posted 02-17-2004 06:18 PM                  

Number 3 left no room for the amp and the deck lid wouldn't close. #4 have an amp shelf but no enough air volume and the sub was touching the top carpet.

I then went to this. I am still not completely happy, but it is much better then the stock.

Note: The box is ported - this allows a lot of the sound to fire forward into the cab.

The existing sub box was removed. I attempted to recreate it out of MDF, this was a nightmare. I trashed it about halfway through. Sorry, no picts - but it quite a complicated piece of work.

I then made a more square copy (no picts), them attempted to make some sort of smooth cover.

This didn't work either. I them made this box - added the piece hanging down at the last minute to go for the cascade look, as seen in the finished product.

This is what it finally came out to be after hours and hours of filling, sandy, glassing, etc.

posted 02-18-2004 12:48 AM                  

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posted 02-21-2004 09:29 AM                  

As for the sub, I am losing a bit of bass with the sub firing directly into the deck but the forward firing ports help a lot. I am currently waiting for a newly designed 10 inch sub from Diamond Audio that is approx 1" shallower. This should allow for more air space above it. If you look a the box behind the seats and the trunk catch you will see this box is about 2" shorter in height than the OEM (it is level with the release lever). This allows for the sound from the sub to flow forward into the cab.

If you have any suggestions for me or thoughts please let me know. The only other problem I have with this design is I no longer have any truck space to speak of.

posted 03-12-2004 01:14 PM                  

I used three cut out on my car. The center is slightly larger than the top and bottom. When printing you may have then option for scaling the item smaller or bigger. This is what I did until I came up to the sizes I wanted.

I them traced them onto 3/4 mdf and cut them out. Then mounted them on a 1/4 piece that hangs down below the box I built. The piece was then finish off by stretching matting, used in fiber glass work, over the entire unit and stapling it down.