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[traksta15 10+ year member]

i have a 97 chevy ex. cab and the system in my sig.......i have a 4.3 sealed box in the back (firing up) in my back seat (sitting on top of my seat), my question is: Why can't i feel the bass?its loud and kinda hurts your ears but you can't feel it in your chest like i can with my friends w/lesser systems......one guy has 2 L5 12s with a 1200.1 (not really a lesser system, now that i think of it) in a 99 tahoe and it rattles your head, hurts your chest, ears everything.....another guy has 1 L7 10 in a 98 chevy reg. cab and it's almost as loud as the 1st guys 2 12's and then there's mine and it's really not that loud....i realize that mine are sealed and theres are ported (both systems are around 2 cubes per sub tuned to around 35, but i was wondering if i should get a ported box and face it towards my front seats w/the port up or subs facing up with the ports up???any help is greatly appreciated!!!!

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[mazdakid 5,000+ posts]

downfire

 

[crazy4ozs]

have them fire twords ur seats

 

[406er 10+ year member]

lack of cabin gain purhaps

 

[DropBasss 10+ year member]

Roll your windows down....and GO PORTED!

 

[traksta15 10+ year member]

with the windows down it sounds a WHOLE LOT better so i figured i was just gettin a lot of cancellation (thought it was too close to the roof ro something) but i dont know.......has anyone pointed towards the frnt seats and ported up or just port toward the frnt seats w/the subs??any pics of a good ex. cab install i should go for?thanks for the help guys!!

 

[concept11253 10+ year member]

It is your box. You need to go with ported if you want it to be loud.

Also:: Make sure your coils are wired properly.

 

[concept11253 10+ year member]

Another thing I just thought about was that you need to make sure you set your amp and headunit properly. I noticed when I didn't filter the frequencies on the headunit, I had a problem with it hurting my ears at really low decibles. I set the 50hz filter and I noticed that I do not feel it in my ears any more but rather just the vibrations and more in my body then in my ears.

 

[traksta15 10+ year member]

how do ex. cab trucks fair as far as spl goes??i realize they wont be as good as say a hatchback, but are they any good for spl???whats the best position to face the subs or point the port??thanks again for the help!

 

[traksta15 10+ year member]

bump......

 

[traksta15 10+ year member]

come on.............

 

[Chevyaudio 5,000+ posts]

ive got a single cab with 2 12's sealed, and I have always found that forward firing in a truck is good, though downfiring is probably best but that would be one huge box and you would have to remove your seat.

 

[traksta15 10+ year member]

i wouldn't mind taking out my seat (it'll be useless anyways)but as long as i can get to my jack in case of emergency, it'd be fine.....what advantages are there to down firing as opposed to firing toward ur seat????just more cabin gain or what?if i did downfire should i port down as well or port up?