I decided on JL 10W3-D2. The reason is because I don't have enough amp to push the JL10W6, and I think W3 should be sufficient in the stock compartment.

I will be going to HomeDepot to pick up the foam spray, and maybe find some kind of sound deadening mat. Not sure if I am going to either build a MDF box or just seal up the compartment. I am leaning toward the MDF box, after the mats are layed in.

 

That stuff is hard to work with. I've never used it in a car. As someone else mentioned, there are different densities and expansion rates for different foam products. So you might want to shop around.

I do know that the stuff will drip. You might want to make cardboard baffles to contain the stuff and keep it for dripping from the sides/ceiling. Leave room for it to expand or it will colapse your baffles. You might want to buy an extra can and practice with a box or something. I'm thinking a large shoe box suspended within the space might allow you to make a nicely shaped space of foam around the boxes exterior.

Also, this stuff is nasty. You don't want to get it on your seat or floor of the car. I'd recommend you unbolt the whole driver's side seat. Cover the floor with a drop cloth and tape plastic around the edges of the space. Also, I HIGHLY recommend that you buy some latex work gloves. Otherwise, you'll be waiting for a new layer of skin to grow to get that stuff off.

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Jeff

 

ya. no way that stuff drips. Its like TENACIOUS stuff. Dont get it on your hands, like they say.

 

Is the bose sub that goes in there a free-air, or is it in a box?

 

If your trying to set a big glob of it, it will drip. I was filling a large hole in my AC closet (in my condo) and it oozed out and fell on the floor. Put it on in layers if you need to go thick, or make a baffle. You can squirt the stuff lightly with a water spray bottle to get it to set quicker since the ooze relies on H2O to harden.
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Jeff

 

I am planning to do a thin coat aaaaalllll around, to solve the problem of drip and make a BIG F***in mess. Fortunately, if I ever sell, there is no reason for the buyer to look in there. Itll just be funny in 2035 when its at the junk yard, some person will look in there and, "WTF was the owner thinking. What a mess...what a dumasss"

 

thats a good question. I already went to the dealer and bought the "bose cover" now i'm trying to figure out how to remove everything. I think i'm going to try tonight...

i'lll let everyone know how it goes.

 

R

 

whoops, lol i didn't look at the date. hahahah

 

I did an install in my 2003. Don't have any pix right now. I'll get a hold of a digital camera this weekend and post pix Monday. I used the driver's side compartment to mount 2 punch amps(about a 18inch long/each), a 1 farad cap, pwr distribution block, relay to turn everything on, and 2 cooling fans.
Not a very easy job. The best way to work back there (if you're gonna use the space for amps) is to pull the driver's seat out and just sit on the floor board and work.
Bad news is, you gotta take that entire back panel off first. It is one long peice, stretching from the passenger side glove box to the driver's side. B4 you can remove this, you gotta pull the side panels off(the panels the are around the seat belt and small rear window area. Use a flashlight and long flathead screw driver. Everything is clipped on with little blue clips(they break easy). Once the plastic panels are off, there is a metal plate that has an eight inch hole in it, that covers the compartment. It is held on by 10mm screws...Once inside, you can remove the 2 metal tabs that hang from the ceiling of the compartment..This will free up more room. I used a pair of vice gripes, and just kept bending them back and forth until they snapped.
The compartment has an odd shape. Had to build brackets out of MDF: 2 shelves and 2 side walls.. You can screw those right into the frame. Ventilation is very poor in there. Originally, my sub amp kept cutting out until I installed 2 cooling fans. One fan can be mounted inside the compartment while you can mount the other behind the factory Bose cover panel. It will draw air from the cabin and force it inside the compartment.
From what serveral shops have told me, only a fiberglass box can be fabricated to fit a 10 inch sub back there. Very expensive!!
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Custom sealed box in the spare tire well works good. 1.25 cu ft of air space, perfect! I made the box so that it was exactly level with the carpet in the floor board of the hatch. Cut a 12 inch hole thru my factory Z mat and mounted the sub thru the carpet onto the box. Gotta be precise on the depth of the sub.
By the way, gotta Dyno matt the entire trunk. I used a combination of Dyno mat and that spray in bed liner junk from the autoparts store. Works good on the inside of the door panels too! It'll mask almost all of the rattle from the rear end.