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Old 08-18-2016, 10:48 AM
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Default Subwoofer stealth box... any risk to T-Tops?

If I had a stealth box with a 10" sub running 300W RMS... Would I risk cracking the T-Tops if they were stored in the back factory location?
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Lol, no.
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As long as its secured well in the little side nook, you can store your T-tops easily without worrying about a thing
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I had a rock break the glass on one of the T-Tops on my old TA, so my question is about the sound waves causing any issues with the glass.
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What about one 10" sub on each side? Sub Thump sells stealth boxes for both sides... you just have to remove the tire and jack from the passenger side. I would think that two 10's would sound better than one.. I'd probably set them up at 200W RMS each.
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Nothing is going to crack the glass back there. It takes A LOT of sound to break the glass in a car and you won't be able to get anywhere near that in one of these cars.
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I only had one 10 back there but like what was said above, I would think you'd have to be pushing crazy power to worry about that.
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looks at the videos on youtube, the guys cracking windshields are hitting in the high 150's to low 160's and running LOTS of subs, you aren't going to even remotely approach those power levels with a stealth box, those windshields also crack due to the span of the glass allowing enough flex, the t-tops won't have ANY issue, I had 2 12's with a port firing right at the t-tops hitting in the low 140's and it NEVER EVER crossed my mind, no 10 you can fit in a stealth box will EVER output enough SPL to do a damned thing to the t-tops.



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