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Old May 24, 2010 | 03:26 AM
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Smile Trunk set up

Haven't posted on the cl for quite a while but I did a little something in my garage last week. With the problem of the hump in the trunk and the seat belt box, I had to customize my trunk to make it look clean and simple. The custom box I build was just a simple enclosure box. Building the box wasn't a problem but building the wall was. The wall needed to start an inch higher than the metal frame because the spare tire wouldn't be able to taken out if the wall began at the metal frame(look at picture). So what I did was used mdf wood to build a step for the wall to be an inch higher. Some of you might be wondering what is the wood thing inside the spare tire? It is what keeps the trunk board up. Well it took me about two nights to finish the project. If anyone is interested in building a similar trunk, I will give you the measurements. But here at the supplies I bought-

Subwoofer-15" Diamond Audio
Amp-1500 watts Rockford Fosgate (purchased from a member on cl)
Wood-MDF wood (purchased from Home Depot)
Carpet-Bargainshore
Grand total was less than $200
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Old May 24, 2010 | 03:59 AM
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Nice job man... Liking it so far...
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Old May 24, 2010 | 07:59 AM
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i like this post looks really clean inside that trunk i might do something like this except ill have 2 subs
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Old May 24, 2010 | 08:48 AM
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Looks clean overall, but what did you use to cut the opening, cuz it doesn't look like an even circular cut? I like the blue backlight. Nice touch.
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Old May 24, 2010 | 11:14 AM
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Veritek- I just notice last night after taking the picture that the cut is not a perfect circle.
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Old May 24, 2010 | 12:05 PM
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Originally Posted by veritek
Looks clean overall, but what did you use to cut the opening, cuz it doesn't look like an even circular cut? I like the blue backlight. Nice touch.
Originally Posted by JL626
Veritek- I just notice last night after taking the picture that the cut is not a perfect circle.
yeah i noticed this also but it looks pretty good.

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Old May 24, 2010 | 12:21 PM
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I think that I am being pushed to my next project now... May have to sell one of my MOJO's... lol
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Old May 24, 2010 | 04:14 PM
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Always wonder when I see these types of setups whether you noticed any difference in sound by almost blocking off the front wave of the sub from the cabin? It looks good tho!
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Old May 24, 2010 | 04:17 PM
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Nice lookin set up bro
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Old May 24, 2010 | 04:51 PM
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looks clean to me man. i like it a lot
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Old May 24, 2010 | 05:54 PM
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Not the worlds greatest cut but I really like that blue light, i would put some more blue lights in the trunk to make the entire thing blue it would look sick
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Old May 26, 2010 | 01:17 AM
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Kyle-I don't think my setup blocks the sound because there is not a plexi in front of the sub and there is a large gap for air to travel into the car from stock sub hole

Thank you all for liking the trunk set up
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Old May 26, 2010 | 03:54 AM
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Dont know if I missed it, if I did, them my apologies... What is the enclosure again... how many cubic feet?
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Old May 26, 2010 | 10:24 AM
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Rich- do you want to know my box enclosure?
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Old May 26, 2010 | 12:15 PM
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looks good im actually in the process of doing the same thing. nice job.
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