BigDaddy13440
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Ive got this posted in the General Forum, but I think it belongs here more:
If you're into tunes (and who isn't??), I had an epiphany last night, woke up out of a sound sleep!
Since your spare tire obviously doesn't fit under the truck any more (if you even have one), why not remove the mechanism for it, and all the other useless bracketry, and fabricate a sub box UNDER the floor?
Lay underneath it, and remove anything that isn't structural, or absolutely necessary. Then, drill a couple holes through the floor at the interior perimeter points, and play connect-the-dots from inside the truck. Cut out the center section of the floor. Then, since I know you are good at fab work, make a steel box that you can drop down inside that hole, preferably out of some heavier steel plate, maybe 1/8" thick. Since a typical spare tire is about 10-11" wide and doesn't hang down below the body, you could easily make the box that deep, or even a little more - just depends on if you want it to hang down a bit more.
Now, make some "passageways", if you want to call them that, to go from that enclosure forward, and protrude into the vertical section of floor underneath your second row of seats. Basically, you want a way for the output of the subs to enter the vehicle, without having to have them fire up in the cargo area. These "passageways" could be anything from multiple 4" round pipe, to a couple 6"x16" rectangular configuration. Whatever you wanted to fab, it's up to you.
Weld it up, make it water tight, and coat it with bedliner on the inside and out. Don't want it to rust!
Figure out how much airspace you have, and you can put whatever subs you'd like that would fit that requirement. Build a box out of MDF or plywood that will fit inside the steel box, and make some way for it to be securely fastened. If your box is tall enough, you could fit 10's (maybe even 12's) facing forward, with the output firing out underneath the rear seats. If you have enough room, you could even do 15's (or an 18!) firing upward - just make sure you have enough room for the full excursion of the sub(s). You could do a sealed enclosure, or ported - just make sure the ports have sufficient clearance. Me, I'd have the ports facing forward, towards the passageways - why not get the full output available?
Once you get everything all dialed in, cut the full back floor out of a donor vehicle, and lay it over the hole your enclosure is in. After you use some sound deadener everywhere you can, secure the floor panel with a couple dozen zip screws, and you can lay your carpet over your 100% stealth sub enclosure!
If I hadn't already built an enclosure into the rear corner of my Yukon XL, I'd be doing this in a heartbeat!
Maybe we can get one of our artistic brothers to do a quick sketch of what I'm suggesting?
If you're into tunes (and who isn't??), I had an epiphany last night, woke up out of a sound sleep!
Since your spare tire obviously doesn't fit under the truck any more (if you even have one), why not remove the mechanism for it, and all the other useless bracketry, and fabricate a sub box UNDER the floor?
Lay underneath it, and remove anything that isn't structural, or absolutely necessary. Then, drill a couple holes through the floor at the interior perimeter points, and play connect-the-dots from inside the truck. Cut out the center section of the floor. Then, since I know you are good at fab work, make a steel box that you can drop down inside that hole, preferably out of some heavier steel plate, maybe 1/8" thick. Since a typical spare tire is about 10-11" wide and doesn't hang down below the body, you could easily make the box that deep, or even a little more - just depends on if you want it to hang down a bit more.
Now, make some "passageways", if you want to call them that, to go from that enclosure forward, and protrude into the vertical section of floor underneath your second row of seats. Basically, you want a way for the output of the subs to enter the vehicle, without having to have them fire up in the cargo area. These "passageways" could be anything from multiple 4" round pipe, to a couple 6"x16" rectangular configuration. Whatever you wanted to fab, it's up to you.
Weld it up, make it water tight, and coat it with bedliner on the inside and out. Don't want it to rust!
Figure out how much airspace you have, and you can put whatever subs you'd like that would fit that requirement. Build a box out of MDF or plywood that will fit inside the steel box, and make some way for it to be securely fastened. If your box is tall enough, you could fit 10's (maybe even 12's) facing forward, with the output firing out underneath the rear seats. If you have enough room, you could even do 15's (or an 18!) firing upward - just make sure you have enough room for the full excursion of the sub(s). You could do a sealed enclosure, or ported - just make sure the ports have sufficient clearance. Me, I'd have the ports facing forward, towards the passageways - why not get the full output available?
Once you get everything all dialed in, cut the full back floor out of a donor vehicle, and lay it over the hole your enclosure is in. After you use some sound deadener everywhere you can, secure the floor panel with a couple dozen zip screws, and you can lay your carpet over your 100% stealth sub enclosure!
If I hadn't already built an enclosure into the rear corner of my Yukon XL, I'd be doing this in a heartbeat!
Maybe we can get one of our artistic brothers to do a quick sketch of what I'm suggesting?
