hey, I am all about hiding my sound system so you can't tell whats in there until it is turned on. I once tried putting my sub in the pocket behind the glove compartment in the rear of the 3rd gen, on the driver's side. However, my initial design vibrated so much it pissed me off. I made an enclosure out of cardboard that would fit perfectly, yet my word working skills aren't up to par for such a project. And after a mis-cut and a piece breaking, I threw the particle board breaking the rest and the cardboard enclosure had already been taken apart to try to cut out of wood. Any one know of any kits or enclosures that are custom built for such an area? I have included some pictures.







- Chris

 

just using the wrong kind of wood homie. ditch the particle board, buy a 20 dollar sheet of mdf.

dont try and make the box right away though, do some practice cutting, spend a few hours getting it down, then start on the box. its not all that hard if you have the tools.

what tools do you have by the way? i use the table saw for all straight cuts, the scrolling jigsaw for any weird angles or curves i can't get on the table saw, and a router for circles.

what i like to do, is before i start working with it, is cut the 4x8' mdf sheet into 4 pieces. right up the middle so you have 2 4x4 sheet, then again so you have 4 2x4' sheets. i use the jigsaw or circular saw for this. makes it much easier to manipulate on the table saw, and you keep at least one perfectly straight edge on each piece, bottom and side, so you can use that edge as a guide on the table saw.

hope this helps.

 

I have a jig saw, hand saw (thats a last resort! haha), a circular saw, and thats basically it as cutting tools go. For cutting out the circle I just use a drill and drill out several holes inside the circle, and then use the Jig Saw to cut out the circle. I don't really trip about making the circle perfect, as long as the sub fits, you don't see the imperfect lines. I think cutting the pieces is simple enough, but getting the right angles is where my fault lies. Using the Jig Saw it is kind of hard to get that correct angle you want. However, I have only tried making angled cuts a few times, I do still need practice. When the weather gets better and I have some money and free time, I'll try making that enclosure again. MDF can be purchased a The Home Depot correct? And thanks for the help, I'll keep it in mind while attempting the enclosure again, appreciate it.

Oh, and by the way, I am going to talk to my Mom about those speakers. She wants some new speakers for her T-bird, so maybe I can get her to buy those speakers off of you and I'll put 'em in my car and give her mine. That way I don't have to run an amp to 'em in her car. I'll let you know within the next couple days what the story is bro.

- Chris

 

i'd start asking around to see if anyone has a table saw you could use. it will GREATLY simplify this. i could probably make that box in 3 or 4 hours.

im REALLY starting to envy the people who can just make square boxes for their trunks....

 

I don't see any reason to envy them man. I love the satisfaction of looking at something unique and knowing that I made it and that it is one-off. I was given two sub enclosures when I bought my Infinity 1230W's. They were huge. I turned one into a cat house for thie cat that sort of adopted us. Pretty cool cat house I say haha. The second one I tried cutting up and tried modifying it to use as a mounting surface for my very first attempt at putting the Sub in the glove compartment. That didn't last very long haha. I picked up the subs for $150 together. It was a buy one get one free sort of thing. 1200 watt max, 300rms. I am only running one, I have the other sitting around; might put it in my Mom's car.

Once I can get the sub into the glove compartment, I will be very happy. I want everything so you can't tell there is a sound system in there. If it werent for the sub, you wouldn't be able to tell I have an amp. I keep it under the driver's seat. I want to put one under the passenger seat to power my 6x9', but the floor pans are different from passenger to driver side.

- Chris

 

Double Post, ignore this one.

- Chris

 

I noticed infinity has a bass enclosure called basslink. It has a built in amp and remote control box that you can control it with. I am probably going to try one soon and mount it where my spare tire will soon not be.

 

Yea, I've seen that before. Seems cool, but I don't know. I've never met or heard of anyone who owns one. Let us know how it sounds and works out?

I want to keep my spare tire (you just never know). But I have no use for that glove compartment on the other side so I figure it'd be perfect for putting a sub into and not lose any storage space in the well.

- Chris