Hey,
I'm installing a couple of 12's in the trunk, but other than the armrest pass-through in the back seat there doesn't seem to be many openings for the sound to get through. Has anyone cut or modified the back seat bracing to allow for this? I know that bass frequencies in general are non directional, but all this metal in the seat has got to stifle a large portion of the sound.
Any recommendations?
Thanks in advance.

 

you cannot cut metal out of support structures like that. The construction of our cars is based partly on that support you're thinking about cutting. Don't worry, bass will get thru there w/o a problem. Sure, it won't sound like it's right behind your head, but do you really want it to? There was a guy on the board, Sweetsound2000 or 2001 can't remember, that was selling a custom made box that fired thru the armrest. Look him up, he was selling it at a sweet price, If I wanted to give up some room in my trunk, I would of got it. Good luck.

 

OK, I've finally found something about the Maxima that I truly hate. After further investigation I've found that the trunk is better reinforced than Alcatraz. It seems my only options for descent bass from the trunk are: A) Cut out the 5" X 20"? openings in the center of the rear deck (I wonder if this is where the Bose Sub gets put), or, B) Build my box with a baffle directing towards the pass thru ski opening. Either way I think I'm going to have to build some sort of attachment to my box to direct the sound towards one of the openings. This would be so much easier if I was building a ported box, but I hate the boominess and distorted sound from those kind of boxes. I want a sealed enclosure that will give me tight, very responsive bass with a nice flat frequency response curve.
Well, Anyone out there built anything like this? Any ideas are welcome...

 

 

 

What in the wild wide world of sports is that.... HOW the heck was that done.. There is little space on the arm rest area...Now that is some enginuineting? btw did you cut that out...?? instructions pls

 

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I am working on something like Anton's but mine is with 12's. All I am waiting on is the speakers and amp to get to my house. The box is ported through the rear speaker holes since I don't use them anyway.

 

Well I figured out a solution that worked quite well. Instead of using 2 12's I just used one high power infinity 12". I built the box so that the woofer fires directly into the cabin from the trunk. It sounds great, and I didn't have to cut anything.

 

It's not the problem you think it is, dont sweat it. But if you want just port the deck.