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Old Dec 11, 2009 | 11:01 AM
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I got 3 10" subs as you can see in my album and the box is just to big and goofy and takes up way to much room so i might fiberglass one or make another wooden box....anyone got any ideas or pics of ones they did i would love to see them to get some ideas.....thanks
 
Old Dec 11, 2009 | 11:51 AM
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Well if you make another wooden one it probably wont end up being much differnt unless u took the 2 outside ones and faced them towards the center of somethin at an angle.

If you can make a fiberglass box go for it i think those are some of the coolest looking boxes sometimes cause you can do so much.
 
Old Dec 11, 2009 | 01:06 PM
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If that box is so deep that it goes all the way to the back of the trunk, that seems like a lot of airspace for three 10s. Does the box fit between the strut towers? If not, it looks like you could make it a little more narrow so it would fit between them.

I'd say measure to see how tall and wide it can be while being pushed all the way back, and then calculate the depth you need for the proper airspace, which looks to be around .75 cu ft per sub. It's hard to do much else with an MDF box.
 
Old Dec 11, 2009 | 03:20 PM
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i was thinking on making it so that it went in kinda like a u shape around the trunk with 2 subs facing towards the middle on a angle and one sub directly in the middle
 
Old Dec 11, 2009 | 06:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Montecarloguy07
i was thinking on making it so that it went in kinda like a u shape around the trunk with 2 subs facing towards the middle on a angle and one sub directly in the middle
Yup thats what i had in mind....lol
 
Old Dec 11, 2009 | 07:46 PM
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That could work, and it might give you more trunk space. Just know that with two subs angled like that it's likely to cause more cancellation and thus sound quieter.
 
Old Dec 11, 2009 | 07:47 PM
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Mabye even have them facing out too. like a \_/ shape
 
Old Dec 11, 2009 | 10:13 PM
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Yeah, I don't think the U shaped design would work out too well, for the exact reason dbl stated. That box looks massive for 10's, I think you could make a much smaller box and throw up a beauty board aka false wall so it looks like the subs are flush mounted into the wall. Something like this



The most important thing though is to find out how much space your subs need, I'd guess between .5-1.0 cu.ft each in a sealed enclosure. How much power can they handle and how much are you giving them, that should factor into the size box you build too.
 
Old Dec 12, 2009 | 09:19 AM
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ya im thinking the box is way to big for the subs as well......i like the false wall idea that would look really nice
 
Old Dec 12, 2009 | 11:25 AM
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The sub manufacturer should have spec's on their web site. Mine was very specific on what to do for size.
 



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