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Old 10-17-2012 | 05:56 AM
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Re: Let's see your custom speaker boxes!

Originally Posted by ScrapMaker
here are some speaker locations... in order from STRONGEST to WEAKEST bass... (using same speaker/amp/box volume)

1. Rear-Firing Well Box
2. Down-Firing Well Box
3. Glass-Reflecting Well Box
4. Rear-Firing Hatch Box
5. Down-Firing Hatch Box
6. Glass-Reflecting Hatch Box
7. Forward-Facing Hatch Box
8. Back-Seat Box of any kind...

you can easily test this with a small truck box that fits in the well... I moved it all around and tested the sound...

cleanest and deepest bass was rear-firing well
When you say rear- firing well box how do you mean? Sub is shooting towards rear of the car in the well?
Old 10-24-2012 | 01:46 PM
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Old 10-24-2012 | 01:47 PM
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Re: Let's see your custom speaker boxes!

Pic should have been bigger, it messed up but oh well, i have mine set up as clean as i can, 2 10'' comps. 840 watt amp, it bangs.
Old 11-12-2012 | 09:57 PM
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Re: Let's see your custom speaker boxes!

i want to see some custom subs in convertibles
Old 11-20-2012 | 01:26 AM
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Re: Let's see your custom speaker boxes!

anybody with nice custom box in a convertible?
Old 11-20-2012 | 06:11 AM
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Re: Let's see your custom speaker boxes!

here is my convertible , also check out a previous post by me post #380
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Old 12-07-2012 | 09:46 PM
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Re: Let's see your custom speaker boxes!

Here is mine. Took about a month from start to finish.
Pioneer double din DVR touchsreen head unit.
6x9 Rockford Fosgate Rear
4x6 Rockford Fosgate Dash
Audiobahn 12" Subs
2 micro ferad cap Audiobahn
2 Audiobahn Amps
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Old 12-11-2012 | 03:43 AM
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Re: Let's see your custom speaker boxes!

Here its mine nothing special 2 Kickers 12" cvx's
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Old 12-11-2012 | 09:08 AM
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Re: Let's see your custom speaker boxes!

Originally Posted by salfirebird92
Here its mine nothing special 2 Kickers 12" cvx's
Nice setup. But that Soundstream Bass Machine is trash. It makes songs that have bass sound like mud. But it's a good upgrade for heavy metal bass drums. Anything else that has true 50-150 Hz sound freq sounds terrible.
Old 12-11-2012 | 03:46 PM
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Re: Let's see your custom speaker boxes!

I actually like the sound with the sound stream is the old one before it was started being manufactured in japan or china. Thanks!
Old 12-11-2012 | 03:49 PM
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Re: Let's see your custom speaker boxes!

Originally Posted by salfirebird92
I actually like the sound with the sound stream is the old one before it was started being manufactured in japan or china. Thanks!
Aaahhh. I see. I've never seen an old one before. What I would like to have is one of the old school Rockford Fosgate amps. Those are true monsters.
Old 12-11-2012 | 11:14 PM
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Re: Let's see your custom speaker boxes!

I actually have 3 of them they look like thse one 2 for bass and one for voice http://sacramento.olx.com/rockford-f...n-iid-23309395 I just have them in my garage
Old 12-11-2012 | 11:18 PM
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Re: Let's see your custom speaker boxes!

Originally Posted by salfirebird92
I actually have 3 of them they look like thse one 2 for bass and one for voice http://sacramento.olx.com/rockford-f...n-iid-23309395 I just have them in my garage
I have the 600a4. But it's got a few burnt MOSFETS. I'm talking about the oooolllddd ones like this one.....
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Old 12-11-2012 | 11:47 PM
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Re: Let's see your custom speaker boxes!

Those are great amps They don't build them like that anymore
Old 12-11-2012 | 11:50 PM
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Nope. Those Rockford Amps are in the history books.
Old 12-30-2012 | 09:49 PM
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Re: Let's see your custom speaker boxes!

I got a pioneer shallow mount box and cut back out to fit a regular 12in sub and boxed the back in.Its big enough to hold my amp and Cd changer.Will be getting a better sub(Dual for mock up and getting system working)and adding a small amp to run 6x9s in hatch area
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Old 01-03-2013 | 12:42 PM
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Re: Let's see your custom speaker boxes!

This is my setup. Two MTX 12" subs were given to me; I found out one was blown. I remembered when I was younger, I had some Pioneer box speakers in my S-10 that had a 6" woofer and a slave 6". So, I went ahead and removed the magnet structure from the blown one, and made it a slave! The box is rather small (around .75) and fiberglass insulated for volume, but the slave moves opposite the powered speaker and makes it hit pretty good. I listen to rock and hard rock and you can feel the bass in your stomach, but most of it stays in the car.
I have a 400w Pioneer amp in mono powering this monstrosity!

Old 01-18-2013 | 12:20 AM
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Re: Let's see your custom speaker boxes!

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what do yall think about this ider in the works? Fabing it up with cardboard to see if i wanna do it.
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Old 01-18-2013 | 05:28 AM
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Re: Let's see your custom speaker boxes!

Originally Posted by basshead208
How do you change lanes?
Old 01-18-2013 | 08:48 AM
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How do you change lanes?
Flip the blinker and turn the steering wheel. Nuff said.
Old 01-18-2013 | 10:22 AM
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Re: Let's see your custom speaker boxes!

In my third brake light up on the back glass I put a back up cam and a 7" screen under the center vents on the dash. Both are on whenever the car is so I have quite the view.Let's see your custom speaker boxes!-back-up-cam.jpg

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Old 01-18-2013 | 12:16 PM
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Re: Let's see your custom speaker boxes!

Originally Posted by basshead208
In my third brake light up on the back glass I put a back up cam and a 7" screen under the center vents on the dash. Both are on whenever the car is so I have quite the view.

Awesome idea.
Old 01-19-2013 | 05:23 PM
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hopefully this year im putting 4 DC lvl 3 15s on the DC3.5k amp and a 300a alt turned up to 18.5v charge and 16.2 float with Kinetik 16v batts. Im running a 200a alt on the sub amp and Stinger batt for the wall and a 140a on the car right now.
Old 01-19-2013 | 05:32 PM
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Re: Let's see your custom speaker boxes!

Bass head I can't hear you coming down the street. Put some subs in your car why don't ya?? LoL.

That setup is insane.
Old 01-19-2013 | 05:39 PM
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Re: Let's see your custom speaker boxes!

thanks, sometimes I cant even hear myself coming... down... oh, wait, lol
Old 01-19-2013 | 11:55 PM
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Re: Let's see your custom speaker boxes!

Where did you get the back up camera ?? I have seen a few but not like yours with the lines on the screen...
Old 01-20-2013 | 12:23 AM
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Re: Let's see your custom speaker boxes!

go to ebay, type in 'TaoTronics LED Car Rear View' 18.00 free shipping. it has the video rca. there is also the same cam but wire less for like 25
i cut the ends off the cam and epoxied it ino the light

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Old 01-20-2013 | 12:45 AM
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Thanks.....
Old 01-20-2013 | 06:40 PM
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Re: Let's see your custom speaker boxes!

Here's a new shot of the wall with a better view. Got the amp skins and you can see the Stinger batt int the 3f cap and 300a anl fuse. Dropped the ZX350.4 in the old pic as well as upgraded to 400w Pioneer 6x9s and new ZX650.4 with the ZX2500.1.
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Old 01-25-2013 | 09:51 AM
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Re: Let's see your custom speaker boxes!

Clean, Simple, and Loud! Built it around 7 years ago and recently re-installed it when I bought the car back after 5 years of missing it.
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Re: Let's see your custom speaker boxes!

Originally Posted by Ruckusz28
Bass head I can't hear you coming down the street. Put some subs in your car why don't ya?? LoL.

That setup is insane.
Today I put a short vid on youtube that shows excursion ( kicker camaro wall) if you wanted to see em flex
Old 04-10-2014 | 06:44 PM
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Re: Let's see your custom speaker boxes!

Thats awesome dude, could i get the dimensoins for that?
Old 09-25-2016 | 12:50 PM
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Re: Let's see your custom speaker boxes!

anything new in the last 2 years?
Old 04-24-2017 | 11:42 AM
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...guess not
Old 04-24-2017 | 01:24 PM
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Re: Let's see your custom speaker boxes!

I just did a simple single 8" set-up for mine. Sits in just the lower part of the well area.
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Old 04-24-2017 | 11:27 PM
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Re: Let's see your custom speaker boxes!

This went in the rear well of a convertible10 inch RF p2
Old 04-25-2017 | 11:43 AM
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Re: Let's see your custom speaker boxes!

Originally Posted by pwessels
I just did a simple single 8" set-up for mine. Sits in just the lower part of the well area.
why 3 amps?
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Re: Let's see your custom speaker boxes!

Originally Posted by bk2life
why 3 amps?
The front and rear speaker pairs are each powered by an Alpine 3522 40w x 2 amp. The sub is powered by the 100w Zapco mono sub amp.

I switched to this set-up for a couple reasons:

1. The 6 x 30w A/D/S amp I was originally going to run everything from (4 x 30w and 1 x 90w bridged) didn't put out the sound level I was looking for.

2. I thought it would actually be much cooler to run an all period correct Alpine system if I could. These old Alpines are really great sounding and put out very decent power for their rated size. I may swap out the Zapco to an Alpine amp at some point as well.
Old 04-25-2017 | 12:33 PM
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Re: Let's see your custom speaker boxes!

Originally Posted by pwessels
2. I thought it would actually be much cooler to run an all period correct Alpine system if I could. These old Alpines are really great sounding and put out very decent power for their rated size. I may swap out the Zapco to an Alpine amp at some point as well.
Love it. I was going to run a freshly rebuilt Cerwin Vega Stroker. Dub it "Period correct". lol.
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Re: Let's see your custom speaker boxes!

Originally Posted by treimnitz
This went in the rear well of a convertible10 inch RF p2
Looks nice. Is that 3//4" MDF? Can you post the measurements? Do you know the square dotage of the interior? I might like to make one myself.
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