Kind Of A Dumb Question

[CodyWayne718 10+ year member]

Alright, been lurking around this site for some time and decided to join the other night so, hello all. I have a set of subs that say the mounting cutout dia is 11 1/8, I do not plan on building my own boxes nor paying someone mass amounts of money to do it. I have came across a few prefab sealed boxes that I believe would get the job done but they all have mounting cutouts of 11''. My question is would I be able to squeeze my subs into a 1/8'' smaller hole without having to take a chance on messing the boxes up myself? Thanks in advance.

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[*SlappinAzz*]

Alright, been lurking around this site for some time and decided to join the other night so, hello all. I have a set of subs that say the mounting cutout dia is 11 1/8, I do not plan on building my own boxes nor paying someone mass amounts of money to do it. I have came across a few prefab sealed boxes that I believe would get the job done but they all have mounting cutouts of 11''. My question is would I be able to squeeze my subs into a 1/8'' smaller hole without having to take a chance on messing the boxes up myself? Thanks in advance.

wat up niqqa, If you want a box, always let the subs breath a lil bit. You don't want the magnet to be pressed up against the box inside.

Honestly, i say you build your own box, sealed, u say u want, is rather easy to build. MDF is 25$ at lowes, and tools can be sold cheaply too. All you need is a jigsaw, circular saw, drill, and your good to go.

 

[michaellane 5,000+ posts]

you can get someone on here to build you a awesome sealed box built to your own subs specs and they wont charge much at all. this is what i suggest doing. most prefab sealed boxes are way small but to answer your question i thinkit will fit just fine.

 

[uz1290 10+ year member]

If you are planning to buy the pre fab box, i would just sand the 1/8" you need to fit the subs properly. But like SlappinBass already mentioned, i owuld try to build my own enclosure

 

[DonH 5,000+ posts]

i can almost gurantee someone has a box already built for cheap lol

 

[CodyWayne718 10+ year member]

This is the box I think I'm set on JL Audio 12W6v2 12W6 Sealed Subwoofer Box Sub Enclosure - eBay (item 250584480744 end time Jun-20-10 20:31:25 PDT) I know it says JL specs an all that garbage but if its 1.25 with the w6 in it I think it will be big enough for what I'm wantin for now, what ya'll think

 

[keep_hope_alive Premium Member]

you can't fit a 11-1/8" sub basket in an 11" opening - FYI making holes larger is a PITA, you're basically using a jig saw to trim off the opening.

you never mentioned what sub you have - no one can comment on the box until we know the sub and the specs.

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

His sub probably has an 11" I.D. and the manufacturer simply recommends cutting the hole 1/8" larger.

 

[geonfreaq 10+ year member]

wat up niqqa, If you want a box, always let the subs breath a lil bit. You don't want the magnet to be pressed up against the box inside.
Honestly, i say you build your own box, sealed, u say u want, is rather easy to build. MDF is 25$ at lowes, and tools can be sold cheaply too. All you need is a jigsaw, circular saw, drill, and your good to go.

He not talking about mounting depth, rather the sub cut out.

1/8" is nothing. Like mentioned above, you could probably just sand it and make it large enough.

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

His sub probably has an 11" I.D. and the manufacturer simply recommends cutting the hole 1/8" larger.

He not talking about mounting depth, rather the sub cut out.
1/8" is nothing. Like mentioned above, you could probably just sand it and make it large enough.

This.

Most likely, your sub will fit just fine, it's better for it to be a little snug than to have a gap. If it doesn't, it wouldn't be hard to sand 1/8" off...

 

[CodyWayne718 10+ year member]

Subs are 12 kicker cvr's

 

[Jaredturp 10+ year member]

Sounds loud.

 

[keep_hope_alive Premium Member]

His sub probably has an 11" I.D. and the manufacturer simply recommends cutting the hole 1/8" larger.

very possible.

 

[CodyWayne718 10+ year member]

Sounds loud.

Not 12 of them, my bad. 2 12'' kicker cvr's....stuck between the box i posted that is built for jl's w6 or obcon boxes

 

[misfit138 5,000+ posts]

So, you're going to spend $75 on a prefab enclosure......to house a $60 sub.

Brilliant!