excessive81 wrote:yeah i love jl stuff... sounds great!!! for doors i opened up the door panel so speaker is front mounted. then fiberglassed a wood ring behind the door panel so the speaker is solid mounted. the door is damped with dyno mat extreme. first set up i had made a wood bafle so speaker was mounted to the door. sounded good but theis setup is WAY better. how do you have ypurs crossed over. i running 150 watts to each door and it will run you out of the car. car is set up for sq and i have great highs, mids and enuff lows to win spl contest if set to do so lol. bullet for my valentine never sounded so good lol. sub enclosures are slot ported and made to jl spec for the 12w7's.... took many trys to get them spot on and have correct port and fit in the trunk. then had to redo them agian so cud get them in the car lol... basicly had to build half the boxes in the trunk....labor of love for sure!!!
My comps are the Alpine SPX-17ref. I had the comp. woofers mounted in the stock location (from behind) but I didn't like it. Now I've got it mounted like yours I guess (took the factory grill off, front/surface mounted the woofer, and put the factory grill back on). Didn't put an mdf or glass behind it but I did deaden the panel quite a bit. I'm using the passive crossovers that came with the comps and am still playing with the crossover on the HU (usually at 80hz, or 100hz when I get excessive excursion). I'm running the set with a Hifonics TXi-4008 (rated at 100w x 2 but probably does more like 80w x 2, which is what my comps are rated at IIRC).
Before I opened the door panel up, I was hoping to mount the woofers to the metal frame with some mdf rings and some non-hardening clay to get a nice, solid mount. Maybe seal the door up. But after I saw how the inside of the Bonnie door was that was basically a no-go. Maybe I'll try to get some rings and glass behind the woofer and get some weight on the panel to see if it makes the woofer shine a little better. Sometimes I just feel like I'm not getting that midbass punch I should be from my comps.
I need to work on my sub setup as well. I'm running a single 12 which pounds on some songs, but leaves me wanting more on alot of stuff. I got a 12" Fi SSD in a sealed box running off of a Sundown SAE1200D (capable of 1500+ watts). I think I'm gonna rip out my rear 6x9s (not using rear fill anyway) and try porting through the rear deck or something. We'll see how it goes.
Bugsi wrote:What is the fiberglass mold in the wheel well for?
The lights in the sub. . .can you see them when you drive?
Looks like maybe he glassed a false floor to cover the spare. And I doubt he can see the lights when he drives...
I like boxes that use plexi. It's cool when you can look in and see the basket and motor on a sexy sub.
Respect!