Acura 2c

I found this on ebay. I wanted to know has anyone purchased it and installed it in their car. Looks nice and clean. They said that they will make the box based on which sub you will be using. Also you can get the black vinyl finish or matching carpet of your vehicle. Check it out:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Custo...9#ht_500wt_956
I'd post pics but for some reason it wouldn't let me.

Hoop8732

Yes I just installed it , search uncald4 enclosure . I have a jl 12w3v3 and love it , Travis knows his stuff and will taylor the box to the sub specs .

myron

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almost 400$ for that? wow

Acura 2c

Thanks for the heads up. So they can make enclosure for 12'' sub? How does it sound?

Hoop8732

The sub is brand new and my amp is all the way down , so far it sounds great .





I have cleaned up the wires since this was taken

eggyhustles

lol@that price

Elegant TYPE S

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I thought amps were not suppose to be installed up side down?

Acura 2c

Hey Hoop! That looks so good. Is that a 10 or 12 inch sub?

Hoop8732

Ya 12 inch sub

Hoop8732

They say is recommended not to mount upside down , I want as much trunk space as possible , so I will have to cross that bridge when I come to it . So far it's working great !

hp1kw

Wait so the enclosure cost 2x the price of the sub? I don't know how much that sub costs, but hopefully not more than $200. I'm not hating, it looks clean, but wow. And also, that amp is dying a slow death. The heatsink is on top of the amp for a reason.

Rock2534

i would love to have that, but the price is a quite high. I would pay $200 for it.

hp1kw

I'd pay $150. But if I did pay that much, I'd put a much, much better sub in it.

Elegant TYPE S

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Enclosure is definitely expensive... but its all custom.. which is why. But once you make a mold.. cranking out more enclosures is relatively easy and definitely not $400 worth. I definitely love the custom sub box though and would think about buying it too.

RBeachTL

That enclosure is covered in vinyl and has the type-S emblem. This:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Custo...item45fa45e597

is the plain carpet covered enclosure. It's still $300 but that is the going price for a custom enclosure.

jda123

If you have never worked with fiberglass, then these things are a bargian if you want a side enclosure (the $300 one). Sure, it is not a 1 hour MDF box, but it is also not a 1 hour MDF box. I did one myself at a cost of about $80 in materials (without finish) with a weeks worth of smell in my garage, a month's worth of smell in my car and a mess that took me hours to clean up. I bought my next two, but this is not a "hobby" for the weak wallet.

Those things can take 1200W from a pretty solid sub and keep on ticking.

Many, many amps can be mounted any which way. Read the manual for your amp.

RU_JELLY

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3-400 for a fiberglass enclosure is not bad, thats pretty much a regular price for something like that. you want a 150 dollar box you better expect a rectangle shaped mdf box

hp1kw

Yeah, that'd be a better option. Spend the extra money on better amps and/or subs. Or find a friend who can do the work for you. It just seems a high price to pay for that. Anyhow, the amp is going to die. Soundstream has a series that mounts vertically, maybe Class-D amps can be mounted upside down. But yeah, heat rises.

McCollins23

I think its a little high, but quite a bit cheaper than the JL stealth boxes I have seen, $600 or so.

mdrolet77

If having the heatsink up or down makes or break the amp, the sink is just too small usually meaning a bad quality product or the manufacturer just doesn't want to take any risks with a minimal design. When it comes to heatsinks, bigger Is better.

Considering the only gain is from the heat going up elevating the ambiant temp of the amp a few degrees and the amp being able to handle over 210°F means the carpet in the trunk should melt or catch fire before the amp goes.

Thats with a suitably sized sink of course.

Just my

djtsmith007

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Its also moving heat from locations that dont need the extra heating. Yeah any amp will handle some high temps but having the heat transfer to areas up and away from other components is the main way of handling it.

Same principle applies to CPU's, heat up and away or pulled off and away. Like in desktops where the CPU sits sideways, but the induction fan is always pulling from the bottom, up and out.

jda123

Heat is an issue with most entry-level amps. That amp was likely no risk to last 10+ years or anything anyway. Just use it how you want and get another one (a better one maybe) when it dies or the distortion gets too much to handle.

uncald5

Good lookin box! Well worth the money. I promise. I heard that uncald4 is working on a version 2 of the 3rd Gen TL enclosures. Pics to come soon I bet.

Hoop8732

Keep me posted , I have this bad habit of having to have the newest versions of everything ....

Keanu's mrs. T

SOOO TRUE! Working w/fiberglass is no joke! I easily spent over $80 on my corner trunk enclosure and not to mention days and days of layering and finishing. It was well worth it but if you don't have the area, patience, and time invest in this one!