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Old 05-25-11, 11:48 AM
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I was wonder if i build a box or a wall in my trunk, if i should do a ported or sealed box and which way should i face my subwoofers to get the best sound and output? Or vice versa with the wall...
Old 05-25-11, 12:34 PM
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What kind of subs are you thinking of getting? I used to have 2 eclipse titanium series 15's in a sealed box facing out toward the back of the car, and an 1800 watt amp. The sound was amazing but in my opinion was just too much. Even when they were turned all the way down! The car comes with a good sound system as it is, I guess it depends on your personal preference and how much bass you want!
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Depends more on the sub for ported or sealed box. I got a 12 alpine type x with the pdx amp in a ported box and it sounds good even with stock speakers.
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got 1 alpine 12 type R in a sealed box box with a jl audio 300x2 amp and its more then enough. but if you are a pure bass head go ported but plan on losing most of your trunk
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I'm going with 2 type r with a Pdx 1000 and a toggle switch so that I can shut off the amp while driving. If I can
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Originally Posted by Likwid XTC
I'm going with 2 type r with a Pdx 1000 and a toggle switch so that I can shut off the amp while driving. If I can
yeah you can shut the amp off while you drive just toggle switch the remote wire. but i would just get a amp with a remote bass **** and just turn the bass down instead if you dont wanna hear the boom
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here is what I did. https://www.clublexus.com/forums/lex...with-pics.html Prior to this I had a JL Audio 12W6V2 in a factory sealed box powered by a JL Audio 500/1 and a JL Audio remote bass ****. Sounded really good for the price and kept a lot of room in trunk. Here are a few of my build complete.
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i have 2 12 inch JLW6v2s run by an elemental designs nine.1 its @ 1200 watts @ 1ohm...i have a bass **** under my steering wheel and keep it up 1/4 most days and it sounds excellent. However the 3rd brake light rattles bad on rap songs but not so bad on rock.
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Hope you dont need to use your trunk for anything ever! ;-)
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thanx everyone for the input and opinions keep em coming for more ideas, and as for subs i have 2 12" MTX audio JackHammers jh5512-04 with a 1200 amp, so thats what im working with.. just tryna see also if i should do a box or make a wall?
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Originally Posted by MissLexus
Hope you dont need to use your trunk for anything ever! ;-)
nice lil set up you got going...
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Originally Posted by Sffd103
here is what I did. https://www.clublexus.com/forums/lex...with-pics.html Prior to this I had a JL Audio 12W6V2 in a factory sealed box powered by a JL Audio 500/1 and a JL Audio remote bass ****. Sounded really good for the price and kept a lot of room in trunk.
yea bro your set up is sick nasty.. i kinda drooled when i seen the finish product...
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Originally Posted by The1Ghost
nice lil set up you got going...
LOL...it wasn't anything super crazy like that other guys! But I was amazed that I did it all by myself...and it actually worked!

Sold those subs with that car...I dont think I will be putting subs in my new one...

...unless sffd103 wants to put in a set up like his for me! ha
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Originally Posted by MissLexus
LOL...it wasn't anything super crazy like that other guys! But I was amazed that I did it all by myself...and it actually worked!

Sold those subs with that car...I dont think I will be putting subs in my new one...

...unless sffd103 wants to put in a set up like his for me! ha
sure, come to Nor Cal and I'll hook you up MissLexus...I see you like big ones! Nice set you have there!!!
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Originally Posted by Sffd103
sure, come to Nor Cal and I'll hook you up MissLexus...I see you like big ones! Nice set you have there!!!
i wasnt gonna say anything but i was thinking the same so ima go ahead and give it 2 thumbs up


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