. Your enclosure is sealed ,so unless you have ports somewhere (doesn't look it) that are being obstructed by the seat, you shouldn't lose anything. /shrug.

 

[Woppy V]

 

[Mike Dziubina]

those dick ceepek's are real nice....i love those wheels

 

[Chad Merry]

That box looks really good but why did you carve up the plastic cover? I have a very similar setup and did not cut anything except an additional hole for the second sub. Then made a new speaker cover out of 1/8" MDF and covered in speaker material.



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[Rahul Sharma]

psycareyo - it's not like i'm loosing a terrible amount of bass because the seats are up, i just "feel" more bass when they are down. i understand what you are saying. Also, the air space required by one of these subs in a sealed enclosure is .7 cuft to a max of 2.5 cuft, so the min with 2 of these is about 1.4 cuft. i am most certain that i am a little under that requirement, so that too impact the performance of the subs. if i were to have to captain chairs in the back and build a box in between, i think i would be better in the range needed for these bad boys.



Chad - i like your finish better for sure, it's nice an clean. i tried, but my problem was that i couldn't get the plastic (where i cut it at the bend) to go over the sub box. the box i built is taller then yours, and a bit wider as well, so i had no choice but to do that. i will still look at tidying it up a bit - the side the the amp on it.



thanks Woppy, and Mike, i love those wheels too!



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[Chad Merry]

RS,

After thinking a little, I hope I did not offend you. I can now see where your boxes are bigger and that may have caused fit problems.. By the way your ST looks sweet, I want to get 2 toned rims (silver/black) on my ST real bad..

 

[Shaun Tucker]

nice work man. your trac is looking (& now sounding) great

 

[Rahul Sharma]

Chad - not at all ! no worries, no offense, i would have loved to keep it clean as possible, but the box was larger and it just wouldn't have fit.



Thanks Shaun - yes, it's sounding great too now!