Fibreglass Sub Box (HOW TO) - Page 3 - Saxperience

Stickyjam · 26th November 2008, 23:18

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Originally Posted by Lippy

Post a piccy, we can have a thread of different custom boxes to give peeps some inspiration!

i meant his lol he said it was similar when the only similarity i saw was drivers side and made out of fiberglass lol

im doing mine in January when student loan monies comes in lol

Lippy · 28th November 2008, 00:22

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Originally Posted by Stickyjam

i meant his lol he said it was similar when the only similarity i saw was drivers side and made out of fiberglass lol

im doing mine in January when student loan monies comes in lol

oops feeling pretty stupid now! lol

well same applies when its done put up some piccys!

Yeah I guess they are the only simularities! Nice build though, looks like it hugs the curves of the car pretty well! bit heavy for what I wanted.

jallen · 7th June 2009, 20:50

looks really good think im gona do one but with sub eathier side and amp in the middle any one got any advice

Lippy · 7th June 2009, 22:03

wow no one has posted on here in months! lol
I was thinking on doing that , it would be better off if the box was one piece, joined and then the amp raised up on a metal bracket would look awsome!

DaDangerMan · 8th June 2009, 16:57

looks very nice mate i like it alot!!

jallen · 8th June 2009, 19:00

i havent had my car for long and i only have 6x9s in the parcel shelf im looking at looks of diffrent things but im thinking bout getting a fusion amp and speakers then building my own sub enclosure going for fusion because i dont have a hudge budget the reviews for it look good have you ever used fusion audio? or is there something better for the money lol random reply to your thread though

but yea i think i will go 4 two because it would look so much better but maybe use only 10 inch subs or sumin just so it fits nicely o and what part of devon u from im from torquay

cheers joe

Lippy · 8th June 2009, 22:05

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Originally Posted by DaDangerMan

looks very nice mate i like it alot!!

Its been sold now to Denni from here, I sold him this box and I made a fibreglass parcel shelf that I have also sold to him

Have upgraded since building this to the stereo below.

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Originally Posted by jallen

i havent had my car for long and i only have 6x9s in the parcel shelf im looking at looks of diffrent things but im thinking bout getting a fusion amp and speakers then building my own sub enclosure going for fusion because i dont have a hudge budget the reviews for it look good have you ever used fusion audio? or is there something better for the money lol random reply to your thread though

but yea i think i will go 4 two because it would look so much better but maybe use only 10 inch subs or sumin just so it fits nicely o and what part of devon u from im from torquay

cheers joe

Ive never bought Fusion audio, im not really a big fan to be henest, the subs are too punchy and the speakers are too high pitched for me. Its not that bad for the money though.
Other things to look at would be mutant stuff and Fli (AKA vibe)
I would suggest...
Sell the 6x9's
Buy some 13cm front components, I just bought some pioneer ones for £40 or if you can then make some door pods so you can have 17cm speakers (the difference is immense!)
Then Id suggest on a budget maybe get 2 12" JBL subs (good for the money, not my personal fav though) £30-£40 each.
as for an amp im selling a VIBE slick A7 currently for £70 which will run 2 subs.
after all that buy an amp for the components

Piccys of the new install on my progress thread

LL_COOL_JAY · 9th June 2009, 01:08

looks great well done

jallen · 9th June 2009, 20:48

ummm.... well i did look at getting power plant fusion voted best value product or sum shit the getting a vibe sub and amp but for two amps would you just have two cables from the battery or is there another way and a7 amp good amp good price i will think about it nice new setup looks beast and how did you go about wiring two amps ? thanks for the advice by the way

claff · 9th June 2009, 20:55

you can either run 2 seperate wires, OR get a distribution block (basically splits 1 wire into many, usually 4) and do it that way, or daisy chain where you connect battery to amp and then connect the other amp to that amp. people say daisy chaining is bad but i dont think theres a problem with it as long as you're not running massive RMS and your battery cable is thick enough to handle the current for both amps

jallen · 9th June 2009, 20:59

.......or have 6x9 wired from head unit 1 sub and component speakers running of...... 900 watt amp ? this will only cost like 175 in all

may do that did you constuct the new kicker in the back in fibire glass again must of taken ages and shit loads of fuckin layers that takes so long

jallen · 9th June 2009, 21:02

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Originally Posted by claff

you can either run 2 seperate wires, OR get a distribution block (basically splits 1 wire into many, usually 4) and do it that way, or daisy chain where you connect battery to amp and then connect the other amp to that amp. people say daisy chaining is bad but i dont think theres a problem with it as long as you're not running massive RMS and your battery cable is thick enough to handle the current for both amps

sweet in that case i may spent a fair bit on getting good components and 6x9s on one amp and get vibe a7 and two subs of that

jallen · 9th June 2009, 21:32

sorry lippy for spaming your forum but you have all been good help plus im new to this website

ok im have two options first i buy theses ...... http://www.auto-motives.biz/car-audi...ck-p-1286.html and buy lippys a7 amp and later on when i can afford it buy two vibe slick subs or ........ http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...%3DI%26otn%3D2 this and buy components but would i need an amp for the componets or would they run of this amp even if i had to run the 6x9s of the head unit ok guys counting on you for some help

lippy oyu may have a buyer for your amp

Lippy · 9th June 2009, 22:27

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Originally Posted by jallen

sorry lippy for spaming your forum but you have all been good help plus im new to this website

ok im have two options first i buy theses ...... http://www.auto-motives.biz/car-audi...ck-p-1286.html and buy lippys a7 amp and later on when i can afford it buy two vibe slick subs or ........ http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...%3DI%26otn%3D2 this and buy components but would i need an amp for the componets or would they run of this amp even if i had to run the 6x9s of the head unit ok guys counting on you for some help

lippy oyu may have a buyer for your amp

no problem on spamming the thread! its only a how to guide! so long as its not my progress thread! lol

I would avoid daisy chaining, it is ok at low power but doesnt look nice and the connection isnt the best ever, if your gonna do it then might as well do it properly...
Id avoid 6x9's to be honest just because A) its not the done thing but B) They dont sound nice anyway and thats the important part!

My suggestion is buy some 13cm components like these for sound quality
http://caraudiosecurity.com/shop/pro...s_id/3828.html

or these which ive used in the past and were pretty good (baby brothers of what im running now)
http://caraudiosecurity.com/shop/pro...s_id/4696.html

or these if you want to keep it all VIBE
http://caraudiosecurity.com/shop/pro...s_id/4253.html

As for sub and amp setup my amp produces 300 (4), 600(2) or 750(1 Ohm) watts RMS at different Ohm's (basically dependant on what sub you plug in it produces more power)...

This sub is on offer at £49.99 which is a good price its duel voice coil so with an amp like mine it will be getting 750watts up its arse which is quite a bit!
http://caraudiosecurity.com/shop/pro...s_id/5599.html

Infinity = Quality over Quantity but should sound nice! and still be fairly loud, if you want quantity then...

2 of these wired in parallel will mean the amps puts out 600watts to run 2 subs that normally require 550 which is enough.
http://caraudiosecurity.com/shop/pro...s_id/7135.html

Over powering subs is the best way! under powering causes problems!

or I have a 12" pioneer sub you can have for a tenner + postage and could send with the amp, its a basic 400 watts RMS sub but it never disappointed me tbh...

Lippy · 9th June 2009, 22:33

hope you appreciate all that as it took me bloody ages to do

Oh and yeah my new box is fibreglass, took me hours to make and its solid as a rock! took about 8 layers of matting and 8 litres of resin and hardner! lol

There are piccys on my progress thread of it and the fibreglass amp rack that I made

jallen · 10th June 2009, 21:23

98 percent about buying your amp replie in private message left you one as well leave your number please and we will sort some thing out yea sweet joe