Let me see your trunks!
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scotty;1480086 said:Put this together a few days ago...
love the jbl in there.. i have 6 jbl gti intercooled but i have a targa and would rather keep that than some subs
So how about a simple box for a 10" that clears the targa and doesnt call for spare tire removal. Whos got it? Thats the route i plan to take
Heres my most recent, needs to be cleaned up a bit. The amp still needs to bee hidden, same with the capacitor.
The bottle is new and is being fully installed this weekend along with the new turbo setup.
Car won't be out till spring so I've got some time, but you get the idea.
The bottle is new and is being fully installed this weekend along with the new turbo setup.
Car won't be out till spring so I've got some time, but you get the idea.
no targa room...lol...4 brutus 12's and a brutus 2,000 watt amp...this is my 90 n/a targa...my other mk is a 89 turbo targa...i would not put this much weight in it...lol
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yea..:icon_bigg...im a installer full time and its just a fun hobby to me...i dont pay much for the stuff so why not..lol
http://www.supramania.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=40410
http://www.supramania.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=40393
Some old speakers I had sitting around, they play so I've been putting money into the rest of the car.
Box will be covered in black vynal later.
http://www.supramania.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=40393
Some old speakers I had sitting around, they play so I've been putting money into the rest of the car.
Box will be covered in black vynal later.
scotty;1480086 said:Put this together a few days ago...
Wow a jbl guy !! are those the 900 6x9's ? Im a jbl fan too! I had a collection of old school jbl car audio speakers grand touring t06 tweeters ,t50 midrange, t60 midbass,t80 8''
midbass and the first gti 1000 12'' subs back in the 90's.I won a ton of sound quality competitions.You need some old school hk ca260 and ca240 amps to match.LOL.I'm a big old school car audio collector . Right now im running your home country's speakers dynaudio and 2 ads pq20 ! I love to see old audio equiptment they don't sound as good as they used to.
scotty;1480086 said:Put this together a few days ago...
i really like this setup.
i dont know too much about sound mechanics, just that i know that speakers have to be isolated.
i was wondering if anyones made a box type design for the same location.
would be nice to see some posted.
or at least hear opnions / ideas about it.
if i do have work done on the speakers it would def be this floating box idea that im thinkin bout..
but iono.
thoughts? / ideas? anyone.
theKnifeArtist;1488657 said:
I had a pretty nice setup in my old 88, but never took any pictures. Somebody wanted it more than I do though, so they stole it.
Gonna be putting something together soon though, I've got a few ideas floating around.
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The LED freak!
I thought I'd posted in this thread when it started but, clearly not!
My first Supra trunk build was done 12 years ago & looked like this:
It was all interference fit so, no holes were drilled! All the other speaker components were in stock positioned using Infinity components. Amps, AV switch, disk changer etc all lived behind this section allowing you to get to the changer from the front of the car.
There were TVs all over the place because it was the thing to do the & to save room in the dash I mounted the head unit front into the roof while having a TV controller in the double DIN postion.
Yes it all lit up at night for shows etc but, I was young then and life was about having fun!
10 years down the line & with the arrival of my aero a few years ago I had to do something that allowed me to still fit the roof in the trunk & a bit of shopping but still delivered kick ass audio.
I needed room to house a 12" sub, the separate amps and a few other widgets I'll be incorporating in the future.
First stop was a new system controller. Things have come on a long way now so, to save space and do away with the need for disk changers, TV tuners, TV controllers, car hands free etc etc I opted for one of these "do everything" double din units.
This thing saves titting about with a number of separate systems and combines them in a reasonably priced unit. With a 32GB SD card fitted, CD's are also a thing of the past - gaining me back my glove box too!! It incorporates control for 2 other screens and also a reverse camera, if that ain't enough it's dolby digital surround with a proper SPDIF output - craziness!
No, it's not the same sort of quality I'm used to with my Pioneer stuff however, it's 1/4 of the price!! In the near future once my build is done I will be upgrading back to Pioneer, something like the AVIC-F10BT or similar. At £1400 though, they are a tad pricey at mo.
The biggest problem wobble top owners face when putting a trunk build together is where to put the sub box, this is because the roof sits in brackets half way down the trunk - rendering a normal box useless.
I also still wanted full access to both LH & RH access panels, the rear light panels & still be able to remove the centre louvred section of the trunk trim without having to remove the ICE.
The solution - ditch the spare wheel for a can of inflater goo which goes in the left hand trunk flap and some AA rescue coverage - free with my bank account!
This gives a gaping great hole you can form a box into.
I removed the wheel fixing bracket and lined the base of the wheel well with think rubber to deaden the sound, then cut an MDF plate to fit into the hole.
Next I formed a frame around this plate and solved the problem of making a round box by using bendy MDF.
Because bendy MDF is thin, I double layerd the stuff gluing the 2 layers tightly together, the 5 supports around the sides also double up as fixings for the top part of the build to bolt down onto, the box sealing against the top part with foam rubber seals.
Once the 2 MDF layers were on I glued 5mm think rubber all the way around the box to deaden the sound and vibrations caused by the sub and to prevent the BOOM BOOM BOOM effect you tend to hear from Novas & other pram-like vehicles driven to Mcdonalds. (removing the roof obviously allows all the sound to travel but, at least it sounds good!)
The result was a box which fitted snugly into the wheel well and was more than big enough to provide the correct volume for my sub to work.
Next came the hard part - forming a cover piece to fit on top of this box which fitted the shape of the trunk plastics.
I started buy making a square template which fitted in the centre of the trunk, from there I made further templates, trimming them to the curves.
Once the template was complete I transferred that to a bit of MDF and got going with the jig saw collecting much of the saw dust in my silly hair cut.
I formed the round box so the depth was level with the cross member behind the seats - with the top section fitted this gives a void to the right hand side of the build where I can easily fit all the running gear underneath & forms a flat trunk floor.
A couple of infill panels each side allow continued use of the access flaps & make best use of space.
Some spray glue later and fluffy fingers all is carpeted, sub fitted with reflex port and amp mounted to the under side of the "new" trunk floor.
The bass is fantastic, rich and deep, the Kappa sub benefiting from such a large enclosure. The rubber lining also does it's job perfectly insulating the outside world from the mayhem inside!
All is a snug fit & like the build in my MA70, just sits firmly in place without the need to screw into the trims etc. I added an additional light in the large LH storage panel as it's pitch black i there at night, I also incorporated some accent lighting etc.
As an added bonus I now have 2 compartments capable of getting wine home to my fridge in one piece - always a tentative task in the past
My first Supra trunk build was done 12 years ago & looked like this:
It was all interference fit so, no holes were drilled! All the other speaker components were in stock positioned using Infinity components. Amps, AV switch, disk changer etc all lived behind this section allowing you to get to the changer from the front of the car.
There were TVs all over the place because it was the thing to do the & to save room in the dash I mounted the head unit front into the roof while having a TV controller in the double DIN postion.
Yes it all lit up at night for shows etc but, I was young then and life was about having fun!
10 years down the line & with the arrival of my aero a few years ago I had to do something that allowed me to still fit the roof in the trunk & a bit of shopping but still delivered kick ass audio.
I needed room to house a 12" sub, the separate amps and a few other widgets I'll be incorporating in the future.
First stop was a new system controller. Things have come on a long way now so, to save space and do away with the need for disk changers, TV tuners, TV controllers, car hands free etc etc I opted for one of these "do everything" double din units.
This thing saves titting about with a number of separate systems and combines them in a reasonably priced unit. With a 32GB SD card fitted, CD's are also a thing of the past - gaining me back my glove box too!! It incorporates control for 2 other screens and also a reverse camera, if that ain't enough it's dolby digital surround with a proper SPDIF output - craziness!
No, it's not the same sort of quality I'm used to with my Pioneer stuff however, it's 1/4 of the price!! In the near future once my build is done I will be upgrading back to Pioneer, something like the AVIC-F10BT or similar. At £1400 though, they are a tad pricey at mo.
The biggest problem wobble top owners face when putting a trunk build together is where to put the sub box, this is because the roof sits in brackets half way down the trunk - rendering a normal box useless.
I also still wanted full access to both LH & RH access panels, the rear light panels & still be able to remove the centre louvred section of the trunk trim without having to remove the ICE.
The solution - ditch the spare wheel for a can of inflater goo which goes in the left hand trunk flap and some AA rescue coverage - free with my bank account!
This gives a gaping great hole you can form a box into.
I removed the wheel fixing bracket and lined the base of the wheel well with think rubber to deaden the sound, then cut an MDF plate to fit into the hole.
Next I formed a frame around this plate and solved the problem of making a round box by using bendy MDF.
Because bendy MDF is thin, I double layerd the stuff gluing the 2 layers tightly together, the 5 supports around the sides also double up as fixings for the top part of the build to bolt down onto, the box sealing against the top part with foam rubber seals.
Once the 2 MDF layers were on I glued 5mm think rubber all the way around the box to deaden the sound and vibrations caused by the sub and to prevent the BOOM BOOM BOOM effect you tend to hear from Novas & other pram-like vehicles driven to Mcdonalds. (removing the roof obviously allows all the sound to travel but, at least it sounds good!)
The result was a box which fitted snugly into the wheel well and was more than big enough to provide the correct volume for my sub to work.
Next came the hard part - forming a cover piece to fit on top of this box which fitted the shape of the trunk plastics.
I started buy making a square template which fitted in the centre of the trunk, from there I made further templates, trimming them to the curves.
Once the template was complete I transferred that to a bit of MDF and got going with the jig saw collecting much of the saw dust in my silly hair cut.
I formed the round box so the depth was level with the cross member behind the seats - with the top section fitted this gives a void to the right hand side of the build where I can easily fit all the running gear underneath & forms a flat trunk floor.
A couple of infill panels each side allow continued use of the access flaps & make best use of space.
Some spray glue later and fluffy fingers all is carpeted, sub fitted with reflex port and amp mounted to the under side of the "new" trunk floor.
The bass is fantastic, rich and deep, the Kappa sub benefiting from such a large enclosure. The rubber lining also does it's job perfectly insulating the outside world from the mayhem inside!
All is a snug fit & like the build in my MA70, just sits firmly in place without the need to screw into the trims etc. I added an additional light in the large LH storage panel as it's pitch black i there at night, I also incorporated some accent lighting etc.
As an added bonus I now have 2 compartments capable of getting wine home to my fridge in one piece - always a tentative task in the past
