I am thinking about putting 2 15's in my trunk and walling it off. I was wondering if i could remove the black metal pieces shown in these pictures without any negative effects on my car's body or structural integrity.

 

No feedback on this?

 

dont remove it, its for structual integrity

 

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That's hardened steel, it's there for a reason. Keep it there.

 

Then if i'm keeping it i need to order the bolts that are missing in the pictures.

Thanks for the input I'm slowly starting to consider fixing my maxima up.

 

Agree that it's definitely structural. I think that your going to have to work around it.

 

2 15s? You are going to rattle your car apart.

 

You should put the two speakers in custom boxes on either side of the rear trunk where the car jack is stored and face them inward, that would be pretty sick. Im thinking about doing that with a single 12 on one side and the amp on the other. How much bass do you really need!!??

 

Also look into posting this into the Audio section of the forums. Might get some good feedback in there.

 

Two crappy 15s won't produce as much the effect as a single adequately boxed/powered, QUALITY combo

My advice is get thee to the audio section and start your journey from there...

 

just put 1 13 inch JL Audio W7. This speaker will kill 2 15 inch. Put this 13 inch in a sealed box, and put the seat down. Makes more bass as we all know. Too much weight two 15.. Less weight more Ponys....

 

If you want to go with overpriced goods, follow this advice. There are many more lesser-known brands that will outperform a W7 at a far lesser cost.

 

Oh i'v done quite alot of research on my car audio. I currently have a 15" incriminator audio death row powered by a audioque 1200d. pioneer 880prs for my deck. But i want another death row

High quality stuff.

 

Deaden the interior; you'll get more bang for your buck than having to get another woofer

 

Name one please, or two that will out perform at a lesser price.(metalmax) just curious to know If there is I'm buying 1.

 

I will be deadening everything with damplifier pro of course Pics will come soon.

 

i seriously doubt it is structural for the chasis but it probably provides some support for the rear seats. If you want to get rid of it and never have any rear passengers i say go for it

 

It is structural. Since there is a pass thru, that has to be there to support the frame work, deck, etc. If there was no pass thru you would have seen a cross brace or two instead.

The seats do not need that support. They are already structural in themselves.

 

It is. Prevents the strut towers from crumpling. From the mouth of a very experienced body shop owner himself.

 

i got my 12W7 for $200 from a friend.. and now im soon going to buy a Sundown Audio SAE-1200D

 

sundown audio sae-1200d niceee I almost got one but the price difference compared to audioque's 1200 made me change my mind.

And i dont want to remove any of the white metal just the black metal. Mostly where it covers my rear shock mounts. As you see in my picture my left one is only bolted down with one bolt for what ever reason.

 

MTX T9515-44

 

A wise man.

Arc Audio Flatline

there joo have it.

 

MTX

 

There is an Audioque 10 inch sub that will get alot louder and will sound awsome compared to the 13w7, and can put twice the power to the Audioque, plus JL is not as good as everyone thinks, way over priced for what you get

 

I went back into my trunk today to rethink my situation. If you look in my pictures the black steel that covers my rear shock mounts are already mostly disconnected except for 1 or 2 bolts.

So far everybody says not to remove it. But it seems like i'v already been driving around with it removed around the shocks for 10k+miles...

I'm looking into removing just the black steel around my shocks and quite possibly all of it regardless of what people say. I'v seen a couple walled cars with quite a lot of rear support removed.

 

I took the corner pieces out and the car creaks like crazy and it annoys the crap outta me. They're going back in when I redo my suspension in a few weeks.

 

You could remove the black metal piece only if you replace it with some kind of brace to strengthen the structure otherwise the car is going to twist like in the sixties. Lol

 

Apparently you have never heard it. It has far superior sound then any JL and hundreds less $$$$.

You the type to spend thousands on a speaker when you can get the same quality for half the price?

 

Are you trying to remove that black support and replace with a wall of subs, front firing? I would imagine that a piece of 5/8's MDF or such would provide similar support to whats there. Just get some nuts and bolts and use the same holes that are in the car. Something like this?

 

I would say just get 12's

 

You are an idiot for removing an integral part of the structure of the car. You may be fine driving around for 10k miles or whatever. You may not notice any different while driving, but watch your car crumple like a piece of paper if you get hit or are in any accident at all.

An MDF or whatever board would be better than nothing, but I still VERY strongly suggest keeping the plate and braces in. It still does leave plenty of room for plenty of setup options. See my sig for a PRACTICAL approach.

 

there are alot of subs out there, just depends on what your looking for sq or spl, i was going to do a 13w7 in my 7th gen, but the price was outrageous, im really going for sq......so far in my opinion......idmax with zapco amps....just my opinion..thats what im doing...but for my spl car....i prefer digital design.....awesome hand made sub

 

Hand-Made ftw. Wasn't too long ago when folks were discovering custom order (ie hand made to spec) Inhumans. But I haven't paid attention since many years ago now.