Anyone seen three 10's in the back of a thirdgen? anyone have pics?
I have three 10w7 out of my old pickup and i need some specs on box size or how to build the box!
Thanks for the help guys

 

you build a box, by assembling at least 6 sides together, from mdf preferably, i generally, like to use fiberglass resin on the inside to seal the box, if you are unable to get the shape you want, then you can use a fiberglass mat/resin mix, to mold any shape youd like.


no, we have NEVER seen 3 tens in the back of a thirdgen.


do a search, btw,

 

you probably couldnt stick 3 10's w7 in the trunk of a thirdgen without loosin alot of air space...best bet for those are make a box on your back seat....cause you dont wanna under air space them cause then you will loose full capability of the subs..you could even blow one

 

You could put 3 10's back there....just not THOSE 10's. It is possible I guess, but with the depth of those subs and the required air space to run them, i think it would be more efficient to run 1 or 2 of them IMO.

 

If you listen to these replys and only run 1 or 2 let me know cause i would probably be interested in buyin the other one.

 

ummm ok I was told that because of the type of speaker(JL 10w6) I either have to run one or all three... something about Ohms...anyone know anything about this?

Thanks for all the info

 

You could run however many you want with in reason. It's just the fact that JL is using a 3 ohm voice coil. Which means you got to becareful how you get your power (usually there mostly even number ohms). That's why they try pushing their JL 500/1 amp.

 

ur first post called them 10W7's, not 10W6's. VERY big difference my friend. Either way you can get all 3 of them working in the back of a third gen with no problems. I'm not sure where some of the others on this thread get their info....

you can run them in 1 cube per driver with no problems. recommend 1.25, so you have a 3.75 cube box. Glassing the rear hatchwell is all of that and more. With creativity, it would work.

The W6's need 0.75 each optimally (from plenty of experience). No problem with that either....

as for the "ohms" thing. the 10W6 is a dual 6 ohm voice coil. Each driver is then (by math) either 12 ohms or 3 ohms each. Running a trio of 12 ohm loads in parallel = 4 ohm mono (ideal load for bridged class a/b amplifiers). running a trio of 3 ohm loads in parallel = 1 ohm mono (ideal for class d monoblocks).

bmoney

 

well u would need alot of air space for 3 w7s like if you made the box in the hatch hole and even going up onto the rear hump it would work...cause you can barely run 3 12s in the back of a thirdgen with good air space

 

don't forget sub displacement

 

yeps. but somehow i think they're w6's, not w7's, which dramatically changes the issue

bmoney

 

Hey I just read all the posts...and when my friend posted the first time he said they were 10w7's.......They ARE 10w6's.

I am getting alot of conflicting info.....most people are saying that 3 ...10w6's will sound like crap in the back of a camaro....Unfortunately I want to use what I have in concerns to speakers.....I just want to make sure they have enough air space....I don't want to damage them.....

Thanks again for all the advise

 

I also have the JL 500/1 amp

 

there's plenty of room, but you'll have to put some effort into using it.



adam

 

Whoever told you they sound like **** has their head up their a$$. The 10W6 (even the older ones) are some of the finest sounding speakers going (and all the big boys in the industry will agree). Have and enclosure fabbed that has the subs facing up in the well, and you'll be HAPPY. I had an install once (changed yearly) that had a pair of 10W6's facing up in the well with a larger 2 channel Lanzar Opti amp driving them. All i can say is that most people thought I had a pair of 15's

Keep those drivers in a sealed box (no matter what the specs say, they suck in a vented enlcosure) Give em about 0.75 each and provide 250 watts per driver and u'll be VERY happy, I promise.

bmoney

 

Ditto to what Bmoney said. I have 3 10w6's in my hatch well facing upwards. And as far as asound quality goes...I competed ithe 1997 IASCA world finals with those subs. In fact I still have them back there and they can still hit hard and are extremely tight.

 

w6's... same thing for the most part as far as what you'll see. when they become cheaper i'll upgrade to w7's.

 

hey Kandied91z do you got anymore shots of your system. that is a bad a$$ car

 

thank you.

what kind of shots. there aren't to many as it's pretty straight forward. the setup is for sale in the classifieds though.

 

here's something..

 

i just wanted to check out your amp rack i need to make sure they dont steal my stuff next time. working on ideas is all.

 

left handed screws

 

lol...

take away. it was a project that was conjurged and finished in two days. $300 in materials i can't complain however there's always better ways to do things.

with the airride/nitrous in the rear putting subs back there doesn't work so something had to be done. sounded great but looks wise it could improve and it will.

 

Kandied91z, so you rlookin to sell ur JL's. Do you have any details on them.

 

no... i'm selling the box setup. the jl's are staying unless otherwise.

 

Im running 2 JL W6 eights in parallel (1.5 ohms I think). Kenwood amp keeps nice and cool, and it sounds badass.

I used to have 3 of them in my truck (ran parallel, 1 ohm) and it sounded good as well. The acoustics of a thirdgen must be badass.

I now have 2 polk tens in my truck. When the bass hits it sounds like it's farting. I hate polk.

 

I have 3 10" mtx Blue thunder in the back of my car, I think I figured each had about 1.25 cu ft. take a look at my cardomain site if u want

cheers

blake