Audio plans...

[AutoItKing]

Okay, so I have way too many little projects planned for my ride... but here's a big one:
Subwoofers on the rear deck.
The problem is, the rear deck is thin plastic and I doubt it would hold a ten pound sub. I could reinforce it, but that would be a lot of work and I don't know what's under it or if there's enough room.

So the alternative is to put a sub in the space left by the center armrest. The board behind the seats seems to be sturdy enough to hold a sub, or possibly two...
Of course that would make it an infinite baffle enclosure which I've used before in my home theater set up.
Or build a small box that fits in the space perfectly so it looks OEM? Hmm I'll start measuring

Any insights?

[noodile]

Eclipse wanna be lol

[AutoItKing]

If that's what it takes lol

[bryanguystatus]

Now you have me thinking about putting it there lol

I like the spare tire location custom box.

[AutoItKing]

I just looked at it and it seems like a single 8" would fit perfectly. The problem: there's like three or four layers behind the armrest. The board, padding, and cloth on both sides. This could get interesting...

[SX FORTE]

It is metal under that plastic, cut out the holes use mdf rings and a custom box, reinforce the sheet metal, cut the plastic for hole also obviously but you'd lose your pass through seats, but it would be cool! Just some more ideas

[Ryan6789]

Putting a subwoofer in a car somewhere that it cannot have a proper enclosure is pointless.

[jgshannon]

What I'm going to do is get a custom enclosure made, one that I can remove if I need to for more trunk space. I'm not a big fan of putting them on the rear deck, then you have to deal with all the metal bouncing around and its never going to sounds as good as a well made box.

[GraveSideTears]

You can get some shallow mount 8's. I wouldn't use them for the lows though, I would use them for the mids.

[Ryan6789]

Originally Posted by GraveSideTears

You can get some shallow mount 8's. I wouldn't use them for the lows though, I would use them for the mids.

Use 8" subs as mids? good luck with that.