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Old Sep 26, 2011 | 01:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Heedz
Same question I had for the OP.

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Nye impossible. Just fill it with water than measure the water. take the speaker out first though.
Old Sep 26, 2011 | 02:48 PM
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You can approximate, to avoid a just blatantly improperly sized box...
Old Sep 26, 2011 | 04:47 PM
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How'd you calc the air space on this?
I filled the sub box up with packing peanuts
Old Sep 26, 2011 | 05:21 PM
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i filled the sub box up with packing peanuts
brilliant! :d
Old Sep 27, 2011 | 10:33 PM
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Make dat sh*t bump homie, wake dem neighbors up lol.
Oh, I wake them up every morning at 5:30 AM with my exhaust
Old Sep 28, 2011 | 11:02 AM
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I'm new to the concepts behind sub enclosures but would wrapping it in a padded carpet type material help with the shaking of panels? It seems to me that a bulk of sub enclosures have a carpet like material on them. Like I said though, this is all fairly new to me...

If so, we'll do a road trip, kill a polar bear, and wrap your box to match your car.
Old Sep 28, 2011 | 11:03 AM
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Originally Posted by burnyou2
I'm new to the concepts behind sub enclosures but would wrapping it in a padded carpet type material help with the shaking of panels? It seems to me that a bulk of sub enclosures have a carpet like material on them. Like I said though, this is all fairly new to me...

If so, we'll do a road trip, kill a polar bear, and wrap your box to match your car.
The carpet on the outside is entirely just for appearance.
Old Sep 28, 2011 | 11:05 AM
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Originally Posted by burnyou2
I'm new to the concepts behind sub enclosures but would wrapping it in a padded carpet type material help with the shaking of panels? It seems to me that a bulk of sub enclosures have a carpet like material on them. Like I said though, this is all fairly new to me...

If so, we'll do a road trip, kill a polar bear, and wrap your box to match your car.
padded carpet would work or just some 1/4" closed cell foam from a fabric store. almost anything to stop the fiberglass from directly contacting the plastic interior panels will work
Old Sep 28, 2011 | 01:04 PM
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Looks amazing and good quality, but how does it sound? Did you actually measure and meet the ft³ recommendation of your subwoofer or did you just make a mold that looks good?

You should make more and start selling those. 10" and 12" models. I'm sure they would sell AMAZINGLY.

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"You keep using that word.. I do not think it means what you think it means.. "
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Old Sep 28, 2011 | 03:39 PM
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I always thought, pertaining to cars, stealth meant "it looks stock but it aint"

ie: could be interchangeably used like sleeper. I do not think toxic green wheels are stealthy at all, widened stockers would be.

Or something that is all flat black. ; )
Old Sep 28, 2011 | 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted by burnyou2
It seems to me that a bulk of sub enclosures have a carpet like material on them.
Most of those enclosures you see wrapped in carpet are made out of particle board, and then covered in carpet to hide the wood.
Old Sep 28, 2011 | 03:52 PM
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Id have to agree, neon green to me isnt very "stealth" but very "look at meeeee!"
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Originally Posted by hinkelstein
Looks amazing and good quality, but how does it sound? Did you actually measure and meet the ft³ recommendation of your subwoofer or did you just make a mold that looks good?

You should make more and start selling those. 10" and 12" models. I'm sure they would sell AMAZINGLY.
Originally Posted by eugenile
how much would you charge to make something like that for me. just 1 12" sealed enclosure.
Sounds great, I just have to wrap the back side of the enclosure with some sound deadening material.
yes, I did measure capacity of the box, it was more than required for my 10" sub.
I can make more boxes for 10" and 12" subwoofers for right and left corner of the trunk but it wouldn't be cheap. Keep in mind that I spent about $120 on material and I'd probably charge $100 for labor. Almost identical box made by Audio Solutions goes for almost $400.
Old Sep 28, 2011 | 04:27 PM
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Hey 1JavaBlk_in_Sac How many coats of resin did you put on the fleece?
Old Sep 28, 2011 | 05:42 PM
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3 coats plus I reinforced the box from inside applying fiberglass net with additional coat of resin



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