on1wheel01

Well just finished up the box for my 08 Kicker L7 15". First of all much thanks to mattastick for helping me design, and helping me understand enclosures better than I did. Kudos man kudos. The dimensions are 36 wide x22 deep x14 high. With port area of 56.25 cubes of 4.32 and tuned to 33.9(which is prob around 36 after the bracing and sub(which is what I was shooting for). Well It turned out ok, I don't have the steadiest hand but im happy with it. Ill be buying a table saw for the next build. All and all costs me $40 to build(not counting the bed liner i have previously it's about $50 a gallon, but it will do 4 large boxes). I put 4 coats of liner on it and I really like the look. She will be goin in the car this weekend should slam. Going to be pared with a rockford 1200 (on the factory bose head unit). Ill prob sell the system before to long, and do another one as I get tired of stuff pretty fast. Well thoughts?

97BlackAckCL

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Box looks good, very nice design

mattastick

nice build... Looks good. I'll bet that thing is going to absolutely slam...

mitch14

i like the design and all, but bedliner....:sratch: why? don't like to match the carpet with the inside of the trunk?

mattastick

Why bedliner, you ask. It's durable as all get out and it's easy to apply. carpet can be a pain to apply, and can get costly if you use good box carpet (I'm sure I got ripped off, but I payed like $10 a yard for the stuff covering my box). Then you have to factor in ~$10-15 for glue, and it just adds up. Or you can go pay ~$50 for 4 big boxes worth of cover... Plus carpet comes off, unlike the bedliner. This fact can be positive (it's not going to come off, and the wood won't get torn up) or negative (it's not coming off, and therefore it'll never match your trunk). It's all personal preference I guess, but I know people who've used it and don't have any complaints about it. Also, most bedliners just roll on, where carpet has to be glued, stretched, cut, etc. to make it look good...

97BlackAckCL

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Not only does it roll on, but it's scratch resistant

on1wheel01

why bed liner you ask? Well even kicker is going that way they sue the rubber less type on some enclosures. It also helps seal the box if you missed any spots. Looks different I don't like using carpet cuz hard to match and everyone has it.

on1wheel01

Well just bought my amp it's a old school rockford fosgate power 1000.1bd 1000 watt at 2 ohm rms. Should slam like crazy. I just measured the box it's a hair over 36" hope it fits might have to push her like crazy to go in

97BlackAckCL

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just realized now that's a 15, I thought it was a 12, that's gonna sound nice

on1wheel01

yea my last system was 2 12" l5's. I always wanted the l7 15. So this should beat like bananas lol

mattastick

nice Chris... But, yeah, this should sound really nice... Can't wait to see some vids of this thing moving...

1slo23

I need to finish up a system for my car. I'm sick of the aftermarket Pioneers in the back and stockies up front All the sound is in the rear of the car

on1wheel01

i hear ya. for now im gonna leave the factory bose head unit and speakers in. Not sure how much ill hear em though.

97BlackAckCL

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I need to redo my stereo in my 4runner (DD) I have all new competition components and subs in my CL garage queen, and I'm driving a truck with 4-6 blown speakers out of 10 talk about annoying

mattastick

I got a guy about to buy my sub so that I can buy the new one that I want, so that means rebuild... unfortunately, rebuild means all kinds of glass, new box, more wire running, etc... basically a whole fresh trunk... should be a lot more usable than on1wheel01's...

South Jersey CL

looks cool, good luck with it

SanJoseRoller

zero or 4 gauge wire?

dragon084

i like carpet.

on1wheel01

for now 4 gauge if i keep this sub I am considering buying one for 15 L7 and another amp and knockin like hell and if i do that then 0 all day. yea most ppl like carpet but i like to be different. I'm thinking about powder coating my amp white to match the car just to be more unique

mitch14

never seen those rockford's powdercoated, it would probably look really good. Hmmm... you're giving me ideas now as i have a rockford that looks almost the same as those 1000bd's, but mine is only a couple of months old and i love the chrome look. I guess i'd have to see what yours will look like.
You should def get 0 guage tho, especially when running that much power, i'm running a bit over 1000W RMS and i got 0 guage run. I just wanted to as the inputs for the amp are all for 0 guage wire

on1wheel01

yea i think the amp only takes 4 gauge but idunno

97BlackAckCL

iTrader: (6)

4 guage should be fine

mattastick

4g and big 3 should be more than enough for that amp... Rockford's are current hungry though, just so you know...

on1wheel01

ok with the big three i have read up on it you just take out the old wiring right and just replace with new stuff

mattastick

Look in the current projects thread... I posted up some pics of mine finished in there... If you have any questions about it, shoot me a PM or whatever, and I'll help you out... It's an extremely easy process...

on1wheel01

well just got teh car today. I put in the ram air intake system, and hids. Man i love this car. First my amp i got for this car has not yet come in so i hooked up a rockford 1500 4 channel up it sounds good. But cant wait for mine. the box does not fit like i wanted but it will do for now. Plan on building a new one to fit better needs to be like 4 inches shorter in width. post pics in the daylight

on1wheel01

well another update i burnt another cd one with e 40 im da man, and i also opened the ski passage holy crap it drills friggin hard now i really cant wait to get my big amp in. may keep the box the way it is if i like the sound

mattastick

good to hear that the box design sounds good. What do you mean by the box doesn't fit like you wanted?

Tehvine

Guessing he probably wanted to shove it up between the shock towers.

97BlackAckCL

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That'd be my guess

s10httnswtchs

im a big fan of the solorbarics. I had a L5 10 in my integra hatchback and it has some beat for only being a single 10. that would look good powdercoating the amp cover white. And if you wanted to you could tape off some graphics or stripes on the box to add some white highlights to the box.