As a 15yr old id have had bright colours and neons but as a grown man i prefer a factory oem look i i was impressed with this myself. I learned a lot so my next will be even better
Good job for a diy keep up the good work, because I'm no professional but I can get the job done. I might have to redo but all and all I did it myself and saved myself some money and it was a learning process💪🏾💪🏾
My older cousin had two of these subs installed in his accord with a 1000 watt amp ,I believe it was a kenwood & that shit would thump like crazy ! for a sealed enclosure I was amazed .
my buddy had 2 of the silver or grey color ones and he had them on a 1400 watt amp and they also pounded the shit out of his car, at first he had them on a 600 watt amp( first time stereo owner) and thought the subs were crap, he looked at a whole new set up and someone suggested trying a bigger amp first, i swear man just with the new amp it actually sounded like he got all new gear, just a complete difference
Man I have built so many and love it👍Great video and just came across it this morning.Takes the creative mind to custom build and make it your own designs👍❤️
If that's your first build, pretty good work. You should have glued the ring supports, though. After the resin dried over the wrap, you could have removed them. The glass and wrap is plenty strong enough to hold the speaker. Unless you accounted for it, those supports take up sound volume.
Thanks, its not my first but it was my quickest built. glues doesn't last serious vibration and the supports help hold up when items are flying round the boot space haha
I can't wait till home 3d scanners are a thing, the money to be made 3d printing these things is going to be amazing when done. That 3 week build down to a couple of hours will be nice.
10:17 If that was my box, I would have rounded off the top outer edge of the wood ring, so when the fleece fabric was stretched, it would of had a nicer/smoother transition (no sharp looking edge around the sub). Rounding the top edge also makes it easier to pull the top final layer of fabric smooth (less ripples/bunching up). Anyway, your finished enclosure looks good.
Hi! Thanks for the nice video on your building! Now I got some good tips on how I can fit in my two MDS FR12W 1200W in my small Opel Agila B! Would be fun to see more of these kind of buildings. // MrCrowln from Sweden
I know I build 1 b4 in my audi a4 b6 didn't come out as good as yours am waiting till next year march April .but thanks for the advice 👍keep up the good work dude
Didn't need the info, but I loved the video and your technique. Your next one, try actual MDF board as it will give you denser material for your sub ring.... but not matter, that was damn good work.
Thanks this was built on the cheap, the next one ill build with no expense spared with far greater attention to detail. Mdf is much better to work with. Keep and eye out for my next project. Lots of mdf.
Finished product looks good. Seems a bit small. A router would have been nice to make the rings but overall it was a good example for most of the at home pros.
Love the video but wanted to pass a trick on from an old man!Draw a circle with a framing square🤔After you find center just mark a straight line and put a screw down on the radius of each side.When you put the framing square down it will give you your mark at the 90 degrees and just put the pencil in the middle of it and rotate square keeping against screws!Perfect circle
The way I measure air space inside an enclosure like this is to first take a cardboard box and measure out your SQ FT needed for your subs. Draw a line all away around the box where the space you need is. I use wood pellets because there is less air space loss then peanuts and way cheaper to buy. Rice is the best. Fill the box with the pellets and when your mold is done fill it and mark the level and cut to your air space. Set your ring and finish the box, sealed or ported. I hate when they don't show or are guessing the air space needed. Give a sub near perfect air space and it will perform!
Doug S fack, I like this idea. I’m half Asian, so rice is easy to access and will be used later. Just put into a clean garbage bag for the measurement. Boom. I think when I get the time to do this, I will
I actually use homemade playdough and fill up a 1 cubic foot box with that and then I mold into place. With that I get my exact measurements of how big my enclosure is going to be ... Wham-bam thank-you ma'am 😂
Just a thought, fleece will work As well as the glass and its a lot friendlier, I don't Think you need Something as strong as glass. The felt and resin Will do the job. Thanks for the video.
I used lots of velcro, the car that this subwoofer was in has recently been written off in a car crash and the subwoofer didn't budge at all so its more than sufficient
I have so many concerns about this, from the way the fiberglass matting was used to the way it was cured, to the use of corkboard inplace of mdf. The overall product came out amazing looks wise, but i would be extremely cocerned about putting a quality sub in a enclosure built in this manner
@BANKAL if i remember correctly this guy did this with not alot of glass he also chopped the matting when if using sheets of glass like he did here tearing the glass to let the strands bind together is the best way to get proper adhesion, should never use any form of "wood" that isnt proper MDF or Plywood board for an enclosure corkkard being probably the worst option you could use, and the enclousure doesnt have much shape to it helping with ridigidity so ebedding some fiberglass rope strands or wooden Dowling within the fiberglass portion of the box to help reduce the level of deflection and amount of pressure put on the glass to not cave or break under pressure. Ive split the wood on a box that had 2 12s because the mdf was cheaper quality and not as thick as it was supposed to have been, and msf is alot less prone to that issue than fiberglass enclosures are
Still holding up great, the speaker took apretty big hit from a jack rolling around the boot and had to be replaced but the enclosure is fine, i used the remainder or the glass matt i had cut on the inside of the fabric front particularly around the edges and i also wouldnt have the sand the front side smooth
nice build biut im concerned how the subs vent seems to be almost touching the bottom of the box allowing no breathability for it. like theres no space in between them
I want one for my back left cubby in my trunk. Thinking a 10 inch or 8 inch. Just enough to hear it but help reduce high bass on my jbls I'm swapping out in place of Harman kardon blown speakers. Factory is like 320 watts. Just wanted to add 80-130 watts
That looks superb! i was going to build a box from ply but i'll now be trying fibreglass for the first time! Does a fiberglass enclosure sound any different?
No difference from what ive heard myself. Just be generous with the layers and it'll be solid. Fiberglass is easy to work with but use gloves its itchy and sticky
