Another Sub Installation

Member ID
#528
Messages
31
Likes
9
#1
I had an old amp sitting around and plenty of MDF so I got a couple of shallow mount pioneers and put something together, all fits nicely under the load floor. Thanks to MKVIIST for the wiring info in his thread, made it easy.

20131229_134227.jpg

Oops, that's not really applicable to the thread... how'd that get in there? Oh well.. onwards...

20131227_163836.jpg

20131222_132352.jpg

20131226_091128.jpg

20131227_131530.jpg

20131230_195921.jpg

20131230_200113.jpg

20131230_200214.jpg
 


STooge

Active member
Member ID
#474
Messages
534
Likes
34
#2
Looks awesome!!! And all nice and hidden too.
 


MKVIIST

5000 Post Club
Staff Member
Premium Account
Member ID
#335
Messages
5,793
Likes
1,058
#4
Looks amazing Phinnegan, I love the great quality work and Welcome aboard.
 


Member ID
#354
Messages
155
Likes
11
#5
Looks great!! Do you mind sharing which subs you are using? And how thick is the wood u used for the enclosure? How is the sound? Why didn't you port your enclosure? Sorry for all the questions but I am thinking of doing a similiar setup.
 


OP
P
Member ID
#528
Messages
31
Likes
9
Thread Starter #7
Looks great!! Do you mind sharing which subs you are using? And how thick is the wood u used for the enclosure? How is the sound? Why didn't you port your enclosure? Sorry for all the questions but I am thinking of doing a similar setup.
I went back and forth on the subs, but ended up with two Pioneer TS-SW2501S4. I was going to go with 2 8's, but I was kind of buying them based on the amp that I already had, which bridged is 300W RMS x 2 into 4 ohms. So most of the 8's were underpowered (around 100-150 RMS, and the ones that weren't, like the Kickers, were pushing $150+ bucks apiece, and this was a budget project). The pioneers can handle 300W RMS, have a decently high efficiency, and were the right price =).

The sound is great for my usual music (rock, drum n bass, npr ha), its more than plenty of wattage for this tiny car (for me). I did wire them up to the right rear speaker like MKVIIST, and I'm a little leery about that, but it seems ok so far - I don't listen to particularly nuanced music in the car.

I've always run sealed boxes, I just don't ever feel I need the extension of a ported box AND then I would have had to go with 8s or one 10 as the necessary box size will go up (and I was hell bent on using the amp's capacity AND wanted to fit it under the floor as well) - the box I built is about .45cf per speaker, and these pioneers are meant for that kind of extremely small box. 1/2 MDF since it is so small, with extra bracing in the middle of each "section".
 


rooSTer

1000 Post Club
Member ID
#341
Messages
1,785
Likes
129
#8
Do you plan to carpet it in the future or leave it painted black?
 


Member ID
#351
Messages
115
Likes
19
#9
Spare tire gone or not accessible Did you relocate tire jack and wrench, It does look boss.
 


OP
P
Member ID
#528
Messages
31
Likes
9
Thread Starter #10
I'll probably just leave it painted, its "bed liner" so it has a texture to it.
 


OP
P
Member ID
#528
Messages
31
Likes
9
Thread Starter #11
Spare tire gone or not accessible Did you relocate tire jack and wrench, It does look boss.
Tire & jack still in there, it comes out fairly easy if I need the tire, just unhook power/rcas.
 


OP
P
Member ID
#528
Messages
31
Likes
9
Thread Starter #14
As soon as my car gets back from the shop... =(
 


OP
P
Member ID
#528
Messages
31
Likes
9
Thread Starter #16
Oh Oh that a bad thing ??
Oh yeah, I've cooled down, but it's been in there since the 1st, and I was pretty pissed , she got backed into. Luckily the guy had insurance... Both passenger doors and the rear quarter adds up to quite a bill. It was a pretty sad sight.

Didn't even have tags yet, they're sitting on my counter now...
 


rooSTer

1000 Post Club
Member ID
#341
Messages
1,785
Likes
129
#17
Oh yeah, I've cooled down, but it's been in there since the 1st, and I was pretty pissed , she got backed into. Luckily the guy had insurance... Both passenger doors and the rear quarter adds up to quite a bill. It was a pretty sad sight.
Damn sorry to hear. How fast were they backing out?
 


OP
P
Member ID
#528
Messages
31
Likes
9
Thread Starter #18
It was a small pickup, he had pulled in to a work site, stopped, I proceeded to pass slowly behind, and he must have threw it right in rev and gassed it right into my rear right door.
 


rodmoe

5000 Post Club
Member ID
#342
Messages
5,810
Likes
585
#19
Oh man that SUCKS ! Please no picks i can't take the pain of a FiST being senselessly maimed ... :(
 


OP
P
Member ID
#528
Messages
31
Likes
9
Thread Starter #20
Oh man that SUCKS ! Please no picks i can't take the pain of a FiST being senselessly maimed ... :(
Haha of course not, it's not pretty, I'll spare everyone. [mecry]
 


Similar threads

Ford Community Posts



Top