View Poll Results: which way's it firing?

pointed toward the front

6.67%

pointed toward the rear

117

86.67%

firing up

6.67%

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Which way is your subwoofer firing?

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04-24-2007, 07:55 PM

#81

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RF Power HX2 12" Might try out some washers but it would look weird with these specific grills, I think......

04-24-2007, 07:59 PM

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then unleash them with no grills and man up!

04-24-2007, 08:23 PM

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I'm too skeered, and I use my trunk 2 much.

04-25-2007, 01:55 PM

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I went ahead an put the jl grill on my sub.... nice to know I can just throw anything back there and be ok

04-25-2007, 04:05 PM

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i had mine faced towards the latch then one day decided to test it out and played da blow by lil jon on it facing fowards (away from latch) and backwards (towards latch) and by far facing the subs towards the latch is much much better its cleaner sounding bass and much more vibration

just my .02

07-11-2007, 10:05 PM

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My sub box only fits forward/backward so I have then facing backwards. A buddy of mine had a vented box with two JL's pointed backwards. One day he turned them facing up and we both felt it was a vast improvement in sound.

I will be getting a new box soon and plan on facing them up.

07-12-2007, 10:03 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Ruthless

You HAVE to point them towards the rear. Bass sounds the best when you are 10Ft from the subs (not exact measurements)
SO, your trunk is not 10ft from you, so you bounce it off the trunk lid and back, thats about 10ft

sigh....
who told you that bs?

07-12-2007, 10:08 PM

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I better go out and take some measurements........

07-13-2007, 04:49 AM

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Don't forget to measure all the angles... **** maybe I need to mount my subs outside my car... 10 ft fo sho.

07-13-2007, 04:57 AM

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Just get a lil tow-behind trailer and hitch. Install your subs in that.

I bet that would be about 10 ft.

Pfftt!

07-13-2007, 05:10 AM

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Nah I wanna drag'em on the ground or build a custom box, maybe fb it to the rear bumper... w00t.

09-09-2007, 01:35 PM

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ive always felt that they sound the best when pointed toward the back of the car. Tho in my 94 eclipse they were pointed back and up, because of the angle in the box, and the height of the box

09-16-2007, 09:41 AM

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Nah I wanna drag'em on the ground or build a custom box, maybe fb it to the rear bumper... w00t.

isnt there actually something on the org about facing it toward the trunk at about 3ft from the lid? Someone did like a resonance chart thing to see if the waves would be perfectly in alignment when reflecting back toward the driver?

09-16-2007, 10:33 AM

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HOWS THIS?

09-16-2007, 02:24 PM

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^..... uh...

09-16-2007, 02:38 PM

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wow......that looks like it needs some tlc....

09-16-2007, 06:14 PM

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wow......that looks like it needs some tlc....

How so?????????

09-16-2007, 08:01 PM

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I was referring to this shot.........

09-17-2007, 04:58 PM

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and wats wrong with it i s wat i was asking.

09-17-2007, 05:25 PM

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functionality wise, nothing is wrong with it. but eh, at least make it look more presentable.

plus you're hurting output with the subs aimed up.

09-17-2007, 05:48 PM

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that looks like crap.

09-17-2007, 07:11 PM

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and wats wrong with it i s wat i was asking.

You seriously see nothing wrong with it?

09-17-2007, 07:16 PM

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Quote:

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functionality wise, nothing is wrong with it. but eh, at least make it look more presentable.

plus you're hurting output with the subs aimed up.

My point exactly.

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Originally Posted by mendon99

that looks like crap.

I was trying to be nice, sometimes I guess being blunt is the best way......

09-19-2007, 09:21 PM

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for one it is a stripped trunk for racing and i try to make it so i can take it all out with ease. it sounds damn good the way it is. and believ me the rest of the car looks nothing like that . I just did it to shave as much wieght as i could and still am saving weight.