rear tray mods...worth the effort?

[zonecode88 10+ year member]

I got a 2000 Mitsubishi Galant ES and I got 2 Alpine SWX 10" subs in my trunk. My problem is that my trunk is very well insulated. My rear tray is a composite fabric that looks like insulation, and parts under that have an additional layer of insulation. Also below that at least 85% of the rear tray is enclosed with unnecessary metal. Im a little annoyed because somehow I think if I had a hatchback or SUV that my SPL would be twice as much. I'm thinking of maybe removing the rear tray and creating my own. I don't wanna move the stock speakers that are there. Would it be worth sawz-all-ing some unneccessary sheet metal and making my own mdf rear tray with big *** ports or something? Anyone think that all this time/effort/money spent would give any noticable increase in SPL for me? Any ideas?

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[Jdizzle 10+ year member]

i think the rear deck of the car supports something...atleast i would think it does

 

[bumpncarstereo 10+ year member]

helps with the rigidity of the body? just yank out the rear fill, thats what i did when i threw down some second skin

 

[Jdizzle 10+ year member]

yeah or cut out a port or vent in it or sumthing if u dont want to lose the rearfill, i wouldn't completely cut the hole thing out though