The Cab is Kinda Small, Can I Use Just One Sub?

[biggietalls]

^ acttually you could make a box for cheaper then 50 bucks if ya go to the right place.....around here you can buy a 4x8 sheet of particle board for 20$ and for the box plans i have for the subs i listed above you wont use a whole sheet

[nogomoto]

^ acttually you could make a box for cheaper then 50 bucks if ya go to the right place.....around here you can buy a 4x8 sheet of particle board for 20$ and for the box plans i have for the subs i listed above you wont use a whole sheet

Seriously? Particle board?  I didn't think anyone over the age of 16 has done that since the mid 90s.

You could atleast use MDF.... or just buy an aftermarket.

[biggietalls]

well man sorry it's not up to your standards....but particale board works just as well the only time i see ppl useing mdf is for sound off's and bass race's for striaght spl.

[nogomoto]

Not lookin to cause trouble by any of this, just giving decent advise on something I am well practiced in. Particle board is not just as good nor will it ever be. If it was, you'd see it in anything other than the cheapest of Walmart reject boxes. There is no "sound quality" to be had and they are about the worst thing to attempt to properly seal. That part gets under my skin just as much as a body guy seeing newspapers and towels jammed in a cab corner covered with bondo... it's just not right. MDF is not that much more and you'd be doin it RIGHT the first time. Now, if your "hardcore" sound guys are just now using MDF, they aren't real sound guys. Let them know there is such a thing as HDF that has been on the market for a while.

Anyone that will stick to thier particle board box has never enjoyed a really good sounding system.

[shortchevy84]

i've used mdf for all my speaker boxes i've experimented with in my truck. i've had 4 10" subs, 1 15", and also tried 1 15" and 2 10"s all in the same overall enclosure. the best overall sound came from the single 15. the 15 can be seen in the thread 15 inch sub in a reg cab. i think it links to my old website in my old truck, but it should still be there. anyways, there are lots of things that can be done to make what you want work. the easiest is to put your seat where you want it positioned for driving, then lay it forward, take a measurement at the bottom, and then a measurement at the top once the seat it layed back. then you will have your overall shape of the sides. then you just make the top back and bottom, and design the front how you would for whatever subs you are putting in.

one note though, i had problems with the sub causing the back of the seat's rubber to shake alot and make alot of noise. i had to butcher the seat to make it quiet, little did i know it can be sewn tight by upholstry shops. anyways, alot is possible just by making those few measurements.

[treepete]

thx guys..thanks short chevy .. i think ill startwith a simple box and some mesurements, then ill make the specs questions for you guys. thanks again,
 PEte

[GoatBeard]

I'm thinking about building a couple of small boxes and trying to make them look like they are factory -- is there any point in putting sound deadener inside the box?  I'm talking about the stick-on deadener not the fluffy filler stuff.

Have any of you ever used or heard those 6.5" subs as shown in the above link? 

[SUX2BU99]

Pre-fab full-range truck boxes 99% of the time sound like total poo. They are just bonk-boxes. No low-end to them at all. Buying a pre-made truck box though isn't such a bad thing as long as you can get 1 cu. ft. or so air in it for a 10. Yes, MDF is much better than particle board but a mass-produced particle board box is going to be better built than somebody trying to do it in a garage for the 1st time.

Anyway, 1 10" behind the seat is going to do you just fine. When I had my bench seat, I built a box for an 8 to sit on my tranny hump. If was ported and fired forward. Sounded really good actually but was bulky. I also had Aura Bass Shakers under my bench seat for a time, running with the 7" woofers I have in my kick panels. It wasn't bad but a genuine sub is better.

Four of the 6.5" or 7" 'subs' might not be all that bad either. It's all about cone area and cone movement (excursion or Xmax). 3 6.5's actually have more cone area than 1 10......

[grinder1989]

My specialty 

Box, make a custom one with MDF.  MDF is the standard material for box building because it is cheap and dense.

Sub.  Stereo Integrity Magnum V4 or BM 12"  BM has a 3.5" mounting depth!  If you want to get crazy, get some Sundown Audio 8" subs and run like 4. 

Amp.  Small and powerful.  Digital Designs SS1.  Fits in a pizza breadstick box and puts out 1000 watts rms @ 1 ohm.  There ya go.

[biggietalls]

My specialty 

Box, make a custom one with MDF.  MDF is the standard material for box building because it is cheap and dense.

cheap huh...how much are you paying for a 4x8 sheet? cuz around my area you have to order it and a sheet would cost around 45-50 bucks