Nice box. I am currently looking at having one made. Cost around $400 painted or $300 for carpet.

 

What kind of music do you listen to?

 

Was this your 1st attempt at fiberglass? I want to try something like this mysefl but I am very intimidated. I have buit several speakers boxes, just all out of MDF and I have no problems with the everything else, just fiber intimidates me for some reason. Fiber looks easy but I hve read many posts (not on this forum) of members saying that fiber is a lot hard than it looks and I am not a very patient person so I wonder how I would do. Looks really good

 

Yes it was my first attempt at doing anything with fiberglass...I made sure that I did alot of reading and prepared my basement for a mess. I used a large drop cloth...a good idea--dried fiberglass resin will adhere permanently to anything ! So, I made sure I had plenty of materials, a good guide for doing fiberglass enclosures (there are some on the web), and I took my time. Most of my time was spent building the initial mold, as it had to be accurate. Once the mold was done, i just started the fiberglassing process, and after a few days I was done. I made sure that the corners and edges were built up a little better. The top and sub mounting were easy...

For the most parts, I listen to rock (some 80, but mostly 90s, and alternative, plus some old VH, Floyd, Rush, LedZep). The enclosure and 10w6v2 sounds pretty good, no matter what the tune....

I jsut added XM radio, center channel, and an Audio Control Center cheannl/spatial processor, so I am still doing some fine tuning to get things the way I like them...

 

Hey are you using the center channel speaker for the nav voice? If not, what speaker are you using for it?

 

yes, I re-routed the nav voice to the center channel speaker now...

 

I am torn between putting the enclosure where you did yours, or inbetween the cross bar and the seats (one sub on each side). Which config would you recommend given the music you listen to?

Also, can you list some of the better web sites for learning how to glass? Im interesting in doing this myself. I went out and got quotes - and the prices ranged from $500 to $2000 just for the glass work.

 

I have seen and heard alot of systems, and I always think the further away from th sub you are in the vehicle the better it sounds. That's why I was sick when I saw where Bose put the stock sub--a terrible location. I don't think its totally dependent on the type of music I listen to, but mainly because putting hte sub farther away, and "loading" it off the hatch is just a better way to do it. I htink the most ideal scenario is 2 subs under the strut bar facing the rear,,,this setup would really rock. However, I wanted to keep the space open, for golf clubs, or whatever...so I decided on my mounting location merely to conserve space. If you don't care about the space, I would setup something under the strut bar...

 

I know you are using the center channel speaker to re-route the nav-voice, but did you get it to play music as well (when nav voice isn't on)? Also what kind of signal does the nav voice put out? I was looking at the clarion SRK-5 center channel for the nav voice. It says it has a built-in 20 watt amp, but it only has rca jacks. Will this work? (sorry if its a dumb question)

Lastly, where did you mount the center channel? pix?

Thanx alot

 

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Thanks for this thread. The results you achieved are superb, but the guidance for any of us brave enough to attempt the same are even better. There are so many great tips along the way.

Stuart

 

Thank you for the idea. I wanted to put a sub in but wanted to preserve as much hatch space as possible and this was the best one I had seen in all of my searching (you are right, the jl w6 hits hard) I will post the pics of my install shortly. I made a mold of this for both sides in for future additions or builds. Again thanks for the idea I learned a great deal about fiberglass in the process.

Jeff

 

Hey guys nice pix

 

Nice setup.. I am definetly doing something similar for my enclosure. one question though, Do you have any pictures of the amp rack when you were building it? I was looking in that empty area and a picture on how others built theirs would be invaluable.

 

sorry. no pics of that... my rack is the exact size of the stock sub opening, and is made of 5/8 mdf, and angled so that the front edge matches the same angle as the stock sub front angle. The whole rack is glued/screwed together and painted black to make the amps looks like they are floating. The mounting is done with some L brackets which are attached to the sides of the rack, and screwed to the front lip (metal) of the stock sub enclosure. I trimmed everything out with some high quality acoustic carpetting. The rack is permanent, as is the wiring, and I have no plans of pulling the rack out, unless I lose an amp or something really bad happens...