Best Way to Aim my Sub

[snotaco]

Hello all. I'm new to the posting system so please bear with me. I just purchased a Toyota Tacoma X-tra Cab. I would like to build a box just behind the center console. My question is what is the best way to aim the sub? I have a JL 10. I was thinking about up and back at a 45 degree angle. Would it be better straight up, down, forward, or back? I'm running a Fosgate amp. Any help would be awesome. Thanks!

-Chad

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[ssj2xxgotenxx 10+ year member]

Since it is a truck and not liek a normal car where the SoundWaves would reverberate off the back of the trunk and back to the car... Id say you fire it directly up so the SW bounce of the roof.. Better Dynamat your entire cab if you want it to sound great since you dont have good SPL in the cab area.

 

[ssj2xxgotenxx 10+ year member]

Since it is a truck and not like a normal car where the SoundWaves would reverberate off the back of the trunk and back to the car... Id say you fire it directly up so the SW bounce of the roof.. Better Dynamat your entire cab if you want it to sound great since you dont have good SPL in the cab area.

 

[kevinsean23 10+ year member]

mmm tacoma, i always wanted one of those the ruby red ones are cherry

dont know much about audio at all but a though what comes to mind is to put some of those bazooka tubes behind ur seats two

ny way my 2cents or maybe a peso

 

[Bavarian3 10+ year member]

my friends that have trucks and systems all point their subs firing against the seats. It sounds **** good that way. one of them told me how he switched em around and had them firing against the back and it didnt sound as good and didnt get louder.

 

[lexus rx 10+ year member]

in that truck point them facing the seat. a friend of mine has one and has tried every way and that is the best sounding way in his xtra cab.

 

[havoc06 10+ year member]

yea i have a truck, and ive had about 40 different systems in it. For sq, the best way to fire it is down. A compression load box, that sits about 3 inches from the floor. For SPL, the best way is to fire it forward. Since oyu only have 1 10, its small enough to where you can try it out in all directions. All cars are different, so which way you face it to get the wave in phase with your body is all trial and error.

 

[yamaha326 10+ year member]

id face it down they sound kick ***