Sub placement question

[Toomanytoys]

I’m going to build a box for my 2011 Lincoln Navigator. The box will sit behind the third row seats in the passenger side corner. The question I have is which direction should the sub and port face? I’ve seen the sub facing up with the port to the side and I have seen the sub and port both facing to the rear. Which setup is better?

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[huberoy123 10+ year member]

Try it both ways, and see which sounds better in your vehicle. Try this video for more info.

 

[Toomanytoys]

Thanks for that.

 

[DFW40 10+ year member]

I’ve always had the best luck with port and subs on same side of box facing the rear. You might need grills or something to cover subs if you still want to throw stuff in and around the box. 4th order Bandpass with single port firing directly into corner works extremely well and subs are protected extremely well...but you have your traditional Bandpass drawbacks.