i want to build subs need some pointers to get me started

[ChevyRidinLow]

is this something i could jump into at a beginner level and get better at? what parts should i get to start off easy? at first this will be more for the fun of building a sub than the actual finished product.

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[wenn_du_weinst 10+ year member]

start off with a drop in recone on a motor, that is easy. Building it from scratch is harder but still not hard, more like 3/10 with 10 being hard

 

[ChevyRidinLow]

start off with a drop in recone on a motor, that is easy. Building it from scratch is harder but still not hard, more like 3/10 with 10 being hard

not sure how to match stuff

 

[SPLaudio 5,000+ posts]

building custom subs is a 3/10 hard is reallllllly funny. until you do it you have NO clue. there is soooo many thing to come into play so many i dont feel like typing up pages. im not talking bout a drop in kit anybody anybody can glue 1 up.

not deturing i will lend a hand to anybody that is really serious about it. bout anybody can build a sub but to have each sub different and make it louder that stock isnt so ez. it isnt just throwing parts together. wenn, grab a random motor and make it louder than stock how will you go about doing this? build a sub and ship to a customer and rate it at 2500rms and build so tough it wont return cause it broke.

there is a reason not so many people do this...

 

[Team TH (Donny) 10+ year member]

I have a Rockford Fosgate P3 motor you could have for $10 + shipping. It's nothing special but would be alright if you just want something to tinker around with. I do believe I have a basket for it as well. I actually have two P3's, but the other is locked up, so I don't know if the the motor is damaged. Anyways, wish you the best of luck learning how to build subs! Recones are really easy, so would be decent start to get familiarized with soft parts/construction.

 

[ChevyRidinLow]

building custom subs is a 3/10 hard is reallllllly funny. until you do it you have NO clue. there is soooo many thing to come into play so many i dont feel like typing up pages. im not talking bout a drop in kit anybody anybody can glue 1 up.
not deturing i will lend a hand to anybody that is really serious about it. bout anybody can build a sub but to have each sub different and make it louder that stock isnt so ez. it isnt just throwing parts together. wenn, grab a random motor and make it louder than stock how will you go about doing this? build a sub and ship to a customer and rate it at 2500rms and build so tough it wont return cause it broke.

there is a reason not so many people do this...

i still wanna get a good start tho over time i think i could get pretty good, not as good as the almighty spl audio tho haha.

 

[SPLaudio 5,000+ posts]

not saying im better than anybody or you cant do it just that custom building is more than just throwing parts together and thinking its ez like wenn says.

if ur interested in it find a sub with a smaller coil and work off that cause its cheaper...

 

[ChevyRidinLow]

not saying im better than anybody or you cant do it just that custom building is more than just throwing parts together and thinking its ez like wenn says.
if ur interested in it find a sub with a smaller coil and work off that cause its cheaper...

ill prob pick something up from craigslist im just gonna put an ad up for blown subs and weed out the total junk ones i think there was a blown w6 on there

 

[-01limited- 10+ year member]

Lol, got two blown p1 10's, a blown audiobahn 12, and two kenwood 12's with I think just broke leads/spiders. People just give me their stuff that dont work and I put it away in storage. I'm just planning on tearing into these and seeing what exactly happened to each one.

 

[stevew007 10+ year member]

it will get expensive! parts are not as cheap as you would think.unless someone has the coil you want you have to have a run of them made and from the place i know of its $20 per coil and you have to have 20 of the same ones made. you cant mix and match.then you have to find cone's that you want 15's run about $20 each for paper unless you buy in bulk.then you have spider's the stanard 12 spoke basket is a 8" spider they are around $2 each then with leads on them are about $4 each.I'm sure there are plenty of people on this forum that are selling the parts you could use.I think if you look up my astro build on here it will tell you step by step how i do my subs

 

[ChevyRidinLow]

Lol, got two blown p1 10's, a blown audiobahn 12, and two kenwood 12's with I think just broke leads/spiders. People just give me their stuff that dont work and I put it away in storage. I'm just planning on tearing into these and seeing what exactly happened to each one.

if one has a decent basket and motor let me know....not the p1s tho, hate those pieces of crap audiobahn is better than p1s lol

 

[Team TH (Donny) 10+ year member]

I have a complete P3 that is blown along with a P3 that has basket separated from motor. If you want just the blown one $5 bucks plus what ever shipping is. If you pick up you can have all of it for free, but you live far away...