My latest custom work.

[GofaST4life]

Well ive been working on a lot of things in my spare time, just minor fabrications here and there...

Thought id share my latest with you guys.

If any of you have ever sat in the rear seat of a GST Spyder, then you KNOW how much room is NOT there, haha, not to mention, everytime i applied the brakes, whoever was sitting back there would smack their head of the light bar, its funny as hell sometimes.

So i decided to make a setup for my 12" sub and amp back there.

1st pic- Whats it looks like stripped.
2nd pic- Shows the basic layout.
3rd pic- The cut out center is were the sub will go, im going to buld it up, and out, then angle it torward the front of the car. On the back rest part, im going to mount the amplifier.

I planned on wrapping the wood in grey felt to match the car, but for some reason no freaking stores near me carry grey felt, only black or white, so idk...

Suggestions (+/- criticism) are welcome, its still in the early stages of fabrication.

 

[topcat92]

i like it, its a good start
Are you going to fiberglass it or just felt it?
Are the seatbelts still there to hold the subs
i think back seats in all dsms are about useless.
Some would say but what about your friends.
To that i say, Friends dont let friends ride in the back of a DSM.
its mean.
If you have a child too small to ride in the front seat get a minivan. but keep the DSM
keep us posted -T.C.

 

[GofaST4life]

talonalex92, my original plan was to keep the sub and amp in the trunk and build a storage area where the back seat was, i had some good ideas and drawings, but decided not to in the end due to weight.

topcat92, fiberglass did cross my mind, but as for right now i will felt it. during the school year though, i may use my spare time and slowely put together a really nice fiberglass setup. Haha, yeah, DSM back seats are crazy small, its even worse in the Spyder, my 5'3" little sister couldnt fit comfortably.
EDIT: I will be removing the seat belts at some point, probably before the final setup goes in. Not only would they look out of place, but what DSMer likes dead weight?

thankx for the compliments guys, and i will keep updating this thread.

One question though, should i go with black felt? i feel it would throw off the interior color scheme. There isnt much black in there anyway. I could always go with white felt though to contrast with the exterior, hmmm. Any thoughts guys?

 

[VETTE_50_TH]

Def. fiberglass that bi3th. It would look even hotter if you could do a nice wire tuck and have some regular speakers around the sub and amps laying on the particle board that is fieberglassed. I wish i was amazing at photoshop or i would show you what i mean.

James

 

[talonalex92]

I decline the Fiberglassing idea. Grey felt it! As long as you can get it tight and it wont bubble or sag or anything, that would be sweet. You could get cheetah fuzzy print if you dont like the felt? haha. But really, my votes for grey felt. Black would look out of place IMO and white would be way too...white.

 

[Laysher91]

I got grey felt from wal-mart to redo my headliner and trunk pieces. It turned out great and the color fit well into the stock interior color scheme. If nothing else I will ship you some because grey felt would definitely be the best option.

 

[Laysher91]

Here are some pics of the grey felt I used.

 

[GofaST4life]

I got grey felt from wal-mart to redo my headliner and trunk pieces. It turned out great and the color fit well into the stock interior color scheme. If nothing else I will ship you some because grey felt would definitely be the best option.

the felt looks really good, .

i checked walmart, and even talked to the rep in the fabric department, she said they didnt carry it and couldnt order any in. i have a few more stores to look at first, but i may take you up on that offer.

thankx for advice/compliments guys...

 

[GofaST4life]

ill hopefully be getting more down tomorrow evening and will add some pictures then.

Surprisingly the OSB isnt that heavy, my entire trunk is gutted (literally), and with the seat removed the weight lost offsets the weight added by the setup...once the car is done im going to weigh it.

a couple of my friends (V8 guys) asked my why i would want to add weight, i just told them that having a fast a$$ 1/4 mile time isnt my intention for the car, yeah shes quick, but i just want it to look good, sound good, and run good (fingers crossed). Its a Spyder for christ sake, , ill worry about weight when i start my AWD build haha

 

[GofaST4life]

ok so here's the update...

<embed width="448" height="361" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://i285.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid285.photobucket.com/albums/ll56/awolo/AudioSetupwalkthrough.flv">

i never thought id sound so dumb on a video, but w/e ...

let me know what ya think of my ideas...

 

[DGajre777]

I'm curious... why aren't you using MDF?

As for my comment on the video - don't cut holes into that board. Just make boxes for the 6x9 so it fits on the outside of the sub box and looks like one huge box. Put gray speaker box carpet on everything after you are done so it matches with the rest of the car. I'm not a fan of screens in the back seat unless you are making it a show it. It just screams break in and steal me!

 

[GofaST4life]

MDF? im thinking thats fiberglass...ive never used it before and i thought a wood setup would look more clean, i do plan on making a fiberglass one down the road.

i def agree with the whole "break in and steal" thing, it had crossed my mind...which is why i ###### wont do it, but im not sure yet.

good idea about the boxes for the 6X9's, that thought never crossed my mind...thankx

 

[Ajax]

MDF is a type of wood product Medium-density fibreboard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[talentfinder36]

Definitly do a fiberglass box. It will look good and last long. Check out Fiberglass Forums - Powered by vBulletin we do this all the time. I have the same SN over there let me know if you need any help.

 

[pj91gsx]

I like the carpet. I was welding in holes on my car and caught my carpet on fire so I will have to make something for the carpet area like you have.

 

[GofaST4life]

MDF is a type of wood product Medium-density fibreboard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

DOH! ok i get it now.

ill be checking out Fiberglass Forums.

thankx for the info guys.

 

[jemsoccer]

Like stated above, unless that is going to be a show car, screens in the back seat would just be retarded, IMO. How do you watch a movie or something when the screens are in the back? I say if you want them, just put one in your center counsel. That would be a neat fiberglass project.

 

[Laysher91]

I would take out the seat belts under the seat since they wont be used. They look like the kind of thing that can clunk and rattle around enough to drive you nuts.

 

[GofaST4life]

I would take out the seat belts under the seat since they wont be used. They look like the kind of thing that can clunk and rattle around enough to drive you nuts.

its funny you mention this, i was drving and they did get annoying, so i just fastened them down, im keeping them underthere just incase the seat should go back in, ive designed it so that it can be easily removed for cleaning or putting the seat back in.

Yeah, i re-thought the LCD screen idea and i dont think im going to put them in the car just yet.

Well, for an update, i mounted the speaker, installed the box and hooked it up, i wanted to hear how it sounded, and the dang thing wouldnt work. i checked and re-checked all my connections, everything is in the right spot. But theres no subwoofer action WTF.
I think the speaker went bad, when i bought the car it had two 12 inchers in the trunk in a premade box, one day, one of them stopped working, i re wired it and it still doesnt work, so i was only using one, and now this one wont work.

They seem to be kind of old subs (Rockford Fosgate), im not really a audio wiz, so do subs just die? or somthing like that?

 

[magik95]

voice coil could be bad or the wires to that connect to the + - connections could be broke. Happesn alot with old speakers.

For your highs in the back with your subs IMO I would put some nice 8"component speakers with tweeters. That would sound really good with that drop top. Alot more sound range than stock 6x9s.

 

[GofaST4life]

turns out my Amp is no longer living...so, ill be getting another one soon.

magik95- ive been looking more into whatyou mentioned, and i think that when i build my fiberglass box i will incorporate what you said, some nice crisp sound would be sweet.

some new pics tomorrow i think.

 

[vanilla gorilla]

OK.
After seeing your vid, it appears that there is no bottom to your box. I guess your just not done with it yet. Also the box is super small. Need more air space than that if you want it to sound halfway decent.
Also, incorporating 6x9's or componets into your sub box is a no-no. Not a good idea. Because whats going to happen is the air from the sub is going to move the cone of the componets, which causes distortion, which is poopie. Your 6x9's or components need they're own enclosure.

 

[GofaST4life]

OK.
After seeing your vid, it appears that there is no bottom to your box. I guess your just not done with it yet. Also the box is super small. Need more air space than that if you want it to sound halfway decent.
Also, incorporating 6x9's or componets into your sub box is a no-no. Not a good idea. Because whats going to happen is the air from the sub is going to move the cone of the componets, which causes distortion, which is poopie. Your 6x9's or components need they're own enclosure.

Vanilla, thank you for the input, i changed my idea about the 6x9's and im going to install some smaller speakers (maybe 6x4's or 6's) in the stock rear speaker locationg, i can fab them to fit.
Also, no ther is no bottom to the box, the way i designed it, is to use the sheet metal the seat was on as the bottom. there is a lot of room, because, the box sits 3" up and there are dips to accomodate for the seat (if that makes sense). You can kind of tell in the pictures.

As for right now though, im at a stand still, im working on my latest "car flip" and should have some money rolling in soon, for a new amp and some minor things.

 

[magik95]

I thinkk some one mentioned before in this thread to incoporate seperate ecloseures.

As for the airspace, it all depends on the make of the subs. You have to research subs for the size of your enclosure. As for the bottom of the box, sheetmetal isnt at all very acoustical and if there is no bottom to the box the sub will not perfor at all, unless the sub was designed to perform in a open air set up. I would at least fiber galss the bottom.

 

[JDMath]

hahaa that will be nice!! good job!