new setup.
03-06-2006, 11:01 AM
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new setup.
well i won't have my car for three days because i am getting everything redone. box,amp, wiring. should look and sound real nice. we decided to go with about 2cuft each it will be rear firing. we are upping the wire from 2 to 1/0 gauge and we are monting the amp in the wheel well with plexiglass about 1" lower than flush with a cover so it will be stealth but can show off the amp when i want. the rear will appear to be completely sealed from the cabin but there will be a screen dye'd to match the exterior of the car above the box flush with the box. i have very high hopes for this setup. i will post pics when i can, i am going to drop by after work to check out the progress and maybe snap a few pics of the installation. wish me luck...
03-07-2006, 09:18 AM
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update, i was talking to the guy and now we are integrating a plexiglass window on the back of the box so when the seats are folded down you will be able to see the motor structure. shold be sweet, i can't freakin wait any longer. will take some more pics today.
03-08-2006, 06:44 AM
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the box is now approximatly 2.2 cubic ft. and we are using gray flextone paint on the interior of the box to give it that marble look, we are also integrating blacklights inside the box and maybe in the amp rack.
03-09-2006, 07:36 PM
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Well, it's definitely a very nice fit. But I'm trying to figure out why you have openings between the two sub chambers?
By the way, your car is beautiful also. I don't know much about sixth gens; is that a factory color?
By the way, your car is beautiful also. I don't know much about sixth gens; is that a factory color?
03-09-2006, 10:49 PM
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I never noticed this before...
Lucky for you, I guess Nissan got rid of the torsion-bar trunk lid setup in favor of the non-obtrusive hydraulic setup you have when they brought out the sixth gen. We fifth-and-below genners couldn't do your setup without having an ugly notch of some sort cut into the wood. (Unless the trunk lid was modified of course.)
Eh, just thought I'd point that out.
Lucky for you, I guess Nissan got rid of the torsion-bar trunk lid setup in favor of the non-obtrusive hydraulic setup you have when they brought out the sixth gen. We fifth-and-below genners couldn't do your setup without having an ugly notch of some sort cut into the wood. (Unless the trunk lid was modified of course.)
Eh, just thought I'd point that out.
03-09-2006, 10:52 PM
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Originally Posted by TheBigDu
I never noticed this before...
Lucky for you, I guess Nissan got rid of the torsion-bar trunk lid setup in favor of the non-obtrusive hydraulic setup you have when they brought out the sixth gen. We fifth-and-below genners couldn't do your setup without having an ugly notch of some sort cut into the wood. (Unless the trunk lid was modified of course.)
Eh, just thought I'd point that out.
Lucky for you, I guess Nissan got rid of the torsion-bar trunk lid setup in favor of the non-obtrusive hydraulic setup you have when they brought out the sixth gen. We fifth-and-below genners couldn't do your setup without having an ugly notch of some sort cut into the wood. (Unless the trunk lid was modified of course.)
Eh, just thought I'd point that out.
It's an unforunate truth.
Doesn't take much to mod that out though
03-10-2006, 02:18 AM
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Originally Posted by AscendantMax
damn, looks good so far
and yeah, why not two seperate chambers for the box?
my install is blah, (appearance-wise) compared to that
and yeah, why not two seperate chambers for the box?
my install is blah, (appearance-wise) compared to that
03-10-2006, 06:45 AM
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Originally Posted by maxmale
because i am only running one amp a 1 ohm and seperate chambers are not required. thanks for all the compliments. i am throwing a lot of money into this thing so it better be nice. i just don't have th supplies to do this sort of thing on my own.
Doesn't matter what resistance your running the amp at, and I think what you meant is that your running it mono. Regardless seperate chambers are better because if one of the subs blows out, it will be easier to notice. If your throwing alot of money into it, please have them do it right.
03-10-2006, 11:12 AM
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Speaker impedance and what type of amp your using are both completely irrelevant to the enclosure design. One has absolutely nothing to do with the other. If this is what the shop thats doing the work is telling you, I would bne a bit skeptical of their actual knowledge.
03-10-2006, 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted by maxmale
sorry, got ahead of myself. 1 amp + 2 4ohm dvc subs = 1 ohm. figured this was obvious. probably should have stated it is a mono amp.
Again this has nothing to do with the chambering of the box. No matter what they told you.
03-10-2006, 01:52 PM
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if i am wrong and this setup sounds like **** then i will be the first to say so. but since both subs are on the same channel and seeing the same wattage essentially then phase cancelation shouldn't be a problem.
03-10-2006, 02:15 PM
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Originally Posted by maxmale
if i am wrong and this setup sounds like **** then i will be the first to say so. but since both subs are on the same channel and seeing the same wattage essentially then phase cancelation shouldn't be a problem.
The worse part is if it sounds like *** and you dont know it.
Dont get me wrong man, the work itself and design of the trunk looks very good.
03-10-2006, 02:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Pearl96Max
not to mention no two subs will ever get the same EXACT power consistantly.
nor resistance, nor impedance drop for that matter....Hehe that would mean both subs to 100% read identically in EVERY voice coil and being a mono amp the first sub wired closest to the power source gets a
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03-10-2006, 03:23 PM
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What the hell is up with that center chamber anyway? Its like two half circles...Maybe they screwed up the front plate the first time and figured, ah what the hell we'll throw it inside the box and save some MDF. 
Also did notice, the jigsaw owns them on circle cuts.
Also did notice, the jigsaw owns them on circle cuts.
03-11-2006, 06:24 AM
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Originally Posted by MannyNJ2k2max
Me neither, i truly hope thats not the case...if so, wow...
Honestly I would'nt doubt it though. Main reason is that the bracing inside would be different if they were going to put a big slab like that they might as well have chambered it. But since they weren't going to they could have just used braces.
03-11-2006, 06:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Pearl96Max
What the hell is up with that center chamber anyway? Its like two half circles...Maybe they screwed up the front plate the first time and figured, ah what the hell we'll throw it inside the box and save some MDF.
Also did notice, the jigsaw owns them on circle cuts.
Also did notice, the jigsaw owns them on circle cuts.
03-11-2006, 06:46 AM
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Originally Posted by maxmale
unless they mistakenly thought my subs were 10" there is no way those holes were originally for the front.
