sailtexas186548

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well since my car is drivable again I needed some tunes, so I put my old audio system back in. I have a single 10" Rockford Fosgate (4 ohm) shallow "Punch" sub with matching amp, 600 watts max, 300 watts RMS, Kenwood amp for the speakers thats rated at like 60 watts RMP per speaking I think, matching Kenwood 6x9's and 5.25's, and a pioneer head unit with Ipod hook up and a remote.

Here's the old box I had, and the amps that I had to fit in the rear well:



I decided to mount the sub to the side like in the above pic, have the rockford fosgate amp recessed but still in view, and hide the kenwood amp under the cover board. Here's the rough cut cover board:



I thenk used some scrap to mount the amps, and painted the back drop black to hide it:





test fit the amp:



then I built a small box (0.5 ft^2 as per the sub requirements), and its not in the pic but the Kenwood amp is mounted on the bottom of the amp holder



then I wired it all up, tucked the wires, and here it is:





from the outside:





Now I just need to get some matching carpet, and a head unit to chassis adapter, plug it in and crank up the tunes!

1ADan

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nice looking setup, should blend in very well with the added carpet

sailtexas186548

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Dan, can I order the carpet from 1aAuto?

1ADan

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of course! PM me and I can have some samples sent out your way to match up to the factory stuff.

one92rs

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hey sail that looks good man. are you going to cover it in the same carpet as the car has? im going to order piano hinges for my rack and make it a storage as well.

sailtexas186548

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yeah it's getting the same carpet to match the car - Dan I'll send ya a PM when I get a sec I'm swamped with a report currently and wont be back near the car until next weekend anyways

I have so little room under the board there's no real point for storage under mine

coryprine

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Looks good

mikeoguz

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Nice!

Hawk92z-TDZ

good job

gregl316

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it looks real nice. i just put a custom sub in my vert. it takes up the whole trunk not just the well though. i have 2 12s and my amps are under the lid no room to show them. the stereo store has the carpet. i'd post pictures but i don't know how if you could tell me your pictures are awsom.

sailtexas186548

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finally got the head unit in and all wired up, 100% soldered and heat shrunk no crappy crimp connectors or wire nuts in my car It sounds really good with the sealed box, I forgot how good these cars were for bass, it's LOUDDDD with the hatch closed

still waiting on carpet, I have it picked out from 1A-Auto I just need to order it (and a headliner, hatch struts, and speaker covers)

dctrouant1995

could you get me the dimesions of the box? thats exactly how I was gonna build mine, except w/ a 5 channel amp

Podium

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Very Nice! How does it sound? Does it rattle the spoiler much?

sailtexas186548

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I have no idea hte dimensions of the box, sorry :/ I just measured wit ha tape measure and cut the boards out - it was real easy

It sounds really good! I like a sealed box its much tighter sounding than the old ported box i had 2 setups ago. The only thing that rattles is the liscense plate and my head!

Zane M

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Thanks for sharing. I had an idea like this in my head, but it helps to see it in real/picture life.

Ruckusz28

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Good work. Very presentable and clean

LivinLarge

Setup looks great! How does the box stay seated in one spot? Is it sat on the lowest spot of the box where the sub is mounted?

sailtexas186548

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yeahthe bottom of the box rest on the floor of the trunk well to support the board. I had a problem with it sagging becasue it wasnt quite touching, so i made some spacers (blocks of wood) and now its all good and supported

Al Hasse

Great job, looks similar to the one I had custom built to the specs of my sub. It sits low enough in the well that you can make a protective carpeted cover flush with the floor.

This is made from expanded metal (basically a strong screen) re-enforced with a framework of 1" stock and covered with carpet to match.



This shows the underside

LivinLarge

^^ that looks really good! Any pics of the box and setup itself?

Al Hasse

I left those out because I didn't want to hijack the thread. I started a thread on the build 5 years ago, I've seen it resurface a few times. Search under my name for "sub box and amp build."