My friend and I are thinking about fabricating some sub enclosures specifically for the DC body. I had a problem with room in my trunk with a subwoofer because of my rear strut bar forcing a standard enclosure to take up half of the trunk space. This inspired me to create a custom enclosure to go over the strut bar and create more room in the trunk. Here are some pictures of the box. It is made with 3/4" MDF and is about 1.1 cu. ft. sealed with the 12" subwoofer mounted in it and amp mounted on the back; there is about 1/2" clearance between the amp and the back seat. The slope of the back is designed to follow the slope of the back seat.

This enclosure give excellent solid bottom, mid, and top end bass because of the design. It is almost as if it is a band pass.





This is pretty much a prototype with the final model having the lip that extends out the sides for easier carrying and better appeal. Also, please excuse the messy area as well as the saw dust that has not been vacuumed off the sides of the enclosure's carpeting.

We are planning to make a batch of 5 and wanted to see what kind of interest was out there for this enclosure which can lead to us producing a higher number of these.

Please share what you think and if anyone is interested.

Thanks for looking.

Disclaimer: This thread is not a for sale thread, it is a thread written to gain information on what interest might rise as well as showing off a custom enclosure that saves quite a bit of space. Also, I was not "authorized" to make a thread in the appearance/miscellaneous forum so I felt this was the next best place. If this does indeed belong in the appearance/miscellaneous forum, mods please move at your convenience as this was intended to be there anyways.

 

STOP! dont make no more... honestly, it works but for looks its a no no.

 

hook me up.. i got 2 12's(the same infitinys at you) i dont have a rear strut but im down to get one for this... hit me up if your down

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Kangolbrand &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">STOP! dont make no more... honestly, it works but for looks its a no no.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Please leave more detailed criticism. When you say the looks are a no no, what about it?

As I said, this is a prototype and little things can be changed. As I written, the box is dirty and there will be the normal 1/2" lip overhang that the commercial boxes have on the edges.

I've shown this to a few friends and they get confused when they see the bar go through the box like that. It's like an illusion of magic or something to them, I get a few kicks and giggles when they have to look closer to see what's going on.

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Before I start making the boxes, what seems like a fair price? Also, please let me know what type of setup your going for (sealed/ported) and the model number of your subs so we can get the box to spec.

PS: I actually have a 12" eD sub (eD - elemental designs... http://www.edesignaudio.com)

 

thats pretty good idea. to hold the box and stiffen the body

 

its good and what not be could be better... looks simple... nothing exciting but I dont know what feel your going for. Its really up to you on how it looks but as for me I would like something more custom look that just a box and a line cut threw for the strut bar.

 

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Thanks, although I do have to admit, the idea didn't come to me in that order.

The body was stiffened first and the box was added much much later because of boredom that accrues in traffic. I needed to overcome the space issues of having the bar there and I was surely not going to take the bar out, so I improvised. Now I feel I should take it to the next step and provide this solution to those in similar situations.

So, would any one want to chime in on what a fair price of something like this should be set at?

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I see what your saying. For a more custom look, I think the best way to go is fiberglassing an enclosure. That, however, is not what i'm going for and would probably be best done at a shop. I'm trying to provide a simple, space saving solution to those who seek an enclosure but have the obstacle of a strut bar in the way. Plus, it's kind of hard to not keep it simple when your working with wood (Actually MDF).

 

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Meh, unless it bolts into more then those 2 points, they're pretty much useless,
I've never noticed Any difference with mine in, or out, so they're now out for good.


But for what you're going for, the design suffices, just adding handles would be cool.

 

Why not try a spare tire enclosure using one of Ed's sub's?
It would at most only require some Fuberglass

 

Or, you could just buy this sub enclosure from me. I don't have an G3 anymore...

 

Or you can put a Nice set of MH Drag Slicks.

See how they fit nicely into the spare tire compartment

 

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See how they fit nicely into the spare tire compartment

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F*cking awesome!

 

Great idea!..I was just thinking about that the other day. My idea was to fit the sub behind the bar. But I like your idea/prototype better.
Good Job!

 

what about cutting a a circle on each side of the box. then putting a long cylinder through and sealing it. then feeding the strut bar through, if you can detach the end peices on the strut bar it should work too !

 

also i have a box that fits on the side behind the wheel well looks good its a fiberglass box that is covered!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Jay J &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Why not try a spare tire enclosure using one of Ed's sub's?
It would at most only require some Fuberglass </TD></TR></TABLE>

But that costs $$$. The reason for creating a wood enclosure is for both practicality as well as a cost efficient solution.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by MINTGRN4DR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">what about cutting a a circle on each side of the box. then putting a long cylinder through and sealing it. then feeding the strut bar through, if you can detach the end peices on the strut bar it should work too !</TD></TR></TABLE>

That was actually our original idea, but it would be difficult to remove easily, so we decided it would be best the way we did.


Modified by Freshazzburu at 2:00 PM 12/31/2006