Might be a dumb question.

T40MO · Post by **T40MO** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 10:14 pm

Right so today i ripped out the rear seats ... nice and light lol. But im not really into my performance because as the end of the day its still a 1.4 and im still 17. I can wait till Im a little older to get a nice fast car.
But the plan was to build an enclosure to house two 12" subs.
Now does it need to be built so a certain size ... dimentions etc for the subs to perform correctly? Or does it just need to be big, sturdy and have a big enough hole for the air to escape???

Thanks
Tom

Ian_R · Post by **Ian_R** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 12:21 am

depending on the type of subs they are mate and what amp etc you are running with them, But Yes if its an Enclosed box your best Looking on the Products website for the Dimensions the Sub will perform best At! or all the paper work that came with them if you still have it,

T40MO · Post by **T40MO** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 6:34 pm

right cool.

So if it says the recommended enclosure for a seb is 1.5ft3 you would double it for putting two in?

darranwrx · Post by **darranwrx** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 10:24 pm

i would invest in some Dynamat before you start your install, shop around the web to find the best price

darranwrx · Post by **darranwrx** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 10:26 pm

also you might want to consider enclosed or ported for your build

T40MO · Post by **T40MO** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 11:32 pm

enclosed or ported?

enclosed : totally sealed box
ported: box with a hole for the air to escape

right??

what sort of difference does it make?

darranwrx · Post by **darranwrx** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 4:36 pm

enclosed-gives a tighter more deep bass
ported-gives not so much deep bass more higher tone of bass

darranwrx · Post by **darranwrx** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 5:05 pm

http://www.klausaudio.com/articles/c/su ... ported.cfm

check out this link it may help

ModifiedMadness · Post by **ModifiedMadness** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 6:12 pm

darranwrx wrote:ported-gives not so much deep bass more higher tone of bass

Ported usually gives more low end deep bass although it all depends on the tuning frequency as to how low it will play (loudly anyway), I've got a ported box in mine.

darranwrx · Post by **darranwrx** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 6:28 pm

what sub u got tom????

ModifiedMadness · Post by **ModifiedMadness** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 7:20 pm

I've got an RE Audio MX12 as can be seen here

http://www.tigerstyle.co.uk/poloforum/v ... hp?t=28214

darranwrx · Post by **darranwrx** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 8:52 pm

had this in sounded good but then put these in much better

T40MO · Post by **T40MO** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 9:36 pm

Right guys thanks for the advice. I think it'll deffo be a ported box i'll go for because I'm not that much of an audiophile lol i just like my volume.
Next question is which subs, amp and headunit to choose.
I probably have a budget of around Â£400 but this could be increased if nessesary.

T40MO · Post by **T40MO** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 9:36 pm

Right guys thanks for the advice. I think it'll deffo be a ported box i'll go for because I'm not that much of an audiophile lol i just like my volume.
Next question is which subs, amp and headunit to choose.
I probably have a budget of around Â£400 but this could be increased if nessesary.

darranwrx · Post by **darranwrx** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 9:44 pm

got this in my GTi

only cost Â£200 bargain think its cheaper now

please dont think about using Halfrauds for any thing

all the controlls are touch screen and it can talk to u as well ( if u like that sort of thing)

sorry meant to say they do it in black aswell,i got it in silver cos it went well in me Impreza.