I'm gonna install a new sub and box in the inner fender of my wagon (1G D-2G Magna) where the dinky factory "sub" sat. Now, I don't know if you guys had subs in your wagons, but all the US ones did. Anyway, I'm gonna build a boxfor a 8-10" subwoofer (20-25 cm, I think) with 0.5-0.75 cubic feet of space in it for inside the inner fender. Do you guys use litres for that? I think that's 1.5 to 2 litres of air. Anyway, I'm looking for a subwoofer (brand name, so I can get it in the US) that'll be happy with that space and put out good bass with a 200-300 watt amplifier. Thanks guys.

1.5 - 2L of space?? dude - your sub is gonna fill that let alone get any air around it!!

Maybe I suggest a dual 12" box behind the back seat with teh subs facing teh hinge on the back door?

Manual

they have some really specky SONY Xplod gear over there!!!

Much better than the already bloody brillilant subs we get here ;)

they have some really specky SONY Xplod gear over there!!!

Much better than the already bloody brillilant subs we get here ;)

You dont happen to work for sony do :roll: :roll: :roll:

I'm not a fan of Xplod. They're loud and all, but not an "everyday" sub if you know what I mean. And I'm making the custom box cause I want to retain all of my cargo hold for cargo and, well, there's a reason we call em Shaggin Wagons over here a lot... :p

Years ago, you used to be able to get a special type of foam - anerobic/anechoic whatever - that allowed you to use a driver in a ridiculously small box, and the foam ported to air, but mimiced the correct volume (there was maths involved tho). Cannot remember what it was called, but some of this would be an ideal solution to your probs.

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Heath Young

That stuff is acoustic stuffing, and I've been reccomended to use it. It's the same stuff old ladies use to make pillows with. It's rediculously cheap too, something like a dollar (US) for a compressed bag of it, which will fill about three cubic feet (6 litres) generously. I even have some of it at home, because my mom's an old lady who likes to make pillows. ;)

No, not the wadding(polyfill).

There used to be a product that you could use to replace a *wall* of the subwoofer enclosure, meaning you could fit a 15" subwoofer in a 10 litre box and the box would have the equivalent volume of a 45 or 50 litre box! Was big in competition cars, cause you could fit more subs in a smaller area - don't know what it was called or who made it but they also made sound deadening products - relativly big name too...

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Heath Young

PS have you considered freeair subs? I am thinking of this, I have a Kicker 12" free air I might try...

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Heath Young

Oh, that. I think that's open-cell dense foam. But don't quote me on that.

And, for where I'm putting the sub, I don't think a free-air will work, cause the panel is really thin and would transmit too much of the sub's energy into vibration.

if you have 1 - 0.75 cubic foot of space you could use a JL audio SUb they are great in small enclosures

i have one in a 35L box which is about 1 cubic foot i think

they are about $90US for a 12" (mid range Sub, model 12w2 i think)

Okay, apparently my calculations are'nt any good. But my box is going to be somewhere between 0.5 and 1 cubic foot. And, by my array of 2L Coke bottles, that's 4-8L.

depends on how much u wanting to spend.......
check out the inhumans............. or the earthquake gear
should be pretty cheap over there. expensive ehre cos of importation