Friend,

I am in the market to get a woofer. I am trying to keep it as clean as possible. I was wondering if behind the driver’s seat panel will work ok.

Please advice,

George from Pasadena,

 

Yes, it works fine. Mine is DIY with the chamber sealed and "dynamatted."

I'm using a JL 10W3v3 with the sub compartment sealed. My friends are shocked by the quality and setup :-)

 

Unless you're going to go thru the extremes of sealing the back of the cavity you're going to have to get a free-air sub-woofer rather than the much more commonly available sealed one. Keep in mind that if you seal the cavity that the interal volume is critical to the sound of the speaker.

 

JL Audio has a fantastic Stealthbox just for our cars!

Can be seen at:
http://mobile.jlaudio.com/products_s...hp?fit_id=1416

Can be purchased at:

http://acaraudio.com/product_info.ph...oducts_id=1556

Hope this helps...

-J

 

Can we see some pics? Did you just dynamat the inside & just used a free-air subwoofer? Where did you place your amp?

 

i believe nazar from wickedcas has a box for behind the seat, search the threads i think there is one here about it

 

It's been over 3 years so I don't have pictures anymore. At the time, there were no boxes available, and I did not want to put a sub in my hatch. I did not use a free air sub - it's just a JL 10W3V3. I recently replaced the V1 because it was over 6 years old.

The inside was completely covered with dynamat and I sealed the crevices with poly foam spray. It was a mess, but I covered up as much of the major stuff as I could. My dad even cut pieces of wood to help cover up the larger spots befor spraying poly foam spray. For the front panel, I cut an MDF board and bolted it on for the sub to be mounted. Then I used silicon gel to seal up the sub and some other leaky spots.

To test, I just tapped the sub a little bit and the seal was very good!

I know it's hard to believe, but I don't have any rattling issues. I adjusted the xover in the amp and my headunit to get some deep bass without any "puffy" sounds or rattling. I have a friend who has a 10W7 setup in his Integra, and the smoothness of the bass doesn't even compare to my setup. It pretty much shocks everyone :-)

Anyhow, I'm pretty sure it makes sense to buy the steathbox now.

As for the amp, I have two. I have a small 35x2 to power up a couple of 6x9s and 200x1 for the sub. It is all hidden in the passenger side compartment. I bolted the amp to the plastic cover so it can be easily removed to expose the wires underneath. It is a common place to put the amp, and I have no complaints about it.

 

We have over 4 possible boxes you can get for the 350Z any possible senario is covered.