Sonotube build - JL 13W3v3, suspended in trunk

[Punk In Drublic 10+ year member]

I was inspired to do this build after seeing all the talk about sonotubes last week. The whole build cost me about $20, and I love the new enclosure. It's about 1/4 the weight of my old box, and it takes up less space (Sealed, obviously...)

The sound quality is pretty good, I was definitely surprised with this one. I think I'm going to keep it in for a while, mostly because of how awesome it looks!

Video:

(my first time making a video, constructive criticism is welcome //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif)
Pics: (Sorry, cell camera was all I had when I was building it.)

The tubes (The guy gave me two of them in case I messed up haha) 14" x 22" sonotubes.

End baffles installed. The speaker is double baffled.

Mounting hole cut & ends spray painted black

Back of tube, terminal cup goes here

Another shot of the inside

Test fit of the speaker, it's a perfect fit

Carpet

Mounted to rear deck with a hinge thing I found (Also one on back of tube for strength)

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[Punk In Drublic 10+ year member]

The end result (I think it looks sweet) //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

Let me know what you guys think! I'll post a video if you want.

 

[Miles0803]

how do you keep it from rollin around when you take corners?

 

[Punk In Drublic 10+ year member]

how do you keep it from rollin around when you take corners?

It's bolted to the rear deck.

 

[Miles0803]

any vibration from the rear deck then?

 

[Punk In Drublic 10+ year member]

None so far, I'll let you know after a couple days. I've only got about 60 minutes of playing time on it right now.

 

[DonH 5,000+ posts]

vids please!!!

 

[SplAffair 10+ year member]

vids please

 

[fasfocus00 5,000+ posts]

very good job on this. looks really nice.

 

[Miles0803]

ok looks good i just noticed the pic of it bolted to rear deck:crap:

 

[DonH 5,000+ posts]

ur trunk has a boner! nice!

i think i might do this for a ht setup with 1 10." hows it compare to a normal sealed enclosure?

 

[rollerdj 10+ year member]

looks good. i'm interested in seeing how it holds up to hard cornering. it might wanna swing and pull bolts out. you put any fiberglass resin in there too? i might have to try something like this,

 

[Punk In Drublic 10+ year member]

ur trunk has a boner! nice!
i think i might do this for a ht setup with 1 10." hows it compare to a normal sealed enclosure?

Seems like the sound is smoother through the lower frequencies... Not sure exactly how to describe it other than smooth. Like it's punchy and tight like a normal sealed box, but it just sounds nicer. This is all IMO obviously. Try it for yourself - for like $25 bucks you really can't lose.

It's getting dark here now, I'll take a video tomorrow as long as it's nice out. Thanks for the feedback guys.

 

[azimuth 5,000+ posts]

ur trunk has a boner! nice!
i think i might do this for a ht setup with 1 10." hows it compare to a normal sealed enclosure?

i''ve been thinking about doing 10's similar to this also, only they would be in a transmission line to look like greek columns next to the front door. had that pipe dream for a while now.

 

[Punk In Drublic 10+ year member]

looks good. i'm interested in seeing how it holds up to hard cornering. it might wanna swing and pull bolts out. you put any fiberglass resin in there too? i might have to try something like this,

No resin in this one. If it breaks, I'll make another with my spare sonotube and resin it, and find a more solid way of suspending it. I'll keep you posted.