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I called Alpine and they filled me in. I've decided to solder all.

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Hi, I think I have the basic idea from the picture on the side of the box, but I wanted to verify and have a couple general questions if anyone can help. The sub has five connectors; two wide, two narrow and one covered with plastic which I know is related to active bypass which I don't...

The enclosure will ultimately be bolted into place. I had read somewhere that loose subs are heavy projectiles in car accidents. If I do this project, I'll listen to the sub first before drilling any holes. Here is JL's Jeep sub - JL Audio Stealthbox® (Black, Driver's Side)...

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Now getting to more finalized volume calculations. I'll go ahead and post this stuff in case someone who's done a sonotube style sub sees anything funky about my calculations. Here are the specs for what's required for this particular sub woofer for a sealed enclosure. Net volume required...

Hi, yes there's room there but I don't want to give up the cargo space. I do want a new HU, but I'm probably going to do this in halfs; with the 2nd half next year which will include the new HU, backup camera, iDataLink, new USBs, Serius etc. I thought for this year I could run the stock HU...

I constructed this fake 14" x 9" deep tube to show where I want this to go. I really don't want it any deeper than 8", but I made it 9" to see if it might be tolerable.

Photos help. See the ones I attached. I'm talking about mounting cylindrical enclosures horizontally above the wheel wells. These won't be very long; maybe 8" so it cannot be a ported sub. It has to be totally enclosed to be that small according to PL audio specs.

I'm hoping for an easier and cleaner solution with a Sonotube approach vs fiberglass. What type of sound deadener would stiffen up the walls? You mean like one of the spray ons? Not a dynamat type product, right?

Pardon, I didn't really mean round as in a ball, but cylindrical like Sonotube.

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Here's a couple pics of where it would go. This quickly cut out cardboard is not perfectly round but is close enough to 14" diameter. The tape measure shot is showing the target 8" depth. The seatbelts are a little bit in the way, but I can install another one of those "C" belt guides if...

I want to put it essentially on top of the wheel well. It won't form fit to it, but done right it could look like just natural round speakers in that location. If I can keep the length of the tube less than 8", it won't encroach on cargo space. I will get rid of the stock 8" sub enclosure and...

I didn't think that I'd be able to make a form fitting enclosure look very good. I've seen videos of custom fiber enclosures to try to replicate what JL Audio did for that custom sub I posted above. I thought that if I could figure out how to mount a round one, at least the bulk of the unit...