Where to put subs?

[Jimmaaay 10+ year member]

I was wondering could I put the subs in the rear pannel under the rear windshield. It would not be in a box, we would cut holes in some ply wood, that is matched to the same size of the rear pannel. Would the subs hit as hard this way? Oh, I forgot to add that the subs I am getting are 12" SDC2.5's. If you have any other input to where I should put them, please tell.

Thanks, Jimmy

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[natisfynest 10+ year member]

put them in a box

 

[Jimmaaay 10+ year member]

I don't have room to do that under the rear windshield.

 

[BLD 25 10+ year member]

why can't you put them in the trunk?

 

[grimreper912003 5,000+ posts]

and if you search someone built a box and used the rear deck as the baffle

 

[IDSkoT 5,000+ posts]

and if you search someone built a box and used the rear deck as the baffle

It's a pretty common practice. Well, not too common. But it's not rare. The only problem I see with that is the fact that anyone can see you have a sub waiting to be taken... not to mention it'll be a btch to screw in, unless you know how to take your rear window off.

But what the OP is describing is an IB set-up. Some subs work well in IB set-ups. But you have to seperate the trunk from the cab (in terms of pressure). So you have to use expandable foam and wood and weather stripping and anything else to make sure that the cab shares no common air with the trunk. I don't know if your sub would work well in an IB set-up.

 

[Jimmaaay 10+ year member]

^^^^^^You are right about the subs being really easy to see and people would steal them.

 

[IDSkoT 5,000+ posts]

^^^^^^You are right about the subs being really easy to see and people would steal them.

And thinking ahead, if you want to re-sell the sub at any point, if it was installed in the rear deck like that, the UV rays would fade out the cone.

 

[Jimmaaay 10+ year member]

Shit, my dad seems to think that the subs in the trunk won't sound good.

 

[xNaStYx 10+ year member]

Shit, my dad seems to think that the subs in the trunk won't sound good.

Your dad is wrong?

 

[bass-aholic 10+ year member]

unless you do a blow threw or IB setup its not gonna work.

 

[thorshammer1 10+ year member]

Shit, my dad seems to think that the subs in the trunk won't sound good.

Wish I could show him my trunk he'd change his mind

 

[MasterOfAllBass 10+ year member]

Wish I could show him my trunk he'd change his mind

your car = Das LOUD!

 

[R/T Pimp 10+ year member]

I would pick a better sub then the AQ, those are decent but would really sound like crap in an IB setup. Get yourself some quality subs like IDQs especially for an install like that.

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

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