finishing your box

[butterMilk 10+ year member]

I dont mind paint, but its generally not as durable as carpet. So I like carpet.

 

[UnderFire 10+ year member]

I like the look of carpet, even though I **** at doing it. I will be trying bedliner on my next box because it will be pretty big for carpet.

 

[N8er 10+ year member]

This is whats keeping me from finishing my box, I can't decide on a finish.. I know I want it white, but thats as far as I got.

 

[Boomsday 10+ year member]

Carpet is for sissies, and lazy ppl who cant paint

 

[Dirtrider4eva 10+ year member]

here's my box in the making. (stilll need to cut aero port fitment and sub mounts, not glued) im doing the sides black. and then will be staining the other faces a dark brown followed by a nice clear. itll match my interior and will look good. i carpeted my last box. just didnt do it right for me. but im sure with more skill it looks good like DOUBLE 07's enclosures.

for now this is where it sits.

And i did lose 1.3 DBs from going carpeted.

 

[pro-rabbit 5,000+ posts]

We do everything here. Personally, I like doing what ever looks best once installed. I hate having to wrap/paint something that just looks as if it don't belong.

 

[mklett33 10+ year member]

And i did lose 1.3 DBs from going carpeted.

What?

 

[pro-rabbit 5,000+ posts]

What?

This is a common issue with some applications. I had to rip off carpet before between my 1st and 2nd runs to get my 1.1db back lol

 

[Dirtrider4eva 10+ year member]

What?

i was doing 146.9s then dropped to 145.4-5s after carpeting my box. id reccomend going with some sort of smooth finishing. vinyl, paint, whatever

 

[pro-rabbit 5,000+ posts]

i was doing 146.9s then dropped to 145.4-5s after carpeting my box. id reccomend going with some sort of smooth finishing. vinyl, paint, whatever

I wouldn't say to avoid carpet all together. It is application specific and many factors play into the carpet situation. I have wrapped enclosures plenty of times with no loss of SPL.

 

[Dirtrider4eva 10+ year member]

I wouldn't say to avoid carpet all together. It is application specific and many factors play into the carpet situation. I have wrapped enclosures plenty of times with no loss of SPL.

it is. i had port and sub facing my hatch wall. so alot of the sound had to reflect off the hatch over the carpet. equating the loss. sure it doesnt need to be avoided. in daily applications its nothing worth worrying about. but for chasing numbers thats the other side where the smoother the better.

 

[pro-rabbit 5,000+ posts]

it is. i had port and sub facing my hatch wall. so alot of the sound had to reflect off the hatch over the carpet. equating the loss. sure it doesnt need to be avoided. in daily applications its nothing worth worrying about. but for chasing numbers thats the other side where the smoother the better.

Even with number chasing though, it is not always a hindrance. It really depends on how the application and install is. I have had some where carpet did help, all though that only happened twice lol.