Sundown Audio Nightshade 18'' -- AQ2200 >> Truck Build

[Bobby322 10+ year member]

How should I make the flares for the port? Does it NEED them? I read it makes it more efficient. I will eventually go to aeros probally, but for the time being what can I do?

 

[Bobby322 10+ year member]

Lol so i remebered seeing a thread a guy posted where he made his flares for his sonotube. He might have had platic plates. Well I just made some ghetto fabulous flares out of some paper plates. I doubled 'em up and glued the hell out of them. Worth a try? Will be getting aeros in the future.

Hit a curb last week...

gotta love the work truck

 

[Bobby322 10+ year member]

by the way im not serious about those flares.

 

[basscort2009 5,000+ posts]

i was like paper plate FTW! but yea they dont NEED to be flared but its always helpful. i have built a coule boxs with just pvc pipe and sanded the edges and it sounded **** good. looking good so far man. glad u decided to tackle this box on your own. thats how i got started a long time ago, just dive into it and learn as you go. good job man

 

[mazdakid 5,000+ posts]

the paper plates would probably work if you put some resin on them

 

[Bobby322 10+ year member]

thanks heath, i've gotta start somewhere. its coming along nicely, just got the cut out made for the sub and it fits good. Heres a pic of a little mock up. The port will be coming out of the top. Going to clean up some cuts..

Just picked up some threaded rod as well.

 

[Bobby322 10+ year member]

the paper plates would probably work if you put some resin on them

Yeah probally. I think they will work without resin i glued the hell out of them. I prob. wont use them though.

 

[KHARPS 10+ year member]

Great progress man. I hated making wedge boxes...the angle on the front baffle was always a pain.

 

[KHARPS 10+ year member]

And I'm jealous you can wear shorts right now.

 

[DonH 5,000+ posts]

And I'm jealous you can wear shorts right now.

lol wearing shorts right now myself

 

[trailz516 10+ year member]

lol wearing shorts right now myself

****. and i have to deal with 26" of snow...

 

[Bobby322 10+ year member]

Great progress man. I hated making wedge boxes...the angle on the front baffle was always a pain.

Thanks. Yeah its a pain especially to double baffle the wedge. Its been good weather, nice and sunny.

Its going to **** getting it in the truck but I think it will go in. Worst comes to worst a seats coming out. The past big square boxs ive had to put in myself

 

[Bobby322 10+ year member]

Another question..

I used this box calculator http://www.the12volt.com/caraudio/boxcalcs.asp

When I put the side peices on should they go flush into it or should I just slap it over the baffle and all the sides. If I did that, then my total length would have 1.5'' added to it. Kinda confused here. If I put the peices flush, then I wont have to add that into the inside total volume?

sorry kinda hard to explain

 

[Bobby322 10+ year member]

Just have to put on side peices and take the grinder to some joints and edges to smooth it out. Maybe ill spray paint it //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif Think I should've gone with thicker threaded rod.

idk if you noticed but one peice is a little off there...

 

[RetroAudioinc 5,000+ posts]

A 18 in a single cab chevy man I don't think your passangers will like you much.. haha

I would of went 2 12's, I have to say this is looking a lot like a fail.. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif I hope it works for you but man thats tight..