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Recommend box size for single Alpine SWR-1241D
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<blockquote data-quote="Tungsten" data-source="post: 111765" data-attributes="member: 546239"><p>First and foremost...</p><p></p><p><strong>ARGH!!!</strong></p><p></p><p>Thanks, I feel better now. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif</p><p></p><p>I decided to get some large pieces of cardboard and cut out a template for what an end piece of the box I had designed would be like when cut from MDF, and went to test fit that into the trunk of my car. No dice. The angle of the face (wedge shaped box) was too steep and didn't mate up right with the firewall seperating the trunk from the cabin.</p><p></p><p>So I took another piece of cardboard and a felt tip pen and made a tracing of the firewall's angle so that I could start revising my design. I came up with a 66.5 degree slope, cut another template and went back to test fit it again. Success!</p><p></p><p>Now I notice that the way the rear wheel wells cut into the trunk, there's going to be less width to play with than previously thought. This means the box will either need to be deeper or taller. Taller is okay, but deeper is definitely out as there's only 11" worth of depth on the trunk opening to slide a box in from the rear of the car.</p><p></p><p>Have I mentioned <strong>ARGH!!!!</strong> lately? Heh.</p><p></p><p>Okay, so I'm sitting here now with a template that fits so long as I am willing to remove the speakers from the rear package tray. That's not a big sacrifice as I don't care to have a rear sound-stage anyway. They're just a cheap pair of Kenwood 6x8's and the gains are turned way the heck down on the rear channel... so done deal. Now I've got the height that I needed.</p><p></p><p>But wait! There's an unusual hump of some sort (about 5"w x 2"d x 0.5"h) right in the middle of the trunk floor. Another ARGH moment.</p><p></p><p>So I'm not real sure what I am going to do yet. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crazy.gif.c13912c32de98515d3142759a824dae7.gif</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tungsten, post: 111765, member: 546239"] First and foremost... [B]ARGH!!![/B] Thanks, I feel better now. [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif[/IMG] I decided to get some large pieces of cardboard and cut out a template for what an end piece of the box I had designed would be like when cut from MDF, and went to test fit that into the trunk of my car. No dice. The angle of the face (wedge shaped box) was too steep and didn't mate up right with the firewall seperating the trunk from the cabin. So I took another piece of cardboard and a felt tip pen and made a tracing of the firewall's angle so that I could start revising my design. I came up with a 66.5 degree slope, cut another template and went back to test fit it again. Success! Now I notice that the way the rear wheel wells cut into the trunk, there's going to be less width to play with than previously thought. This means the box will either need to be deeper or taller. Taller is okay, but deeper is definitely out as there's only 11" worth of depth on the trunk opening to slide a box in from the rear of the car. Have I mentioned [B]ARGH!!!![/B] lately? Heh. Okay, so I'm sitting here now with a template that fits so long as I am willing to remove the speakers from the rear package tray. That's not a big sacrifice as I don't care to have a rear sound-stage anyway. They're just a cheap pair of Kenwood 6x8's and the gains are turned way the heck down on the rear channel... so done deal. Now I've got the height that I needed. But wait! There's an unusual hump of some sort (about 5"w x 2"d x 0.5"h) right in the middle of the trunk floor. Another ARGH moment. So I'm not real sure what I am going to do yet. [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crazy.gif.c13912c32de98515d3142759a824dae7.gif[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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