Sub help
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Sub help
I just got around to upgrading from stock system, and got
-a pair of Polk db652's (with an amp to power them)
-a Kicker 40CWRT101 (10")
-and a pioneer GM-D8601 to power the sub.
I got all of it installed at Car toys. The sub is in the factory location, and when turned up, it rattles the frame it is in, and hits hard, but not nearly as hard as it should. It is a good kicker, and the amp meets its RMS needs (+ 50%), and the sub has a pretty high sensitivity and low bottom frequency. It should be rattling my bones, but instead is just rattling behind me. I don't know if this is because it needs a bigger enclosure, or I need to deaden the inside.
What should I do to bring the sub to its potential? and should I use Dynamat, or something else? Thanks, and sorry if I sound dumb
-a pair of Polk db652's (with an amp to power them)
-a Kicker 40CWRT101 (10")
-and a pioneer GM-D8601 to power the sub.
I got all of it installed at Car toys. The sub is in the factory location, and when turned up, it rattles the frame it is in, and hits hard, but not nearly as hard as it should. It is a good kicker, and the amp meets its RMS needs (+ 50%), and the sub has a pretty high sensitivity and low bottom frequency. It should be rattling my bones, but instead is just rattling behind me. I don't know if this is because it needs a bigger enclosure, or I need to deaden the inside.
What should I do to bring the sub to its potential? and should I use Dynamat, or something else? Thanks, and sorry if I sound dumb
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JAPZILLA (09-08-2016)
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Build a box with an 8" or 10" that fires out thru the factory opening. As mentioned above currently the sub is not in a box or enclosure. There are solutions available but all of them I've seen fire the sub down which is just going to generate rattles like crazy. I really wish one of these fiberglass sub box makers would just take their current design and modify it for a front firing 10", hopefully a setup that completely replaces the stock sub frame and grill since those rattle too even after dynamatting.
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There's also a company that builds an enclosure that fits with a 10" JL sub or a 13" shallow JL sub in the stock location.
Might want to search around a bit for it.
I can't seem to recall which site it was. sorry
EDIT: Wickedcas makes it.
http://www.wickedcas.com/product.php...8&bestseller=Y
Might want to search around a bit for it.
I can't seem to recall which site it was. sorry
EDIT: Wickedcas makes it.
http://www.wickedcas.com/product.php...8&bestseller=Y
Last edited by shyun1250; 09-13-2016 at 04:46 PM.
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Owned one, can confirm: rattle city. You are pressurizing air in a thin metal box covered by snapped on random bits of plastic.
You need to pressurize the air in the car, this means a front firing sub. The hard part is building a box that fits the glove area and at the same time completely seals it off. Wicked just needs to make that down firing box into a front firing one and the problem is solved. Given the space this might require having only an 8" sub but I'd rather have one clean 8" then a sloppy 12".
You need to pressurize the air in the car, this means a front firing sub. The hard part is building a box that fits the glove area and at the same time completely seals it off. Wicked just needs to make that down firing box into a front firing one and the problem is solved. Given the space this might require having only an 8" sub but I'd rather have one clean 8" then a sloppy 12".
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