I have a 10 inch high excursion sub back in mine, mounted in an acoustic suspension (sealed) enclosure for tight, loud, not boomy bass. Used copious amounts of dacron filling (walmart) to stuff any gaps between the body, enclosure, and stock spare cover to dampen any unwanted resonance. Of course multiple holes were drilled in the spare tire cover in a circular pattern to allow the sub to speak. Then affixed some very high density foam packing rubber to space the the plastic spare cover from the enclosure and tighten the fit even more.Originally Posted by Junster
Its a very, very tight fit back in there, but it rocks very hard without any unwanted rattles or resonance. The entire interior was dampened with Dyna-mat Extreme by the PO.
Full disclosure, I did not design or mount the enclosure itself, tho I did contribute to it as loudspeaker design has been another hobby of mine since my college years.
The sub is driven by a two channel 700W amp, and the front and rear JBL 6.5 inch component speakers are driven by a 400W 4ch amp. Its all fed signal via an Eclipse head unit with its incredible 8v line level outputs. Power is distributed with a gold plated power block up front @ the battery using 10 and 8 gauge copper.
There are no massive capacitors, no signal converters, combiners, splitters or other such mojo. Its very straight forward, by the book. As such it works very, very well.
Its not a ghetto rattlebox. Its not meant to thump from a block away. From the outside it does not sound like its shaking every metal fitting on the vehicle apart. On the inside its amazing. All my friends who's tastes range from country to hip-hop to techno or blues ask to "hear it in the VX".
Thats good enuff for me.
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