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Which questionable design are you talking about? With my 2 halves of a whole design, the only thing that can be adjusted in that situation is the volume of the trunk half. It is what it is. With that design though, would it actually function as a sealed box? Or is the big metal baffle in the...

Thank you. I'm not really looking for design suggestions, but rather a critique of my design. If it's bad, it's bad. My designs were 100% made to fit within space constraints with little regard for function. With the space I've given myself to place a sub/enclosure, it seems I'll be putting in a...

I appreciate the input. It IS alien to me. I'd never heard of a "4th" until Popwarhomie mentioned it. I'm not looking for anything huge. I'm redoing the 30 year old factory system, and I see a chance to make an upgrade. I just want to add a little bass. Trunk space is more important than...

In this situation, what should be on the cabin side of the port? Currently there is a hard plastic box that formerly contained a first aid kit. Mine is missing. Is it best to have some sort of vent like a speaker grille on the cabin side? EDIT: Did a quick SketchUp of a box that should: -Fit in...

Here is a quick mock up I did in SketchUp of the design I'm proposing. I've read that shape isn't as important as volume in box design, but I can't find any examples of someone designing a box like this. Both sides will be sealed to the trunk wall, and form two halves of a sealed enclosure. Will...

The issue I'm having is that a box on the cabin side can only be 11"x10"x5.5". I can only get around 0.15 cubic feet in the cabin. For aesthetics, I'd prefer to have the sub as close to the bulkhead as possible with a shallow mount sub. This led to my idea of having the rear bulkhead be part of...

I want to place an 8" sub between the rear seats in my 1991 BMW 850i. I've attached 2 images, one showing the rear seats, and another showing the opening in the trunk/cabin wall. Having the sub between the seats on the cabin side like I want wouldn't allow for a properly sized enclosure. If...

The issue I have with mounting the sub is that my car doesn't have a large pass through between the rear seats where'd I'd want to put the sub (picture attached). Could I mount the sub on one side, and the box on the other, as long as both sides are sealed at the hole? Is having a divider like...

So in my scenario: I would be running coax speakers in place of the factory components. A major simplification of the system that wouldn't require crossovers, right? I realize this would be inferior sound quality, but I'm just checking my options for now. I just tore into the car enough...

I have a couple of speakers I could try in the kick panels. They're the only easy ones to access. I'll try this and report back. If I'm understanding this correctly, the DSP goes between the head unit and amp(s) to convert the 4 channel output into 8 channels? My Clarion M508 has 8 channels of...

10 year member here with my second post. I recently acquired a 1991 BMW 850i. When I got it, the factory radio would power on, but play no sound. I wanted to change out to something with Bluetooth, so I didn't bother troubleshooting the factory radio. I just changed it out. I switched to a...