Show off your craftmanship!
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Silver Member Username: ScubasteveCollege Park, MD Post Number: 764 Registered: May-05 | I know there a bunch of box builders and custom fabricators here. If you're proud of your work, show it off here! |
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Gold Member Username: Chaunb3400Huntsville, Alabama U.S. Post Number: 1096 Registered: Jul-05 | I would but i sux at building boxes, just wood, glue, screws. lol |
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Silver Member Username: ScubasteveCollege Park, MD Post Number: 765 Registered: May-05 | did you have anything to do with that professional looking install in your truck chauncey? |
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Silver Member Username: ScubasteveCollege Park, MD Post Number: 766 Registered: May-05 | Ok, I'll go first. Built this box for my dad's pathfinder. I've been running this modest setup for a while, and since I could get the sub (kappa perfect 12dvq) for $100 even, and I love its sound, I offered to set it up for the the old man. He used to be a bassist in a band and deserved to hear some bass in his truck.  |
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Silver Member Username: ScubasteveCollege Park, MD Post Number: 767 Registered: May-05 | 1 cubic foot, built to inifinty specs. Yea, I know I don't need 8awg speaker wire, I just used it for show so don't give me a hard time.  |
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Gold Member Username: Chaunb3400Huntsville, Alabama U.S. Post Number: 1097 Registered: Jul-05 | my friend built my box for me, I told him the specs and everything and he built it for FREE |
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Silver Member Username: ScubasteveCollege Park, MD Post Number: 770 Registered: May-05 | jeez, must be a good friend. I only do totally free work for my best friends. Everyone else I expect to pay me back explicitly, for very fair prices though. |
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Silver Member Username: FandimReno, Nevada United State... Post Number: 402 Registered: Jun-05 | That box looks identical to the ones sold at kragen for $7, btw. |
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Silver Member Username: ScubasteveCollege Park, MD Post Number: 771 Registered: May-05 | thanks!!!  I couldn't find any well made boxes at 1 cubic foot. You see a lot at 1.2 cubes, but 1 even is pretty rare. And plus, this box is well made. I acutally made a teak grill for this one using a boat handrail I bought online, but I don't have any pictures of that. |
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Silver Member Username: 54danny54Post Number: 965 Registered: Nov-04 | nice box man...if i didnt know how 2 build my own then i would be hittin u up for a box lol. |
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Silver Member Username: ScubasteveCollege Park, MD Post Number: 795 Registered: May-05 | thanks |
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Silver Member Username: UcfsaxmanOviedo/orlando, Fl Post Number: 276 Registered: May-05 | that box looks very professional. great attention to detail. |
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Silver Member Username: ScubasteveCollege Park, MD Post Number: 797 Registered: May-05 | thanks, it does seem like its the little stuff and the care put into it that divide the good boxes from the mediocre boxes. Which was my purpose for starting this thread so people can show off their builds...but what can you do. |
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Silver Member Username: FandimReno, Nevada United State... Post Number: 431 Registered: Jun-05 | Where do you buy the carpeting for your box? Just curious.. Oh and BTW, about saying it looked like the ones at kragen.. my bad - actually, the box right htere is definately much nicer when looking at it closer...thicker wood, and a bit larger. heh heh. |
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Silver Member Username: ScubasteveCollege Park, MD Post Number: 798 Registered: May-05 | no offense taken Seth, plenty of prefab boxes look just fine on the outside. The wood is 3/4" MDF, and the carpet I got from this great shop in Annapolis called Cinema. It may be a chain, I'm not sure, but they are great guys who do great work, and install a lot of JL and Eclipse. I'm actaully contemplating working for them over the summer. Anyway, I payed $15 for like 4-5 square yards because I didn't have any dark grey carpet on hand when I was building the box. |
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Silver Member Username: BestmankindLos Angeles, CA USA Post Number: 745 Registered: Oct-05 |  this box is 2.5 cu ft and tuned to 33hz. |
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Silver Member Username: ScubasteveCollege Park, MD Post Number: 799 Registered: May-05 | nice looking box chad. What's living in it now? |
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Silver Member Username: BestmankindLos Angeles, CA USA Post Number: 945 Registered: Oct-05 | re se xxx. i am waiting for my jl 1000/1 i bought from ebay to actually hook everything up. it should be here in a couple of days. |
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Silver Member Username: ShadylimitedxPgh, Pa Usa Post Number: 420 Registered: Apr-05 |    |
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Gold Member Username: Chaunb3400Huntsville, Alabama U.S. Post Number: 2106 Registered: Jul-05 | is that a second port on that box/? |
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Silver Member Username: ShadylimitedxPgh, Pa Usa Post Number: 421 Registered: Apr-05 | thats a dual box i didnt cut out the other hole yet lol |
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Gold Member Username: BestmankindLos Angeles, CA USA Post Number: 1258 Registered: Oct-05 |  |
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Gold Member Username: Chaunb3400Huntsville, Alabama U.S. Post Number: 2854 Registered: Jul-05 | so thats the sexxx |
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Silver Member Username: ScubasteveCollege Park, MD Post Number: 801 Registered: May-05 | nice looking setup chad, have you put it in yet? |
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Gold Member Username: BestmankindLos Angeles, CA USA Post Number: 1276 Registered: Oct-05 | thanks......yeah i did. i am using the jl 1000/1 to power that. i changed the box to sealed cause i like sq better than spl.   |
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Bronze Member Username: LittleguyPost Number: 84 Registered: Dec-04 | With all that banging from those boxes wouldn't you think the amps mounted to them would loosen up the ciruit boards? |
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Gold Member Username: BestmankindLos Angeles, CA USA Post Number: 1278 Registered: Oct-05 | don't have much space in my trunk. with that extra piece of 3/4 mdf i think it won't be that bad. also the box is small so it won't flex too much. |
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Bronze Member Username: LittleguyPost Number: 85 Registered: Dec-04 | I was talking to a guy once that repairs amps for a living and he had said most of the ppl that bring in amps for repair,most had them mounted to the sub box. Just trying to help, lol. |
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Gold Member Username: BestmankindLos Angeles, CA USA Post Number: 1281 Registered: Oct-05 | thx........i read the part about amp mounting on www.bcae1.com before. i was thinking about making a stand to mount the amp and just push the box up against it close but not touching. i am sure by doing that it would be better. i think i'll do that this weekend. you mentioning it made me think about it more. |
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Silver Member Username: ScubasteveCollege Park, MD Post Number: 802 Registered: May-05 | with small, (or well braced) sealed boxes, its not that big of an issue. In the home audio world, amps are often integrated into the enclosure. The trick is that home sub enclosures are pretty heavy, beefy and don't flex much at all. Same concepts in the car audio world. |
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Gold Member Username: 54danny54Post Number: 1154 Registered: Nov-04 | hey chad...nice box...what kind of car is that lol |
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Silver Member Username: RzarectorCoquitlam, Bc Canada Post Number: 787 Registered: Dec-04 |     dunno what order the pics are in.. 1 is the set of type x's those are the front baffles of the cylindrical enclosures im building for them will post pics when thats done.. prolly like 2 years the way im going with it lol... 1 is 2 12" type r's in a small box about .85 cu ft each (bad pic and they are no sold to my buddy which i made a ported box for il try get pics of that).. and the other is the 15 " type r.. box looks like crap cause i was to lazy to finish .. as you can tell all my installes are half assed lol.. change stuff around so much that theres no point .. i think the x's will be where i stop though il do a nice job of those |
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Gold Member Username: Chaunb3400Huntsville, Alabama U.S. Post Number: 3077 Registered: Jul-05 | is that a gun in the first pic |
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Gold Member Username: 54danny54Post Number: 1171 Registered: Nov-04 | clean install mark...im not an alpine woofer man |
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Silver Member Username: Young_jamesCanada Post Number: 484 Registered: Sep-05 | clean? lol........Very nice install, but not so sure about clean! No offence man, mine will probably be worse |
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Silver Member Username: RzarectorCoquitlam, Bc Canada Post Number: 789 Registered: Dec-04 | yes its hardly a clean install .. gun is just a .22 pellet gun.. dont say that young james!.. if your installs going to stay there for a while take your time and do a good job.. thats all a clean install takes. a little time and patience |
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Silver Member Username: RzarectorCoquitlam, Bc Canada Post Number: 823 Registered: Dec-04 | heres those boxes.. got sick of cutting rings so decided to go fibreglass after all.. there pretty much ready for glass right now .. the cloth didnt go on very nice kept wanting to jut towards the centre because its going around in a circle so i put mesh against the inside and its tensioned all the way around with wire to the dowels... metal will all be glassed over so it doesnt create any probs.. btw pictures suck cause i dont know how to use the camera lol.. all files were "RAW" whatever that means ..     |
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Gold Member Username: BestmankindLos Angeles, CA USA Post Number: 1844 Registered: Oct-05 | mark s how do you like your type xs? have you broken them in? the reason i ask is cause i am not too impressed with mine. |
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Silver Member Username: RzarectorCoquitlam, Bc Canada Post Number: 830 Registered: Dec-04 | naw of only ran 1 with 500 watts.. it sounded pretty good to me and was decently loud with 5oo watts.. so im sure 2 with 1000+ watts each should be plenty loud for me .. in what way were you not impressed? |
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Silver Member Username: Southern_bassParis, Tennessee U.S. Post Number: 780 Registered: Dec-05 | its going to take like 4 idmax's to impress chad lol |
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Gold Member Username: BestmankindLos Angeles, CA USA Post Number: 1858 Registered: Oct-05 | well 2 will do casey. lol. mark....maybe my expectations were too high for the type xs. |
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Silver Member Username: RzarectorCoquitlam, Bc Canada Post Number: 833 Registered: Dec-04 | maybe.. im sure the TI's will suffice hehe |
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Gold Member Username: Tdeaton1021Near Tampa, Florida USA Post Number: 1608 Registered: Sep-04 | ive been having a tough time finding something that will make me happy. i think i may have found it though.... stereo integrity mag 15s. looks like the closest thing to an ava to me... oh wait its even louder too!. i know your saying " you idiot what about the arsenal" im sure they are great. but i like a 3 imch p2p excursion over a 20.5mm xmax. i know xmax isnt everything in SPL or SQ, but i do know that a larger xmax moves more air which is something i particularly love. and i cant wait to see the finished product mark. ive been waiting to see them since u first talked about building them a LONG time ago. |
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Silver Member Username: ScubasteveCollege Park, MD Post Number: 875 Registered: May-05 | I like the enclosures, how do you plan on installing them in your car? |
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Silver Member Username: RzarectorCoquitlam, Bc Canada Post Number: 837 Registered: Dec-04 | they will be fastened in a direction i like and then moulded in place to the side panel... kinda hard to visualize |
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Bronze Member Username: Logan_tillePost Number: 21 Registered: Jan-06 | heres my first box i just built, tell me if it sux. http://photobucket.com/albums/e154/logan_tille/?action=view¤t=970101120030 31.jpg http://photobucket.com/albums/e154/logan_tille/?action=view¤t=970101120032 28.jpg http://photobucket.com/albums/e154/logan_tille/?action=view¤t=970101120032 28.jpg http://photobucket.com/albums/e154/logan_tille/?action=view¤t=970101120020 .jpg http://photobucket.com/albums/e154/logan_tille/?action=view¤t=970101120016 .jpg |
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New member Username: Custom_boxesPost Number: 7 Registered: Mar-06 |    |
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Silver Member Username: RmzracerBentonville, Arkansas USA Post Number: 104 Registered: Jul-05 | heres my box for my 03 single cab dodge ram. I have two type r 12" in there. I got a Mb Quart raa1000 on the way to replace the PA turd. The felt is a little shady at the bottom. Everyone asks if it's coustom made cuz of the notch and i love seeing their faces when i tell them i did it!  |
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Gold Member Username: RzarectorCoquitlam, Bc Canada Post Number: 1095 Registered: Dec-04 | more stuff.. i made molds of the sides of the trunk area .. the cylindrical enclosures will then go in them, and cloth will be wrapped around the whole thing to make it one pod on each side.. i had to cut notches and build inwards on the cylinders cause of the wheel wells    il post more as it gets done! omg endless work tho.. still have to make amp racks.. something to hold the battery in the spare tire inset |
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Gold Member Username: Young_jamesCanada Post Number: 1209 Registered: Sep-05 | wow, I'm intrested in seeing where this goes.....Real nice work thus far man! |
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Bronze Member Username: Sweet_subsMemphis, Michigan Usa Post Number: 28 Registered: May-06 | ok i need to know the size of the box that mark S has im getting a type r and im gunna make a slot port box. and i need to know the dimentions of it so i make it right |
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Bronze Member Username: Kaos13Post Number: 100 Registered: Oct-04 | all excellent boxes guys. wish i kneew how to build boxes. |
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Silver Member Username: BudlingCali USofA Post Number: 112 Registered: May-06 | How r the boxes comin Mark? |
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Silver Member Username: JohnfiacIl USA Post Number: 128 Registered: Mar-06 | Logan, why did you make the boxes so deep? it looks like the subs will hve alot of extra airspace then what i think would be recommended.. but then again im not to good with the custom box part of systems yet.... |
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Bronze Member Username: Dsmith07Post Number: 16 Registered: Jun-06 | this isnt mine but its hott and i bet it thumps [IMG]http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a391/dereksmith05/funnypic2a03.jpg[/IMG] |
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Bronze Member Username: MdcustomsGrand Rapids, MI USA Post Number: 11 Registered: Jun-06 | We have some pictures of our custom enclosures at www.cardomain.com/id/MDCustoms Check it out and tell us what you think. |
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Gold Member Username: RzarectorCoquitlam, Bc Canada Post Number: 1222 Registered: Dec-04 |    thats all for now .. i couldnt do anything untill i ordered my sound deadaning from second skin www.secondskinaudio.com.. i have it now so thats what im installing(id take pics but the cameras being repaired right now).. tons of it in the whole trunk area and even more in the doors for the components.. i really shouldnt have made those fibreglass corner shells untill the sound deadaning was in because they probably wont fit.. oh well more pictures when i can |
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Silver Member Username: AstrosafariDelhi, Ontario Canada Post Number: 520 Registered: Aug-05 | looks good man... cant wait for updates |
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Gold Member Username: BestmankindLos Angeles, CA USA Post Number: 4504 Registered: Oct-05 | couple of boxes i made recently.   |
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Gold Member Username: JuliobSanto DomingoDominican Re... Post Number: 1506 Registered: Dec-05 | nice box, i'm jealous man, i need something like that hehe |
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Silver Member Username: Atllefty12Pinellas, Fla. Post Number: 159 Registered: Jul-06 | hey chad, where is that box with the treos located? |
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Gold Member Username: BestmankindLos Angeles, CA USA Post Number: 4508 Registered: Oct-05 | i took out my backseat and made a little platform. then i put the box there. its firing forward in the pic but right now i have them firing up. it alot louder and hits better with it firing up. |
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Gold Member Username: RzarectorCoquitlam, Bc Canada Post Number: 1232 Registered: Dec-04 | how big are those ports chad? |
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Gold Member Username: BestmankindLos Angeles, CA USA Post Number: 4517 Registered: Oct-05 | 4 inch ports. |
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Silver Member Username: JohnfiacIl USA Post Number: 326 Registered: Mar-06 | Nice.. i have a bandpass box that has 4 4inch ports... what does a bandpass box do?? lol im to lazy to start a new thread.. nice box tho chad |
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Gold Member Username: BestmankindLos Angeles, CA USA Post Number: 4522 Registered: Oct-05 | bandpass has a potential to get real loud. you have to test and tune it just right though. if its a prefab bandpass box, then i wouldn't use that. those tend to get real boomy and don't sound nice and deep. thanks for the compliment. |
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Gold Member Username: Dustin3Tigard, OR U.S. Post Number: 2877 Registered: Oct-05 | dam chad. you have aim, i need some carpeting tips |
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Gold Member Username: RzarectorCoquitlam, Bc Canada Post Number: 1239 Registered: Dec-04 | 4 inch ports enough for those bad boys chad? i had port noise from a 12w3 with a 4 " port it wasnt rounded mind you but still |
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Gold Member Username: BestmankindLos Angeles, CA USA Post Number: 4603 Registered: Oct-05 | no port noise mark. they are flared on both ends and i don't hear any noise. i tried out the re box yesterday in the gargage to test it out and no noise. it was bouncing off the floor like crazy when i was playing bass mekanik. damn these 18 inch subs play deep and low. i better make sure its fasten down good in my car. |
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Silver Member Username: Ruthless06C-ville, Va USA Post Number: 187 Registered: Feb-06 | latests box i built, and also my first lol. only flaw it has is the port is like 1/8 to short and i ran out of mdf. but it sounds amazing and i dont think it looks bad. 1.8cu ft tuned to 24hz...   |
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Bronze Member Username: Th3pwn3rChicago, Illinois U.S.A Post Number: 59 Registered: Jul-06 | Mark when you gonna finish your setup?I can't wait to see the end result of all that work. |
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Gold Member Username: RzarectorCoquitlam, Bc Canada Post Number: 1282 Registered: Dec-04 | a box im working on for my buddy.. its for a 15" type r" all port corners are rounded .. its 3.4 or something cu ft and tuned to about 36 hz.. all thats left is appearance stuff.. sanding the top and a mounting plate for the amp.. then paint     |
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Silver Member Username: DelsolePost Number: 555 Registered: Feb-05 | u guys are all pretty nice at makin boxes im about to try and make one for my whenever i get money subs |
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Silver Member Username: ShawnomakSask Canada Post Number: 352 Registered: May-05 | My newest box I built a few months ago. |
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Silver Member Username: Killer44Ontario Canada Post Number: 734 Registered: Dec-04 | a lil something i made to go behing the seats of my s10 until i port the subs in the bed, also a box i made for a friends jeep for two p2's... http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2403522/3 pics of the s10 box http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2403522/4 pics of the jeep box... |
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Silver Member Username: RiskybPost Number: 291 Registered: Feb-06 | Fiberglass craftsmanship for ya. http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/6595/1rstrm0.jpg http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/5681/2ndvj1.jpg http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/979/3rddg8.jpg http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/499/7thvs1.jpg http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/9136/9thnx1.jpg What do yall think? |
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Bronze Member Username: MotomazeOnt Canada Post Number: 94 Registered: Sep-06 | lots and lots of sanding thats what i hate about glassing |
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Gold Member Username: Logan__tilleAudioqueUSA Post Number: 2061 Registered: Feb-06 | |
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Gold Member Username: Logan__tilleAudioqueUSA Post Number: 2145 Registered: Feb-06 | didnt bump |
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Silver Member Username: BernymacAQ HD3!!, CA United States Post Number: 725 Registered: Sep-04 | Heres mines, not to bad for my first box.  |
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Bronze Member Username: Bayrent88Ingleside, Texas USA Post Number: 81 Registered: Jul-06 | wow that port is huge...and so are those amps...and so is that box!!! what subs and amps are those |
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Silver Member Username: BernymacAQ HD3!!, CA United States Post Number: 790 Registered: Sep-04 | Subs: AQ HD315's www.audioque.com Amps: Massive Audio P3000.1 Box is 14cuft tuned to 40hz. |
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Silver Member Username: BoomtankPost Number: 108 Registered: Oct-06 | My current side project. Was just messing around with my old 3000gt took out the entire back end and put in 2 15's and 4 10's. Ill be fiberglassing the entire box and blend it into the trim. Just threw some old subs and amps in to hear it bumb. its loud. www.cardomain.com/ride/243224/2 bad pix but its the first box ive ever made. |
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Silver Member Username: Nyyfan13VA USA Post Number: 874 Registered: Jul-06 |  doesnt even compare to some of you guys but i thought i did a decent job |
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Bronze Member Username: LuisdelbronxBronx, NY USA Post Number: 52 Registered: Jan-06 |  Nothing flashy..but definatly gets the job done! |
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Bronze Member Username: FuryousFL USA Post Number: 53 Registered: Aug-06 | Here's my first marine sub box for my boat- I'm pretty proud of it. Sealed, coated in three coats of white marine epoxy. Mouted rubber feet on it to keep it from sliding around inside the bridge. Two Polk 12"'s   This is the entertainment center for the boat- holds 2 Coustic amps, docking station for the laptop and FM transmitter to broadcast my tunes to other boats within 150 feet, wired remote and aux input units. The head unit mount swings down and lights up for access to the wiring.   Here is the box I built specifically to mount under the back seat of my Tahoe. Holds 1 JL 10", sealed .75 cu. ft.  |
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Gold Member Username: Sploosh56Ohio Post Number: 1599 Registered: May-04 | looks awesome. Good thing that the wires can't be seen from the outside |
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Bronze Member Username: Ndjumpman23mjPost Number: 64 Registered: Sep-06 | nice stuff in here |
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Bronze Member Username: SexybratPost Number: 47 Registered: Jan-07 |  my box for my 15" l7 ice still gotta put my ports in when they get here its 3.2 cft and im tunning it to 28hz im gonna have my ports on the sides sticking up like smoke stacks |
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Silver Member Username: Andrew571Stillwater/Edmond, Oklahoma USA Post Number: 657 Registered: Oct-05 | wth, since when did this thread exist...but anyways heres one of my works    |
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Gold Member Username: JohnfiacIL Afghanistan,... Post Number: 1279 Registered: Mar-06 | It existed since....Posted on Monday, November 07, 2005 - 12:45 am lol |
