Size sub fits cab boot?

Post Mon May 17, 2010 5:45 pm

What size sub fits nicely in a cab boot and does not take up much space?

Post Tue May 18, 2010 9:36 am

you cannot fit a 12 inch upright under the rear rood enclosure, thus if you want a square box to fit under this space you must only use a 10 inch.

to fit a 12inch in you must angle the speaker, this set up has 3 cubic feet of internal volume, a 4inch x 13 inch port firing to the side you cannot see, and still leaves a decent amount of space in the boot for bits and pieces...my wakeboard fits in for example!

Post Tue May 18, 2010 11:06 am

Two 10" should be plenty, box would fit nicely underneath the hood compartment too.

I've got a 12" at the moment but it's fitted in the middle of the boot so takes up a lot of space.

I'm going for two 15" subs next

Post Wed May 19, 2010 12:55 am

Thanks, TBH I only want it to enhance to overall sound not dominate it.

Post Tue May 25, 2010 10:13 pm

I dont even think a 10" box will fit, just measured and the max height under the roof enclosure is only 280mm.

I want an active sub enclosure but not much around that wil fit (if any)

Post Tue May 25, 2010 10:44 pm

an 8" sub may fit?

Post Wed May 26, 2010 11:49 am

^^^ With ease, could easily get 4 side by side fitted

Post Mon May 31, 2010 9:17 pm

Components at the front, co-axial at the rear and a 8 inch sub. Nice subtle setup.

Also which is better a 4 channel amp and a mono amp for the sub or a 5 channel amp do do all?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/COUGAR-3000W-6-5- ... 585wt_1137

Post Mon May 31, 2010 9:20 pm

ImysE30 wrote:
I'm going for two 15" subs next

sometimes they is no point as the box size for 2 15" wont be right and you can get same sound out of 2 10" with the right sub and box

Post Mon May 31, 2010 9:25 pm

Blitz wrote:Also which is better a 4 channel amp and a mono amp for the sub or a 5 channel amp do do all?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/COUGAR-3000W-6-5- ... 585wt_1137

when i had a sub i had a 4 channel amp

the "rear" was bridged and setup for a sub as it has the correct filters and knobs

and i had the speakers in the car running from the "front" outputs. However i ditched the sub and fitted some nakamichi 6.5's in the rear and still gives me enough mid bass. I also felt council with a sub in the boot.

this is the amp i have, i paid full price for it 2 year ago

http://caraudiosecurity.com/shop/produc ... oduct.html

Post Mon May 31, 2010 9:41 pm

The reason I want a sub is because its a Cabby and I cant ony put 5.25" speakers.

Post Mon May 31, 2010 9:44 pm

Blitz wrote:The reason I want a sub is because its a Cabby and I cant ony put 5.25" speakers.

mount 6" speakers to the kick panels, with plain grills they look standard

Post Mon May 31, 2010 9:49 pm

Alex wrote:
Blitz wrote:The reason I want a sub is because its a Cabby and I cant ony put 5.25" speakers.
mount 6" speakers to the kick panels, with plain grills they look standard

Will they fit? I've some Nakamichi 6.5"

Post Mon May 31, 2010 9:56 pm

Blitz wrote:
Alex wrote:
Blitz wrote:The reason I want a sub is because its a Cabby and I cant ony put 5.25" speakers.
mount 6" speakers to the kick panels, with plain grills they look standard
Will they fit? I've some Nakamichi 6.5"

get some spare kick panels and gice it ago

from another thead, obviosly use plain grills, you may need some longer screws and washers on the bonnet release handle

My 316i had some bigger speakers in the front 6" iirc, it certainly sounded way better than any 5.25" speakers and you could feel alot more punch comming from them. I'am wondering wether or not to do it myself in the cabby

i assume there the same 6.5 naks ive got, if you havent used them yet i reccomend fitting an amp with them to get the full potential, they sound awsome and give quite a kick

Post Mon May 31, 2010 10:11 pm

Problem is I've got beige convertible kick panels which are rare. Rather have OEM TBH.

Post Mon May 31, 2010 10:33 pm

fair enough

Post Mon May 31, 2010 11:10 pm

I've just fitted an alpine head unit and speakers all round in my cab, sounds nice but needs some base, any ideas for an 8" tube/box?

Post Tue Jun 01, 2010 8:13 am

You are better off going for a good quality single sub than fitting 2 subs. As mentioned the E30 cab boot is small and if you put big subs in there, the box wont be built to the correct size and you wont realise the full potential of the subs so it's a waste really.

I have 2 x 12" JL W6's in mine. It should blow your head off, but with 4 amps and 2 batteries also crammed into the bood we couldnt build the box to the correct spec and to be honest a songle 12" would give the same sound as i'm getting now. I'm hardly in the car and also i wanted quality sounds so the mids and the twitters dominate my system so i''m cool with that, but if it was my daily i'd defo go for 1 sub with the correct size box

http://www.modifiedcars.com/cars/18938/ ... ures/15905

Post Tue Jun 01, 2010 12:39 pm

dips346 wrote:
ImysE30 wrote:
I'm going for two 15" subs next
sometimes they is no point as the box size for 2 15" wont be right and you can get same sound out of 2 10" with the right sub and box

That is a valid point, i've got one 1 15" Kicker in my Civic and it's proper loud and in the green cabby i had just 1 12" 1000WRMS DB Audio sub and that was really loud too.

In the new build i'm not bothered about boot space as i won't be doing any shopping in it

Going to start looking up box sizes, probably go for 2 12" or if possible try to get 4 subs fitted, probably 8". Go wild