Interior Subwoofer

[Joeyxx07]

Ok, so I decided that i want to put a subwoofer in my interior. Please don't flame, its personal preference. If you dont like the idea, then please don't waste your time posting on it. And i was wondering what you guys suggest on mounting ideas? Where could I put it? please let me know, thanks

 

[staticbrainwash]

Um. . . Where else does a sub usually go? Other than inside the car?

 

[awdlancer]

what exactly do u mean by in your interor ?? you can put them in your trunk but theres no space to add a subwoofer other than the trunk

 

[kenamond]

I put mine flush against the back seats, as wide as would fit between the plastic side panels, as tall as the hatch flap, and as deep as the enclosure volume dictated. I have 2x10" in a musical enclosure, so the volumes are smaller than an "efficiency" setup or a larger diameter speaker.

I saw a post somewhere years ago about someone fabbing up a fiberglass enclosure that conformed to the spare tire pocket in the trunk (they ditched the spare tire, jack, etc.). They used masking tape to coat the entire sheet metal, spread release compound on the tape, then layed the glass in there.

If you don't care about the back seat, you could pull the seat cushion and seat backs to get A LOT more room. I have 2 kids, so that's not an option for me.

I also put 6" midbass drivers in the doors to pick up the midbass. I'm not a big hip-hop guy, so I went for full spectrum and precision.

Those are my ideas.

 

[Joeyxx07]

Wow, thanks for the quick response! I'm sorry for not being more specific. I meant other than the trunk, thats where my first two are. I want to put one somewhere else in there. Just hoping for some ideas?

 

[smores114]

let me know if ## looking for a carbon fiber sub box. a buddy of mine just had one made.

 

[LTUDSM]

ok i took my old trunk cover or whatever you call that,bought a very thick plywood,made the exact fit.i mean cut around the edges and stuff like that,then i decided to do a fiberglass project.So i made a shape like 60 degrees ,cut the hole,put the fiberglass fabric and applied fiberglass resin all over the fabric.after that i put a body filler,sand it out to make it smooth like a cat balls and painted.it came out really damn nice,i thought that the first time it would look ugly,but after all that it looks nice.now i got a 10" Audiobahn sub kicking in the middle of my trunk

but if you don't want to do a fiberglass job,just buy a thick plywood that they use for furniture.cut the exact size of your stock trunk cover. cut two or whatever you want holes ti fit the subs.Then put a fabric or whatever you want on that frame.After all that make a boxes for those hole (s)the boxes got to bo big enough to fit the sub and a pvc pipe for a better sound.So drill the hole next to the sub for pvc pipe,3"in would be perfect,and put it down the hole into that box that you made for a sub.Make sure you not gonna put all the way to the end.to hold that pvc pipe you need to buy some ring a little bit bigger then a three inch.then you have to glue that pvc pipe to the ring.make sure when you glue the pvc pipe to the ring,dont pull the pipe all the way up,leave some space like an inch or inch and a half from the top of the ring,that way it would look really nice,after you glue everything together,put the ring into the hole which you made for a pvc pipe and that it,it would sound awesome,well depends on what kind of subs you gonna use....
I hope this helps a lil bit

 

[WatchItExplode]

what exactly do u mean by in your interor ?? you can put them in your trunk but theres no space to add a subwoofer other than the trunk

sure there is! But your passenger will have to keep their knees bent

Here's my work in progres...

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I'm building this for a Rockford Fosgate 8" P2. As you can see, the woofer will be counter-sunk so that the trim ring is flush with the surface of the box. I'm going to build a trim panel that will trim out all the edges so it looks nice and clean, and it will also have some sort of grill to protect the woofer from people's feet.

A couple 12" woofers in the trunk might be loud, but you can't beat the sound quality of up-front midbass

 

[Joeyxx07]

Oh my goodness, thats perfect! That's what I think I'm going to do. Thats exactly the kind of idea I was looking for, what dimensions am i looking at?

 

[Ajax]

If you dont want massive amounts of bass then this fits under the seat. KENWOOD KSC-SW1 Powered Enclosed Subwoofer

 

[LTUDSM]

sure there is! But your passenger will have to keep their knees bent

Here's my work in progres...

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I'm building this for a Rockford Fosgate 8" P2. As you can see, the woofer will be counter-sunk so that the trim ring is flush with the surface of the box. I'm going to build a trim panel that will trim out all the edges so it looks nice and clean, and it will also have some sort of grill to protect the woofer from people's feet.

A couple 12" woofers in the trunk might be loud, but you can't beat the sound quality of up-front midbass

well the idea that i gave would work way better then youre doing now, it wont play that good that in trunk area,i know who made that couple different ways like youre doing now,but it was not worth all that hard work One of my friends did the same thing like toure doing now,and after all that work,he ended up with subs in his trunk

 

[Joeyxx07]

well i do have the subs in the trunk too, so this is more of an experimental thing

 

[LTUDSM]

well i do have the subs in the trunk too, so this is more of an experimental thing

i deff disagree with this kinda experimental,but if you got nuttin to do and like to do the job twice then i would say go for it.and the you will end up like my friend with the subs in the trunk )

why just dont you take my idea and do the job one time and you'll be satisfied.i guarantee you

 

[Pyrice4]

I have an idea that I just might try. Depending on the amount of work you want to do and the kind of sub you have, you could put it in the stock rear speaker spot, right next to the rear seats. It would look sweet there. You would have to make a mold or cast of the frame stuff under the plastic then one of the bottom of the plastic then put them together. You would probably have to get a sub that is not very deep though. If I try it ill update everyone, but its an idea I think would be sweeet if done good.

 

[cbassgsx]

86 the glove box or pass foot well bow with a p3 shallow 10"<---- rockford fosgate
I do alot of footwell boxes in porsches

 

[WatchItExplode]

Footwell boxes work really well in 2 seaters with lots of leg room. NSX is a good example. Cars like that also have really small passenger compartments, so it takes less woofer to achieve your desired SPL. You mentionen the P3 shallow mount, that is an excellent woofer for places like behind the seats of small cars. I like the shallow mount pioneer woofers too.

In response to the guy above who doesn't think it's a good idea, this is my reason for doing it. I'm still going to have two 12" woofers in the truck for the deep bass and SPL (when I want it), but the 8" up front will handle the mid-bass for improved sound quality and "up-front" bass. It's difficult to make bass sound like it's coming from the front when the woofers are in the back. That's one thing you use time alignment for...to make your woofers sound like they're playing up front. Well I'm not trying to build a sound quality competition car so I'm not going to get a big fancy sound processor and tune with an RTA and crap so I decided to throw some stuff together and use the best of my knowledge to make the system sound good.

I'm no newb to car audio

 

[RedTurboEclipse]

If you dont want massive amounts of bass then this fits under the seat. KENWOOD KSC-SW1 Powered Enclosed Subwoofer

I've seen pics of that. Can you give a more thorough review on it.

For those wondering about it, the dimensions are:
15-3/4"W x 3-11/16"H x 9-1/16"D

Still too big to fit under the passenger seat without any modifications because of the wedges that elevate. Might fit on the drivers side if you don't have power seats. (I speak of the 2gs)

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[spooln4fun]

Can also try this guy. looks very well made had good rep.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Cust...ryZ38646QQihZ013QQitemZ230152832738QQtcZphoto

 

[strippedlug]

Can also try this guy. looks very well made had good rep.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Cust...ryZ38646QQihZ013QQitemZ230152832738QQtcZphoto

I've been watching that guy for awhile. For the price you can't beat it. I need to call for mine and have no sub holes made for it. I have 2 Kicker Solobarics (square subs). Unless he'd cut it for me. Then again I think I'm capable of cutting out a square. Now, where'd I put that chainsaw?

 

[strippedlug]

Just thought of another idea. Kudos to Joey for getting my brain rolling. I don't need the backseat as I have the grocery getter, kid getter, wife's chick mobile, and barely-runs-but-hauls-junk-mobile. I'm going to begin work on a second enclosure the same size as the backseat to hold my xplode 10's. I'm really going to have to shave some weight elsewhere to compensate of course.

 

[Joeyxx07]

Wow i should have done this sooner, so many good answers, but i think my favorite is the pass side floor sub. Im going to try it out.