My complete box log. Ported=TIME CONSUMING!!

[Qbenjamin 10+ year member]

ooh, this looks like fun...anyone have box plans for 2 12" kicker CVR's(i just freakin bought a box, but now i want to make my own--
...is it bad to have subs at an angle in a trunk?

PM IonSQL, he will do a box design for you, for a small fee.

 

[R0ID_RAGE 10+ year member]

ah...looks a lil easy to pay for a plan, might be time consuming, but not too difficult as long as you have the tools, and know how to use em!

i'd be interested in knowing whether they were really meant to be ported or sealed--imo they sound better sealed, but i have no clue what the RF box i was using was tuned too...all i know was that really fast double base blended together ported, and has come alive sealed...

and still--is it bad to set the subs at an angle in the trunk?

 

[Headbanger 10+ year member]

If I may suggest use a jigsaw on the hole next time also drill your hole close to the edge of the hole not in the middle that way you can just saw all the way around at once. They way you did it is madness.

 

[Qbenjamin 10+ year member]

If I may suggest use a jigsaw on the hole next time also drill your hole close to the edge of the hole not in the middle that way you can just saw all the way around at once. They way you did it is madness.

I was originally going to use my Dremel Circle Cutter and bit #655, but that didn't work out so well. With the Circle cutter, you have to drill a hole in the middle to mount it in, and then let the guide do the work. Well, that was easier said than done. That is why you see the holes in the middle. If you notice, I did actually cut a hole in the upper part of the sub cutout, and go around as needed.

 

[Immacomputer 10+ year member]

It's possible to cut a very nice hole with a cheap jigsaw and a cheap blade. It really just takes patience and going very slow. It also helps to have somebody there with a leaf blower removing the dust as you create it.

I suggest just using clamps and glue, since you have them available, and quit using the screws. It makes the enclosure stronger and it looks much better that way.

 

[Qbenjamin 10+ year member]

I had my Shop Vac tucked in between my legs as I was using the recipricating saw. Once that sawdust builds up, it hard to see what you are doing.

 

[R0ID_RAGE 10+ year member]

^^^just as long as you didn't have the saw tucked between your legs...that might not turn out so well

 

[Qbenjamin 10+ year member]

I am debating on putting the FI logo in the front or the JL audio logo. I cut out the FI logo from a picture that they had posted on their site. I used an exacto blade to get it to look nice. I then sprayed it on a practice board just to see how it would look:

I will do the JL logo tomorrow, and see how it looks.

 

[Qbenjamin 10+ year member]

I will have to fix the "i" a lil bit, as it looks a bit jakked.

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

Oh god, you used a sawzall to cut out your sub whole?

Just use a jigsaw man, and a new blade.

nG

 

[Qbenjamin 10+ year member]

I did on the second baffle.

Oh god, you used a sawzall to cut out your sub whole?
Just use a jigsaw man, and a new blade.

nG

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

Whew. Steady your had young apprentice, steady your hand!

Lol. Good first ported build man.

nG

 

[JarvisB 10+ year member]

I am going to paint Fi logo on the face of my box tomorrow and I ll let you know how it turns out.. I will take pics as well..

 

[Qbenjamin 10+ year member]

Here's the JL logo, I will fill th A;D; and O with their proper cut out, btu I was just to lazy to do it now:

 

[Blove1991 10+ year member]

JL sub going in it?

if not, Paint teh Fi on their