Help guys

[juanmgarza26 10+ year member]

i have a 1989 Lincoln town car, i have 2 12W3's on a slash 1000/1, its alot of metal, foam, and leather for the bass to travel all the way up to the front seats, im thinking of upgrading to 2 12W6's (pawn shop $249) or just this morning a offer was made to me of 2 crossfire BMF 15's for $225 , im lookig for two subs to be pushed with my slash to POUND what subs would you all recommend, i want to stay in this price range, no more than $250

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[juanmgarza26 10+ year member]

or some L5's or L7's

 

[jungstah 10+ year member]

POUND is subjective, 250 is a very small budget for a pair of 12's that will perform well. You can look at aq sdc2.5 at that price range.

 

[IonRL205 10+ year member]

Do you have a custom box or a pre fab?

 

[maylar 10+ year member]

An option to consider - an IB install. One good 10" or 12" in the rear deck could give you what you want. My 85 Oldsmobile Delta-88 is also heavily insulated from the trunk like your Town Car. A pair of 8's in the rear deck did the trick for me.

 

[juanmgarza26 10+ year member]

can i scrap the insulation between my back seat and the trunk??

 

[juanmgarza26 10+ year member]

Do you have a custom box or a pre fab?

I made a custom sealed box to the specs of jl for the W3's, usual materials, 3/4 mdf, wood glue, and lots of screws

 

[pinoy2o9 10+ year member]

2 15" BMF!!!! more airspace. those woofers can take a beating

 

[cdc351jeferson 10+ year member]

need to to have those in a ported box for starters if it isnt . also im assuming your rear deck is sealed besides 6x9s?

 

[IonRL205 10+ year member]

If you have the room for a good ported box for two 15s, I'd take the crossfires. You'd probably notice a difference if you put your current subs in a ported box.

 

[cdc351jeferson 10+ year member]

i leave my seats up but i removed my 6x9s and my 12s give my windshield a beating

 

[juanmgarza26 10+ year member]

Im going to make a ported box for my current subs, not a really good at determining hertz but i'll use a box calculator im assuming?? I dont want to spend much $$ i'll get started on a box on friday, any of you guys recommend a good box calculator??

 

[CaddieJapan 10+ year member]

Does that Lincoln have a sealed trunk? I would check that also before dumping more money into the project. In my BMW and Mercedes they seal the trunk to keep road noise out of the cabin in the vehicle. Lincoln is considered luxury and may have sealed the trunk. I would let down the middle console in the rear of car and see if it's completely sealed off. If so you may need to open it up to allow sound to come into the cabin of the vehicle better. Worth a try, but bigger subs is always a good thought.

 

[juanmgarza26 10+ year member]

i took off the insulation between the back seat and the sheet metal separating the trunk from the cabin, it has like holes i guess in the sheet metal you can see into the trunk now, dam if only i did this alot earlier, i also took off the hard panel that runs along the top of the rear deck i guess, same thing the sheet metal has alot of large fabricated holes, this sounds SO MUCH BETTER, wouldn't mind those extra bmf's and another slash 1000/1 in the trunk haha