I'm inFInitely Baffled.

[James Bang 5,000+ posts]

I know I should take my time, but so **** difficult to not rush and finish it and listen to it. Unlike some people, I can't stand driving around w/ no sounds. it drives me crazy.

For the trunk design, i may take my time.

things are going quite nicely, though.

here's the baffle piece that the idmax will be mounted on.

a little mock up

sub mounted and baffle bolted

there's some fat weather seal between the birch and metal. I was planning on using expanding foam but decided on weather seal so the board piece can be detached in near future.

SURRENDER THE BOOTY

 

[xtremebassjunky 10+ year member]

I know I should take my time, but so **** difficult to not rush and finish it and listen to it. Unlike some people, I can't stand driving around w/ no sounds. it drives me crazy.

i have been waiting on my new woofer... the lack of bass IS killing me...

it has been a very long few weeks.

 

[James Bang 5,000+ posts]

bassless is bad, but no sounds at all is just horrible.

 

[johnson 10+ year member]

Cant wait to see the finished pics. Ive been thinking about doing IB too but too much work involved.

 

[nismos14 5,000+ posts]

Any sub can be used IB, it all depends on what the specs are to determine what kind of sound you will get. In SOME cases power handling goes down, in others, like maybe this case, the power handling may have increased.

IB setups can't really be beat for sq because of the mear fact that the sub isn't fighting with the trunk and other aspects of the car to get its musical notes heard in the cabin. IB is a great choice for anyone.

 

[nismos14 5,000+ posts]

i am not a fan of infinite baffles...
but never heard one either...

good luck sealing all that up... looks like you have a good start already though...

Hear a few and I guarantee you will change your mind, as long as they are correctly setup, btw how can you not be a fan of something you've never experienced?

 

[Immacomputer 10+ year member]

IB setups can't really be beat for sq because of the mear fact that the sub isn't fighting with the trunk and other aspects of the car to get its musical notes heard in the cabin. IB is a great choice for anyone.

Neither one of these are the case. IB may not be a great choice for some people and it is very possible to have better sound quality from other types of setups.

 

[goodstuff 10+ year member]

I had to reroute some wires so they'd be out of the way and out of the middle section, which is where the birch baffle for the sub will be.

Becareful to make it so the power wire can't move where you have it in between those brackets it could ground out.

 

[req 5,000+ posts]

cool stuff james.

it seems you have caught up to me. currently, i am ampless. *grrrr*

i wish i had some IDMax12's - or if possible 15's. id be doing a 140+ on the TL - because in my last car my IDQ15's did a 139.x on the TL with 600~800w in an IB very similar to yours. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

im waiting on the idq15v3 to get realeased. and them im gonna sell my idqv2's and get those. hopefully its just a drop in. glad you made the change man. you wont wanna go back. all you will want to do now is get another idmax and double the power. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

now get it all cleaned up!

(this was really dirty, but we just finished wiring it. in fact. we left a ziptie and a piece of scrap wire in there on the left. that drives me nuts.)

 

[johnson 10+ year member]

Does it matter if air is leaking to the outside of the car (magnet side)?

 

[James Bang 5,000+ posts]

Becareful to make it so the power wire can't move where you have it in between those brackets it could ground out.

nice observation. i was a little worried about that, too. I'll be sure to give the wire a little more slack between those brackets.

cool stuff james.

it seems you have caught up to me. currently, i am ampless. *grrrr*

i wish i had some IDMax12's - or if possible 15's. id be doing a 140+ on the TL - because in my last car my IDQ15's did a 139.x on the TL with 600~800w in an IB very similar to yours. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

im waiting on the idq15v3 to get realeased. and them im gonna sell my idqv2's and get those. hopefully its just a drop in. glad you made the change man. you wont wanna go back. all you will want to do now is get another idmax and double the power. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

now get it all cleaned up!

(this was really dirty, but we just finished wiring it. in fact. we left a ziptie and a piece of scrap wire in there on the left. that drives me nuts.)

Before I started to get to work, I was wondering if I should leave room for another iDmax or not. I already have the power on hand for another one (soundstream vga 1600.2) I'm only using one of the two channels. But being pretty broke, I decided to just go with one 12". and guess what... I found someone to trade me and iDmax 12 for and amp //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

But it's all good. this one 12" is gettting loud enough for me to be satisfied.

and Req, you need to give me a call if you ever decide to take a stroll to the west coast.

Does it matter if air is leaking to the outside of the car (magnet side)?

I not sure, but I wouldn't suggest it. I would think that the leakage may have some negative effect. My trunk had a vent that I sealed up just in case. maybe someone else can give you a better reply on that question.

 

[XaznKewLguyX 10+ year member]

thats some good sh*t james.

 

[James Bang 5,000+ posts]

thanks man

it's great to have bass and soo much trunk room to spare.

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

I not sure, but I wouldn't suggest it. I would think that the leakage may have some negative effect. My trunk had a vent that I sealed up just in case. maybe someone else can give you a better reply on that question.

Many would argue that allowing air to escape would be beneficial since it brings the alignment closer to a "true" infinite baffle setup rather than just a very large sealed box. I do believe Scott Buwalda (or someone of the sort) went so far as to cut a hole in the bottom of their trunk and covered it with gortex to intentially allow air to pass to the outside of the vehicle. And most who go IB are fond of trunk vents for this reason aswell.

 

[CaliforniabOY5 10+ year member]

good stuff james... wouldnt mind seeing it in person //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif