Help with system in F250

[Silvercoupex 10+ year member]

Im about to ditch my midsize truck and get a full size F250 Crew Cab. My question is for those that have these vehicles or have the experience in these, what is the best option for a system? I know there is not a lot of room for subs under seat or behind seat, and Im not scared of doing anything custom, but I would like to retain all my seats...

Here is what Im thinking...

4 FI 12's in the bed w/ a blow through into cab strapped with 2 Sundown 1500's. Of course, I will have all the mids/tweets but the main part is whats going to happen with subs..

Any input or any other ideas? Im not sure if I want to go 2 12's or 4 12's yet either. The plan will come along as the build progresses but I need a start.

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[SWFL 10+ year member]

I am doing 4 15's in my F-150. Why not do like 6 or 8 12's or 4 or 6 15's

maybe 4 18's if you have the room just depends on how much room you have

 

[Silvercoupex 10+ year member]

I dont want to get that deep into it...Thats why I may just stick with 2 but would love 4...How are you doing your setup? Inside or bed?

 

[SWFL 10+ year member]

blowthrough 4th order

 

[Silvercoupex 10+ year member]

Im just curious if I do a cutout leading into the cab, if it would even sound good for all the trouble I will have to go through...

Im been searching this forum, and it seems the big truck guys just seem to put small subs behind there seat, or put computers in their trucks. lol. I want big bass, so I have to figure something out.

I know the center console can be taken out and can be made into a sub box...I could easily fit 2 12's in there..Make a console box going from dash to back seat...hm

I need ideas!

 

[GMCJimmyslt2000 10+ year member]

If ur gonna do a blowthrough u might as well do it as big as possible, 4-6 12s or 4 18s.

 

[Silvercoupex 10+ year member]

yea, thats what my first idea was...If I go big like that, I will do 4 12's...If I keep it inside the cab, I will make a console box and run 2 12's...I just need to know what will and will not work.

 

[Silvercoupex 10+ year member]

anyone with some more ideas???? I know as much as you people are into stereos, you have gone to some comps and seen some systems to get an idea...

 

[SWFL 10+ year member]

do you want to meter high or loud daily? also what do you want SQ, SQL, or SPL??

 

[t1990le 10+ year member]

Look at this, 8 RE Audio 10s in a crew cab truck wth pretty much al but the center console left. Something like this would be lound in your f-250 since you would have a little more room to work with then him.

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3345122

 

[Kingsuv 10+ year member]

I did 2 18's in a cut with a 4th order BP box. Scrapes a 150 outlaw on 2k in power.

http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/index.php?showtopic=15508

 

[Silvercoupex 10+ year member]

do you want to meter high or loud daily? also what do you want SQ, SQL, or SPL??

i want it to be loud daily...I will rarely ever go to a comp.

 

[SWFL 10+ year member]

then run ported or bandpass tuned low

 

[Silvercoupex 10+ year member]

Are you referring to a cut through box or a box inside? Thats what Im trying to decide on...I can probably get a console box made but I could also get a cut through...Im just finding it difficult to find out what box is going to be the best for me and this truck...Inside cab or in the bed.

 

[jdc753 10+ year member]

Im just curious if I do a cutout leading into the cab, if it would even sound good for all the trouble I will have to go through...
Im been searching this forum, and it seems the big truck guys just seem to put small subs behind there seat, or put computers in their trucks. lol. I want big bass, so I have to figure something out.

I know the center console can be taken out and can be made into a sub box...I could easily fit 2 12's in there..Make a console box going from dash to back seat...hm

I need ideas!

I thought this was the cool thing to do //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

Ultimately biggest thing I think is it depends on the year of the truck. For F250's 99-04 (04 is a switchover year I think) the rear seats are different. With the early trucks you can do a modification to the brackets to get more area behind the seats. For the 05+ (and some 04) trucks the back seat is a different design and would take some metal fabbing to move the seat.

I can't tell ya what to do but I can give ya some ideas of what there is to work with, behind the seat in the newer trucks 2ft^3 is about all your limited to and with only 5.25" mounting depth max, which doesn't leave ya with too many options. For big bass I would go with a center console from the front of the dash to at the least the back of the front seats, this should give you at least 2.5ft^3 or more depending on how much height you wanna go with and if you want any storage in there. Go right to the back seat and should be able to make something really big.

Otherwise if that won't work for you then I think your only left with a blow through as an option.

Here is a 13w7 in the center console in 2.9ft^3 ported (not sure tuning)

I would think that would be a bit too tall to be comfortable but only by a few inches, by going up to the dash you could easily drop it down a bit and keep the air space.

Thinking of it now with the 99-04 trucks I think you could fit a pair of Q's behind the back seat once the brackets were flipped. If your looking for more than that I would definitely do a blow through, but go BIG on that, something along these lines maybe

Something like a pair of DD9515's

150's with ease and maintain 5-6 person seating capacity //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

Hope it helps ya out even though this thread was fairly old...