This will one day blossum into a fiberglass beauty!

 

An audiobahn aw1006-t will be mounted inverted...





Sorry for bad pics

 

about 400 watts on each coil






Tell me what y'all think!

 

bye bye rear window ... looks good, be sure to post pics when competed

 

OMG YOU STOLE MY IDEA!!!

j/kin

... yours will be much cooler. I am going to mount that same sub under the strut, inverted. Definatley post pics when you get that fiberglassed.

Are you doing this work yourself?

 

Thanks!

Yeah doin all the work myself. This is my first time with fiberglass, but I've been reading tons of articles about it.

I want to paint it, but everyone talks about how perfect the surface has to be. I don't know if I want to spend that much time and effort for that.

Should I paint it Daytona Blue or do black carpet to match the trunk?

 

oh...it really doesn't obstruct that much of the rear view. I think the curviness of it helps out there

 

Interesting design.

Hard to tell from the photos, but I hope you're intending on the speaker facing the rear of the car.

 

The speaker will face toward the front of the car, and there is a plexiglass window to look through to see the cone.

I'll do fleece and the first layer of resin tonight....then post pics of the progress

 

is that going to be a sealed box...if so ... what will the internal box volume be?

what made ya choose the audiobahn subwoofer??

just being curious

jim

 

Yes it's a sealed box. I thought about having a remotely switchable valve that would convert it from sealed to ported, but I might add that on later.

I know this sounds sloppy, but I have no idea what the volume will be! Audiobahn recommends like 0.5 to 1.0 cu ft of space, and I feel that I'm within that range. It's just difficult to calculate it with all the curves of the box.

I like the audiobahn sub because:

DVC
2" surround
Aluminum cone (not paper or even some type of poly)
Big magnets with lots of power handling (900 watts RMS!)
plus it looks cool

 

why are you facing it towards the front of the car? it'll sound better firing towards the rear.

looks like it's going to be cool though! good job!

 

The sub will be inverted, and the 0.5" thick plexi will block the forward-firing sound waves. If I reverse the phase it should work just fine being inverted.

Plus it will be cool to have an enclosure where you can see the cone and the basket

Ok, I'm off to put on some fleece and resin...wish me luck!!!

 

hope it all works out!!

good luck....and post pics!

 

It took about an hour to stretch lycra across the form like I wanted it, but it's coming along pretty well!





Sorry for the bad pics

 

another view...






The left support will need a little fill in work done, but overall I'm pleased for it being my first attempt!!

How's it look to everyone?

 

that's enough air space?

i can't see that sounding that good...but i could be wrong.

looks cool though.

 

If the "legs" of it are hollow it's probably enough airspace.

I'd be more concerned with rigidity. It's going to have to be bolted to the car to not sway around most likely.

 

Yeah the legs are hollow, plus don't forget about the space between the cone and the plexi!

I've got a bolt coming down through a T-nut on the driver's side, but I need to modify the glove box so I can access a similar bolt on the passenger side. Once all the layers of glass go on, it should be a snug fit between the speaker bar and STB.

I'm gonna start 'glassin tomorrow...does anyone know what kind of sanding equipment I need for this? Thanks!

 

I don't know if I would use any type of power sander on something that... if I did, it would be a small palm sander...

as for sand paper, I would start somewhere around 200 grit and slowly make my way up to 2000+ grit... be careful not to take off too much of the glassing though...