'95 Caddy Deville - 2 Fi Qs, Custom Trunk

[oldschool4me 10+ year member]

oh and if you have had your rear deck off you might of noticed the thickness of the deck cover. idk if cutting that hole your mentioning will do much unless you cut out the cover as well.

 

[CadillacMatt 10+ year member]

oh and if you have had your rear deck off you might of noticed the thickness of the deck cover. idk if cutting that hole your mentioning will do much unless you cut out the cover as well.

By deck cover do you mean the carpet covered piece or the actual metal?

In any case there's much to what a jigsaw & cutoff wheel can do //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/satan.gif.9c6a335ed7aeeed3ee273e573f1fcaac.gif

 

[oldschool4me 10+ year member]

yes the carpet has very thick padding under it.

 

[oldschool4me 10+ year member]

thats why i didnt cut a hole there. after taking the carpet off i figured it would help enuff to warrant the time. unless you cut the carpet and insulation and fab a nice looking port ring or something to that affect.

 

[CadillacMatt 10+ year member]

thats why i didnt cut a hole there. after taking the carpet off i figured it would help enuff to warrant the time. unless you cut the carpet and insulation and fab a nice looking port ring or something to that affect.

Oh yes, it shall be done. Lol.

It's really the only way to open up my trunk, I'll try and get some pics of the box in trunk tomorrow.

 

[oldschool4me 10+ year member]

are you going to try and cut out your door speaker holes to fit 6.5s or are you going to use 5.25s? im using 5.25s but have contemplated cutting to fit 6.5.

 

[CadillacMatt 10+ year member]

are you going to try and cut out your door speaker holes to fit 6.5s or are you going to use 5.25s? im using 5.25s but have contemplated cutting to fit 6.5.

Yeah that's something that irks me as well... I was thinking about building a 1/2" or 3/4" baffle and skipping the cutting altogether.

 

[RipDaJacka]

man, i know for 4 cars right now on those Akuza Reapers.. not that they aint clean, just common..

 

[Notloud00 10+ year member]

i ddint mean tiny in ur trunk. i meant small for 15's because i usually do over 4 cubes for a 15.

 

[chizniz16 10+ year member]

Lets see some pics and Video man!

I have a 99 STS and I have a box just like yours but mine was made by subzone, dual ported and dark forest green because that was my old tahoe's color but now the Cherry Red caddy will have it, I will hit you up with a pic soon. Im doing an install to my sts, (2) 10" kick compvr in that dual ported I mentioned. Leaving stock Radio since its bose cd player with 6 cd changer and its near impossible to replace the head unit in this year and make.

 

[lilcarus 10+ year member]

Yeah that's something that irks me as well... I was thinking about building a 1/2" or 3/4" baffle and skipping the cutting altogether.

i would just do the 6.5, its really easy to make 1/2" baffles and there is plenty of run in the door for it to work....i just finished making the baffles for the 6x9's im putting upfront on my lac..

 

[CadillacMatt 10+ year member]

man, i know for 4 cars right now on those Akuza Reapers.. not that they aint clean, just common..

Hmm, maybe up there but down here I have never seen them before. I'll tell you what is common are the three-blade rims. I see those everywhere and on everything from Chevys to Hyundais to Hondas. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif

i ddint mean tiny in ur trunk. i meant small for 15's because i usually do over 4 cubes for a 15.

Well Fi recommended 2.8 - 4cuft, so I went in the middle (more towards the larger side).

Lets see some pics and Video man!
I have a 99 STS and I have a box just like yours but mine was made by subzone, dual ported and dark forest green because that was my old tahoe's color but now the Cherry Red caddy will have it, I will hit you up with a pic soon. Im doing an install to my sts, (2) 10" kick compvr in that dual ported I mentioned. Leaving stock Radio since its bose cd player with 6 cd changer and its near impossible to replace the head unit in this year and make.

Sweet. The head unit thing isn't too hard, IIRC you need some kind of Passkey bypass. But then your steering controls don't work. Bose system is pretty good though //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

i would just do the 6.5, its really easy to make 1/2" baffles and there is plenty of run in the door for it to work....i just finished making the baffles for the 6x9's im putting upfront on my lac..

PMed

 

[oldschool4me 10+ year member]

i think im going to try the baffle thing as well. i dont have anything to make them on my own so i guess i will have to buy some or pay someone to make me a set.

 

[oldschool4me 10+ year member]

wonder if this will cause problems putting the door panel back on?

 

[lorideslo 10+ year member]

Vids!!!! And pics of the trunk.

 

[CadillacMatt 10+ year member]

Ok I got some pics for you guys but please bear with me as this mess is temporary. The carpet outlet I want to go to is open almost exactly the same hours as my work schedule right now, so until I can get a weekend off I can't really finish this ish //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/mad.gif.c18f003ab0ef8a0d9c27ca78d77a6392.gif. Hopefully in the next few weeks.

But everything is up and running. I'm disappointed with the sound I'm getting in the cabin, as I said before my Xplods were actually louder than this setup on some songs (I'm going to chop the rear deck this weekend so hopefully that problem will be solved)

If you look at the pics you can see truly how much space this box takes up.

And my electrical is holding up fine even without the Big 3, I stay above 13 at all times (minor light dimming on heavy bass notes)

Anyways, stay tuned for updates!

 

[MikeyB 5,000+ posts]

Try flipping the box around?

 

[CadillacMatt 10+ year member]

Try flipping the box around?

I thought about that but in every experience I've had with my other setups it's actually made the bass seem quieter, and besides it's nearly impossible to get that box in and out with the woofers in //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif (can't access them from the back seat either)

Unless I put handles on, maybe //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

 

[jaboran 10+ year member]

looks like yer box is in there pretty snug... if u pull it away from the middle of the car and more towards the trunk to allow some more room between the box and the physical car itself, it may be a quick remedy to the situation...

cuz damm.. it looks snug back in there

 

[CadillacMatt 10+ year member]

looks like yer box is in there pretty snug... if u pull it away from the middle of the car and more towards the trunk to allow some more room between the box and the physical car itself, it may be a quick remedy to the situation...
cuz damm.. it looks snug back in there

True dis. I went outside and lugged it forward about 4 inches (that leaves me about 6" from the box to trunk lid, same as port width - that's about the right distance, no?)

I forgot the whole distance rule //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif