Custom Boot installs

[r0mp]

Ne ideas on custom installs (for 2 subs and 2 amps)...

where the best places are?

price ideas?

off shelf box sets?

thx

[hippy]

i'd be interested to know too .. i will be doing my own in about a months time ... i'm thinkin 2 subs on each side of the boot pointing to the opposite corner of the boot. anyone tried this??

[hippy]

as for amps .. i think i'm going to hide them next to the battery ... i might even try to put up clear plastic so they can be seen.

[r0mp]

i might even try to put up clear plastic so they can be seen.

try perspex....

i want to mount both the subs in the middle of the boot with amps on each of the sides.. (with lighting) and having it carpeted and with perspex casing for the amps.. but what im trying to sort out is how i can access the amp/sub wiring if the box is one huge joined thing..

[hippy]

i'm trying to do it so that i can still have access to the space saver LOL i hope i can do it ..

[SXY R33]

In my holden "YES LOL" i have done what u guys are after i have a dual sub box for 2 12inch subs with clear back and polystrine balls bounceing up and down the with the amp also in a custom area. i spent around $300 tops on my custom install ihave neons in the box, and 12v coloured down lights for bunnings shinnying over the amp.

i will get some pics for u guys soon to show u what i have down , and to help u do the same.

all u need is some small background info on electronics and building boxes.

prespix is not the best idea as neons can affect the prespix casuing it to weakin, try a product called LEXEN

cheers.

[hippy]

cool .. thanks for ya help

[2BNVS]

im installing mine atm.. 2 subs facing out the back of the car with 2 amps either side and big 4channel for speakers in the middle infront of the subs under perspex with red neon..

a mate of mine is doing that so im not to sure who does the best ones and has the best prices etc..

cheers

[jacko]

I am in the middle of an install atm.. but I am only installing one 12" sub on the right hand side of the boot. (wanted to take up as little room as the boot is already small!) as for the amp it is mounted on the right hand side of the battery well. Fits perfectly with a couple of aluminium brackets. I was also thinking of building a perspex window in so i could see the amps... So for it has cost me $40 for all the wood an the aluminium all from bunnings... All I need now is some carpet to cover the sub box when im done and this should be pretty cheap option... i'll post some pictures tomorrow of where I am up too.

[NA_R33]

my install in my avatar cost me 250 bucks with all the work done by myself, when i can afford some better subs ill put the amps on either side of them, at the moment i have 2 different sized amps so i want to wait to get another amp so i have 1 for each sub and put them on either side.

[r0mp]

i never understood why people face their subs down towards the road... or in towards the metal inserts in the rear seats? does it work better?? hmm....

[Redbaboon]

Hi Lads,

You've gotta fibreglass! This is an absolute pain in the ass job, that gets messy and annoys tf out of you, but the results are awesome!

I helped do a job on my mate's Eunos 30X, we built two custom moulds that fit exactly into the boot (we had to build them mostly in the boot) and housed two 10'' and two 6X9's. Turned out awesome, and actually not too bad for tuning.

The beauty about Skylines is that they have larger boots to play with. To do this, firstly build a timber frame, then a fibreglass moulding for this frame, and finish off with bog to shape and smooth - very nice.

It took the two of us two weeks working every night and two whole weekends, but they are sweeeet!

[JR]

romp you mean inverting subs, thats when you have them upside down, a sub in a box needs a certain amount of air for it to work, the advantage of inverting a sub is you can have a small box, and see the back of the sub, but it will work exactly the same weather the boxes are seadled or ported.

[hippy]

NA's box doesn't seem too small LOL .. is that the only advantage in having inverted subs?

[JR]

there really is no reason in having them, except for room, like in my case, i only have 3 cubic feet spare for sub box, soo its all going to be sub, and i am taking the parcel shelf out of the hatch, and actually having the subs on the top of the box, only because i need 1.5 cubic feet per sub to have htem ported

[JR]

if space is a problem, seal the subs and run a little larger amp, ported is alot more mucking around but you get more bang for you dollar

[JR]

another no no is facing subs backwards into a boot. they work but you get big cancelation problems. you best bet is to have foward facing subs with the box ported to the cabin. only cars to face backwards are like hatches i.e. 180's etc.

[r0mp]

Argh so complicated... hahahahha...

im looking at building a curved second "wall" in the boot, having the 2 larger subs at the back (facing forward), then the 2 smaller subs outside of them facing inwards (slightly), then having the amps mounted on the internal walls...

Ah i duno...

[SXY R33]

Here's some pics of my custom boot in my holden

http://www.members.optusnet.com.au/hynea/Pictures.htm

[hippy]

jr i'm not sure of what u mean by not having the subs facing back ... i thought just about all sub installs do this?