I knew what I was getting myself into the 1st time I thought about removing the spare tire and building a sub woofer box in it's place, with the woofer firing upwards. It meant pretty much giving up all that trunk space.

It's been pretty rough over the years hauling my cleaning gear and overnight duffle bag, when I drive to other cities for car shows. I have a small plastic tub I usually use to tote around my cleaning gear. It fits pretty snug on the front seat, but I wanted to get away from that incase I have a passenger. This, and I just plain out don't care to carry anything in my front seat.

A couple nights ago I made a little trip to Walmart to see what I could pick up. I found a plastic shelving system, made for a pantry. I also found a shallow plastic storage container, made to roll under your bed.

The trick was to make something that would hover over my sub, allow me to play the stereo, and allow for speaker excursion clearance.

I had to cut the plastic container down a few inches from it's original depth, so it would clear the upper hatch. It still has a nice 4 inch lip all the way around. The next step was attaching it to the base. I used liquid nails at 1st, but it would not heal. It's been pretty cold lately(40's), so the glue wouldn't heal. It remained puddy-like. I ended up picking up some 2 part eppoxy last night at Home Depot. I sanded down the mating areas, and applied the glue. It was solid as a rock this morning.

The shelf is very sturdy, light weight, and removable. It may not look like much, but it'll haul around my cleaning gear when I attend shows.

Here's a few pictures I took with my camera phone this morning. In one picture, you can see the rim of the sub woofer under the base.

Enjoy the pics guys...

 

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Damn you Val, give us pics

 

They're there...

 

I saw, but what is special? j/k bud. I did something the same and it looks like sh.t, but it serves its purpose.

 

where will i put my duffle bags then!

 

That was my goal. I just wanted some extra room to put things. It may not hold alot, but any little bit helps...

 

Msc. things like.....babies?

 

 

Hahaha or he could just install a car seat in the back like that other guy!

 

does that sub not rattle the hell out of it?

 

Not sure. Haven't road tested it yet...

 

Hrm- I wonder if a fake floor board (elevated above the sub) would have been a better use of space?

 

Isn't that going to slide around on the highway/freeway/interstate/(whatever they call it in your neck of the woods)?

In any case nice work!

Lastly, I wish it were 40 degrees here.

 

paint it. put velcro on the bottom of the legs to stick to the floor to keep if from sliding.

 

+1!

It looks sort of strange right now, like a baby diaper changing station or something. Then again with your sig...maybe its for something else.

 

Too much work and it would be heavy. I decided to go the lightweight cheaper route..

I test drove it. The legs dug into the carpet pretty nice. Alittle too nice. They left circular umprints that I couldn't vaccum out. It didn't budge. I also played the radio full blast. No rattling from the contraption. The sub had good excursion clearance also...
+1 on the velcro. I picked some round velco patches up at Lowe's Hardware a couple days ago. I'm going to get around to glueing them to the leg bottoms this weekend. That should keep the legs from making imprints in the carpet. I also have to figure out a better way to attach the base to the top. The glue came undone in 2 places this past weekend...


Here's a few pics I snapped when I loaded up cargo in my new contraptions...

 

^can you build me one? it would be FTW

 

Only if you allow me to do it in carbon fiber.

*Side note: Man I had a nasty hangover yesterday morning...

 

build a grill over the sub lol then you dont need one. nice work though