Sub box?

tRidiot

Love some detailed pics if you don't mind, Cbtech. You can PM me if you don't want to post them, I'll shoot you my email, whatever. I saw the ones above, great look on those finished panels. Is that floor elevated over the speaker cone by a couple of incheas or what? Personally, I've considered mounting mine basket-out just for the hell... but I don't know.

How much depth were you able to get out of the rear hatch for speaker mounting? I'm considering a couple of 10" deep subs, so I may have to build it up some, but still would end up with more useable trunk space than now, probably.

Cbtech

oh its no kind of secret i have some more pix in my album

Nissan 370Z Forum - Cbtech's Album: Custom Sub Box


there are 2 sets of panels that you can see. the first panel sits on top of the box and raises the floor a little over stock height and can be for show since it exposes the speaker. the second set of panels raises the floor another half inch and covers the speaker with a metal grill to protect it. You can drop a bowling ball on it and its safe just dont stab it .

The only thing i would change would have been to have the box made wider to allow the sub to sit lower in the gap of the panels. The JL has a pretty far reaching throw and can sometimes knock against the grill of the top panel.

There is about 2-3 inches at the bottom to allow for air flow so plenty of room. Im running one 10W6 JL which is more of a stubby sub and isnt too deep. As you can see from the exposed pic there is A LOT of room in there to work with having the tire removed. I had plenty of room to mount the amps and wiring. since i wasnt mounting in the car where it could be exposed i didnt worry about making the wiring all pretty.

Another note: with my ONE 10" inch JL sub running at 500 watts RMS it hits really hard which in turn places a lot of strain on the alternator. When the car is running and it gets a big bass note it will go from 14V down to 11V. So i will be looking at running a small battery in the back to try and offset the load. Unless you're trying to show everyone what you got bumping in the back one 10 is plenty.

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