How shallow is shallow? Would a 4.5 inch mounting depth be too deep?

im interested as well pending on price...

Well, bad news from today. So I went into the shop this morning and right away was hit with a stonewall with the shop owner. I got quite the bit of round around with "I'm going to buy my sub from them?" and such. I told them I would if that was the stipulation of the custom sub (although they didn't have anything I really wanted). They told me to come back in the afternoon, so in the meantime, I went down to another shop who did carry the sub brand. Although they didn't do nearly as much fab work, especially fiberglass, he estimated around $600 for the work and $50 or so for parts. When I went back to the first shop, they tried to talk me out of doing this for varies reason and I won't go into that. So I never got a real estimate from them because they didn't think it would be worth it. They were afraid of it not sounding good but $1000 got tossed around in the conversion.

So with that said, I don't plan to pay anywhere near that kind of cash for the work. I'd prefer attempting to do it on my own, or waiting for someone else to release a stealth box. Feel free to comment, and if the couple of other guys who've made this custom box, please let us know your comments and how your sub sounds for input. Thanks.

thats what i have and the wires inside the subwoofer that give it power keep on ripping on me no matter what i do. so i dont think its worth it

Very interesting armen.....you're not the first person i've heard this from. I guess kickers are the way to go at 45 bux a pop. Unbelievable price but they're not shallow mounts.

i payed 75 for mine buts its the 12" inch. the sound quality is good but those wires keep on ripping. All together there are 4 of them. The first time only one of them ripped but after I attached it back all 3 of them ripped. After that I replaced all 4 wires with thicker ones but those ripped on me too.

i honestly dont know if i should fix it again or if i should just throw it away :shakes head:

Back on topic of the thread, I'm going to try and build a box this weekend (barring anything unforeseen that comes up). I plan on taking MDF board and and will stack rings up to give it the depth. Based on another thread who did similar thing but removed the spare, I will probably buy both 3/4" and 5/8" sheets. This is because I noticed he used several layers of 5/8" but it looks a little too tall. Using both sizes might get the right depth inside the spare tire. I've been taking some measurements tonight, but I need to run some calculations in my head. I'll let everyone know how things are going once I start on it Saturday.

I picked up supplies today at lunch, and I'll be working on the speaker box tomorrow. I'll post up pics tomorrow evening.

Take lots of pictures along the way. I'm very interested to see how it comes out.

I think this sheet of MDF could net 3-4 boxes...we'll see. I'll make sure either you can do it when I'm done or I perfect it a bit more and sell them for you guys.

I'm going to start a new thread for this..I'll be back shortly with the link.

http://www.the370z.com/audio-video/1...tml#post363670

That is very interesting, Specialy in this economy.

However good news is, we are currently making plans to work on a 370Z and Making a Fiberglass version of this enclosure keeping the spare tire. Price will be a lot ALOT better then what you got quoted, If you can wait. It will be worth it.

I'm actually done, but would still be interested in it.

Uh oh! Could this be what we are looking for?

Excellent. I sent you a PM yesterday asking if you would do this, as I am familiar with your 350 box. Can't wait to see the finished product!

John