I need your help, I put in a stereo system with my friend the other day. With 2 12"s in the hatch. In his car (he had a trunk) they thumped damn good! In my car they barely thump. How do I get them to work right? We were thinking seal them inside the well, so its enclosed? I need some input........
Thanks

 

Did you use the same amplifier? What about the enclosure: same one? Ported or sealed? We'll need to know more before we can answer!

I'm guessing it's amplifier power, but if the subs were in a ported box in a trunk, you'll get the "cabin effect" causing some horrendous thump. The same box in a hatch would not benefit as much from the ported arrangement, but the difference shouldn't be so noticeable as to warrant a post here!

 

Are the subs in a box, or free-air? If they are in a box, and the box is sealed, then they should thump, as long as you are running enough power to them. If they are free-air, then you have to run a signifigantly larger amount of power to the subs in order to make them thump.

 

Was you using a Plate in your car and not a Box?

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I have a hatch box and it had sub ports but I put wood over them to seal the box. I have them facing down (towards my gas tank) in the well. How can I get more THUMP? it sounds like **** ;(

 

Oh yeah.. I have an amp too.... I have both subs running through the same channel. They're bridged I guess..

 

you can't just cover the ports on a ported box to make it sealed. Ported boxes are typically bigger than a sealed. What kind of subs are they ? How much airspace is recommended for them. Remember, install is everything.

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Please don't take critisizm from this, but do you have the wires running the right way?

Sometimes if you accidently hook up one of the speakers wrong (+ wire to - terminal & vise versa) then they'll be running outta phase. IE, cancelling each other out.

After years of doing this, about the 3rd time I did that, I finally learned the 'measure twice-cut once' rule.

AJ

 

thats just what i was about to type. Being outta phase would make you hear the bass but not feel it

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I took the subs out of the box and I am putting them in my well, then I am going to put wood over the top of the well so its flush with the rest of the hatch... Thus, resulting in thump