Build for 12" RE SE 2 ft^3 at 32 Hz

[wu36ca 10+ year member]

I was going to wait until it was installed before posting pics, but I will throw some up now. Keep in mind this is my second box that I have built and the first one I will actually use. The first one was for two 12" SE's 1.8ft^3 at 32hz. Well I didn't want all that space or weight in my trunk and it turns out the box was too big to fit in my trunk anyway. So I am going with one SE and hanging on to the other. Please give constructive criticism. First think I should mention is I used wood glue to bond the bottom baffle and most of the walls and liquid nails for the top baffle. I used the liquid nails so I could seal the parts that my hands just couldn't get to with caulk. I should also mention I got the cuts done at an Ace Hardware lumber mill. This is the best place to get your cuts done. Here is the last of my yapping. The external/gross dimensions are:

Width = 19.75

Depth = 21.5

Height = 14.5

Port = 2x13x28

Now for the pics. I took these on low res obviously and the camera created some weird effect with the shapes; jagged edges and weird views of angles. Please give constructive criticism:

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[wu36ca 10+ year member]

And the car its going into, a 2006 Honda Civic Si:



More pics to come after it is installed in a couple of days.

 

[DFW40 10+ year member]

looks good, that is a great sub that gets nice and loud and sounds good especially for the money.

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

You do not want to put your caulk or silicone on top of the wood. The glue needs to bond well especially at the joints, and having caulking there makes it impossible. Besides that, it looks excellent.

 

[ssj2xxgotenxx 10+ year member]

I have a 12" RE seXXX in a similar box, 2.1 CuFt @ 28hz. I'd give you a listen, but I took everything out of my car because I plan on buying a 07 Civic Si as well //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[baseballer1100 5,000+ posts]

Yup not bad at all for your second box.

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

And btw, EP3 > all civics ever made.

 

[dru 10+ year member]

then again..

any car > all civics ever made.... jkjkjk

I think I'm building that same exact box for my mag

 

[wu36ca 10+ year member]

**** I thought my amp was rated at 700 watts at 2 ohm. Just really looked at the birthsheet and now I see its 1000 watts. Guess I am going to have to go easy on these. Oh well, I hooked this amp to two Diamond CM3's at 1 ohm and they were rated at 300 watts a piece.

 

[ssj2xxgotenxx 10+ year member]

then again..
any car > all civics ever made.... jkjkjk

I think I'm building that same exact box for my mag

If only they made the Civic a RWD car...

 

[bikinpunk 10+ year member]

Hello from SDOT. Looks good. How you liking the depth? My box is longer, but not as deep, probably about 13" or so.

 

[wu36ca 10+ year member]

The depth is fine. Its kind of nice having a long box so I have a lot of room on the sides of it and don't have to throw stuff in front of the sub. I can't wait, it goes in in a few hours. This will be the first bass I have had in two years.

 

[iamamp3pimp 5,000+ posts]

Its a good looking box. keep in mind tho, that (like on the port) you only need to caulk one side of a joint.

whered you get the design from?

 

[iamamp3pimp 5,000+ posts]

that amp = wierd

RMS and MAX power are the same?

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

That's one hardcore amp //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif