Alternative mounting methods

[jnralp00 10+ year member]

Suggest some other ways of mounting a sub to box. Would like to be able to swap enclosures without destroying the MDF. Saw the t-nuts, but is there anyway where you could have the studs sticking up off the box to where you could just tighten down with nuts?

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[regal8r 5,000+ posts]

could use bolts as studs..

 

[jnralp00 10+ year member]

could use bolts as studs..

Secure with glue or what?

 

[jnralp00 10+ year member]

need a way to keep them up there.

 

[jdc753 10+ year member]

I guess you could use carrage bolts. Install them from the inside of the box through pre-drilled holes and use some glue or silicone or something to hold them in from the vibrations. Only problems I see with carrage bolts is making the square recess for them, not sure if the old method of hammering them down will work well with mdf. Also are all subs standardized with mounting holes, like spacing and placement around the ring?

 

[Qbenjamin 10+ year member]

I guess you could use carrage bolts. Install them from the inside of the box through pre-drilled holes and use some glue or silicone or something to hold them in from the vibrations. Only problems I see with carrage bolts is making the square recess for them, not sure if the old method of hammering them down will work well with mdf. Also are all subs standardized with mounting holes, like spacing and placement around the ring?

Looking at your sig...I used ta own a 94 Plymouth Acclaim. Not very appealing, but that 3.0 V6 was very nice for me at the time. Excellent gas mileage too @ 30HMPG back in 02.'

 

[SuperchargedRS 10+ year member]

Easy, make a metal ring that goes around the inside opening for the sub, secure it well.

then use carriage bolts facing up (out the top of the box), and wing nuts, or thumb screws, bada bing!

Since carriage bolts have a square on the shaft near the head of the bolt you will need to use a press to create the square holes; it is these square holes that keep the bolt from rotating when you are tightening the nuts down. Or you could always just tack weld the carriage bolts in if you are really worried about it.

 

[jdc753 10+ year member]

Looking at your sig...I used ta own a 94 Plymouth Acclaim. Not very appealing, but that 3.0 V6 was very nice for me at the time. Excellent gas mileage too @ 30HMPG back in 02.'

Yea I don't have the V-6 lol, 2.0L 4 banger and my best recorded mpg is 23 highway //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif Got it from my grandma for free though, 11 year old car with only 34,000 on the odo and clean as a whistle. Trying to keep it as clean till I find something else.

 

[jnralp00 10+ year member]

Any other ideas?

 

[SuperchargedRS 10+ year member]

Mount a porthole minus the glass,

drop the woofer in--> close porthole--> secure-->done, time to switch woofer,

time to switch woofer, ehhh...bout 10 seconds.

http://www.google.com/products?q=porthole&btnG=Search+Products

 

[jnralp00 10+ year member]

that'd be sweet //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[fwb_1234 10+ year member]

Why are you worried about destroying the mdf? If the holes in the two or more subs that you want to mount are going to have holes that are so equally in place that a permanent shaft (as in a bolt) will fit in each of the subs' holes, why not just just keep putting the wood screws in the same hole?

Of course if you are planning on switching out the woofers 10+ times this probably isn't the best solution.

 

[SuperchargedRS 10+ year member]

Dont know what size subs you are running but if it's a 12 this might be the ticket,

http://cgi.ebay.com/Pewter-Nautical-Marine-Porthole-Mirror-12_W0QQitemZ110148077257QQihZ001QQcategoryZ63618QQcmdZViewItem

35 bucks

also if you put some of the closed cell foam tape around the bottom and the lid (like the kind they sell at hardware stores), you probably would get a tight enough fit you wouldn't need screws.

 

[bose301s 5,000+ posts]

Reverse cowgirl...

 

[jnralp00 10+ year member]

Why are you worried about destroying the mdf? If the holes in the two or more subs that you want to mount are going to have holes that are so equally in place that a permanent shaft (as in a bolt) will fit in each of the subs' holes, why not just just keep putting the wood screws in the same hole? Of course if you are planning on switching out the woofers 10+ times this probably isn't the best solution.

I've taken the sub out 3 times already and the hole are shot. BTW its a single Hd3 15 so it's kind of a pain in the *** to take in and out anyways.

The port hole idea would be sweet if could be pulled off:fro: