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[JVracer04]

"CUBBY HOLE" SUB ENCLOSURE

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I stared off taking the rear panel off and cutting the "cubby hole" out of the panel with a jig saw..after that i filed it down for nice smooth edges

next i bought some MDF from the local hardware store and cut a piece to fit over area, i then cut out a 9-3/8" diameter whole for the 10" sub, i front mounted the woofer on the back side of the board.


after that i bought some latex expanding foam (the blue can not the red) and i filled the holes in the fender (seat belt hole for later model cherokees and 2 additional holes which hold the panel down) i then placed a piece of card board over the tail light and electrical wires and foamed this area also


next i filled the opposite side with foam to prevent air leaking to the vent that is in the rear door jam... after that double layerd 1-1/2" weather stripping and placed it around the boarder of where the MDF front would mount(as seen in the previous pic and following pic)


i let the foam dry for 8 hours then i did the following step which was to mount the board to the fender(body of the car) to make a sealed enclosure... there was a lip around the the open area which i screw the board to with 2" wood screws

after that i replaced the panel and wha la!




i mounted the sub on the back side of the wood front because i made this a stealth enclosure by covering it with automotive carpet found at any walmart or automotive store







Have fun!

-Corey M.

[EricsXJ]

Looks very nice. Would you like this added to the tech articles sticky?

[0zi]

looks good man

[JVracer04]

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go ahead eric

[ctavel]

looks good, but do your back seats have seat belts now?

[RWB214]

Originally Posted by ctavel

looks good, but do your back seats have seat belts now?

Why wouldnt they? I thought the shoulder strap was mounted above the rear side windows

[JVracer04]

my year XJ doesnt have the over the shoulder seat belts in the rear

they have hip straps only which are under the rear seat so i didnt have to worry about that

[ctavel]

Oh, mine has shoulder straps for that come throught what you filled up with expanding foam. Just was making sure.

[CODE]

I'm very interested, I've been looking at how to do this for some time now.

How does it sound? Do you get a good volume out of it? Is the sound a good quality? Do you get any rattling from the area? If you were to do it again, would you do any of it differently??

Thanks heaps!

DaveH.

definately looks good!

[JVracer04]

no, it truly sounds great in my opionion, i used to have 2-12"s that got stolen and this 1-10" gives the same sound pressure and sound i got from my previous set up

u cant hear it from outside of the car really(not sure if thats what ur going for), but inside, it sounds fkn awesome|

nuthing rattles either, i screwed it down pretty tight and the 2-layers of wearther stripping give it a good seal and prevent rattles

i wouldnt do anything differently except keep my nephew away from the can of expanding foam

[CODE]

Originally Posted by JVracer04

no, it truly sounds great in my opionion, i used to have 2-12"s that got stolen and this 1-10" gives the same sound pressure and sound i got from my previous set up

u cant hear it from outside of the car really(not sure if thats what ur going for), but inside, it sounds fkn awesome|

nuthing rattles either, i screwed it down pretty tight and the 2-layers of wearther stripping give it a good seal and prevent rattles

i wouldnt do anything differently except keep my nephew away from the can of expanding foam

That's awesome! Sound Quality is exactly what I'm going for, along with being 'low profile'. I don't want people to look at my truck and think about stealin' the sterio. I have a 10" Sony from my Maxima, and have been thinking about how to intall it. Where did you put your amp?

Thanks again!

daveh.

[JVracer04]

i put the amp under the rear seat, ive heard ppl talk about how thats not good becasuse it cant disipate the heat there, but i have a 600watt amp pushing a 350watt sub (100rms) so it doesnt get hot at all

[CODE]

Originally Posted by JVracer04

i put the amp under the rear seat, ive heard ppl talk about how thats not good becasuse it cant disipate the heat there, but i have a 600watt amp pushing a 350watt sub (100rms) so it doesnt get hot at all

Perfect! That's what I'm running, a 600Peak, but she's a cheapy, I'm guessing it can put out around 150RMS and same with the Sub. (tops)

I'll be printing off your write up!

DaveH.

[JVracer04]

awesome, if u have any questions just ask, or PM me

i got the idea from here, but i wanted mine to be a stealth enclosure and no one had done a write up on it or had pics


http://www.jeepsunlimited.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=507370&perpage=20&pagenumb er=1


and i didnt like the way that guy did it either, he has all those screws on the outside of the panel

[JVracer04]

it is finally complete....
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