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<blockquote data-quote="Scarenius" data-source="post: 590733" data-attributes="member: 555987">Didn&#039;t use a jigsaw. Used a drill with a special bit for making in-home PVC holes, so it was about 1/16 inch too big.But, here&#039;s the update!**** hell shit **** and other such expletives! This setup sucks. The thing is half as loud as before, bass boost sounds like ****, and it&#039;s generally a very unpleasant bass! Oh, what to do.I went to a local dealer. He brought up the specs for the sub. It want 10.5 cubes PER SUB to be ported. My entire trunk my be 10 cubes. Gah. They also want 5 something per sub sealed. Well, ****. I&#039;m going to lose the ports and polyfill the sucker.[documentation mode]To &quot;properly&quot; (heh!) close off the port holes, I used a combination of black fleece cloth, MDF, Caulk, sheet metal, and screws. I first covered a piece of MDF cut to fit in the hole with fleece covered in caulk, then I shoved the entire thing into the port hole. To be sure that this would go anywhere, I cut pieces of sheet metal, and screwed them onto the box and the plug. If I can get a digital camera, I&#039;ll take pictures.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Scarenius, post: 590733, member: 555987"] Didn't use a jigsaw. Used a drill with a special bit for making in-home PVC holes, so it was about 1/16 inch too big. [B]But, here's the update![/B] **** hell shit **** and other such expletives! This setup [B]sucks[/B]. The thing is half as loud as before, bass boost sounds like ****, and it's generally a very unpleasant bass! Oh, what to do. I went to a local dealer. He brought up the specs for the sub. It want [B]10.5[/B] cubes PER SUB to be ported. My entire trunk my be 10 cubes. Gah. They also want 5 something per sub sealed. Well, ****. [I]I'm going to lose the ports and polyfill the sucker.[/I] [documentation mode] To "properly" (heh!) close off the port holes, I used a combination of black fleece cloth, MDF, Caulk, sheet metal, and screws. I first covered a piece of MDF cut to fit in the hole with fleece covered in caulk, then I shoved the entire thing into the port hole. To be sure that this would go anywhere, I cut pieces of sheet metal, and screwed them onto the box and the plug. If I can get a digital camera, I'll take pictures. [/QUOTE]

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