Magnet cut out?

[letchcore 10+ year member]

I am trying to get extra depth in my truck box and was wondering if I could cut out a section where the magnet of the subs comes in contact with the back of the box? I would then replace that small section with something like 1/4in to seal it up.

I was thinking of routering a 1/4 lip then glueing in the 1/4in board.

Have others done this?

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[MyFartsStink 10+ year member]

Why do you want to put another piece of wood back after you rout it out? You just will make it useless.

 

[letchcore 10+ year member]

Why do you want to put another piece of wood back after you rout it out? You just will make it useless.

I want to cut the hole then route a lip on the back of the box. Then basically plug that hole with 1/4in piece of wood. So I essentially gain 1/2 mounting depth becasue the box would be made out of 3/4.

 

[BushJ311 5,000+ posts]

saw something like this on here before. But he just cut into the wood a little and did not have it sticking out of the back

 

[MyFartsStink 10+ year member]

Ok so the box is made already? It looks like you have it figured out. Personally I would just make a new box. You can also make a ring for the sub to sit on to take away some depth. Seems easier that way IMHO.

 

[letchcore 10+ year member]

I cant go any bigger than 8" Depth on bottom and 6" depth on top of my box. Thats my constraints behind the seat. That gives me about 6 1/2" mounting depth on a 10" sub. I wanted to have 7" mounting depth sub JL10W6v2. If I cheated the magnet into the back wall some I could fit it I think.

I have never done this so I just wanted to see if others have and how it worked out.

 

[scoob8000 10+ year member]

I've seen this done before, should be fine. If the pole is vented on the sub though, make sure there's still enough room for air to circulate..

 

[schrummy 10+ year member]

we did this on some of the treo boxes. we cut a 10 round hole where the magnet would be then took a 12in cut out and glued it over the 10in hole.