Anyone make their own stealth box? Results?
04-18-2005, 01:47 PM
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Anyone make their own stealth box? Results? Just curious if anyone has fabricated their own stealth box like the one's subthump sells? If you have, what were your results? Any good? Seems to me like it would be pretty simple to make one, and it would be cheaper to go to Home Depot buy the materials and put it together than the $112 + shipping. If I make one what would be the difference? Is it an enclosed box? Do they glue theirs together, use screws, use magic, what makes them special? Just curious, Thanks in advance for the help.
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$112 you are paying for the material and their labor to put it together. Of course you are going to save money if you build it yourself.
Difference between you making it and buying it...Depends on how well you can construct a sub box. Don't forget to get the air space right for the sub you are using.
I would rather build mine then by it, but then again, I have been doing stereo installs since high school.
Difference between you making it and buying it...Depends on how well you can construct a sub box. Don't forget to get the air space right for the sub you are using.
I would rather build mine then by it, but then again, I have been doing stereo installs since high school.
04-18-2005, 06:41 PM
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So the best thing to do is to buy the sub first. Then construct the box to get the best air space for that individual sub? Makes sense, thanks for the help, still looking for results on peeps that have built their own sub boxes though, anybody?
04-18-2005, 09:19 PM
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I made my own using fiberglass, with a front baffle made from .75" MDF for my Elemental Designs 12K4.4 12" sub. It probably cost me $50-75 in materials to make. It has a total of .73 cubic foot internal volume though. Make sure you get a sub designed for sush a small enclosure. Check it out: http://www.fbodyaudio.com/gallery/Sub-Box
04-19-2005, 12:27 PM
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Okay, thanks for the help. That's the answer I was looking for. I want to go with a 10" sub, what sub works the best in such a small amount of space so I can go out and get one. I was thinking along the lines of a JL, Rockford, Alpine? which sub should I use or is there a package (amp+sub) that works well with a certain amp so I can just buy both at the same time?
04-19-2005, 01:33 PM
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I made my own fiberglass enclosure. It ended up being .7cuft, I was shooting for .9cuft. My IDQ12 is a bit big for it and provides punchier bass than I wanted. If you go fiberglass make sure to order some thick fiberglass or it will take forever to lay down enough thin material. A wood box you will be lucky to get .5cuft out of IMO.
Pics are here if you want to check out the build. http://www.nitro-nights.com/2000ss/sub/index.html
I would go with an IDQ10 or a JL Audio 10W3v2. I think the Alpine requires more volume.
Snooch,
Our boxes look like cousins!
Brian
Pics are here if you want to check out the build. http://www.nitro-nights.com/2000ss/sub/index.html
I would go with an IDQ10 or a JL Audio 10W3v2. I think the Alpine requires more volume.
Snooch,
Our boxes look like cousins!
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04-20-2005, 03:06 PM
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Those are some sweet looking boxes. OK. so it's better to go fiberglass. Thanks. Approximately how long does it take to make a Fiberglass box? It looks like both boxes were made to fit into drivers side, I need to make it fit to Passenger side, since the convertible motor is there. Thanks for helping on picking the sub, i'll go get it this weekend.
04-22-2005, 06:03 AM
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Okay, thanks for the help. That's the answer I was looking for. I want to go with a 10" sub, what sub works the best in such a small amount of space so I can go out and get one. I was thinking along the lines of a JL, Rockford, Alpine? which sub should I use or is there a package (amp+sub) that works well with a certain amp so I can just buy both at the same time?
out of those 3 brands, i would definitely go with the JL Audio, like a 10W0 if you are going to be pushing less power, and a 10W3v2 if you are going to push more than 150 watts or so.
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Originally Posted by JVs95LS1Z28
Those are some sweet looking boxes. OK. so it's better to go fiberglass. Thanks. Approximately how long does it take to make a Fiberglass box?
04-30-2005, 02:00 PM
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https://ls1tech.com/forums/showpost....7&postcount=11
Here's a link to help you get started.
If someone in town can show you how to mix Fiberglass that is a major part of it. Mixing the Resisn and Hardner correctly is a large part of making a mold Properly. Body Shops do this as a part of there Work.
http://www.fbodyaudio.com/articlevie...tealthbox.tech
This link has the Best Write-up to explain the steps.
Here's a link to help you get started.
If someone in town can show you how to mix Fiberglass that is a major part of it. Mixing the Resisn and Hardner correctly is a large part of making a mold Properly. Body Shops do this as a part of there Work.
http://www.fbodyaudio.com/articlevie...tealthbox.tech
This link has the Best Write-up to explain the steps.
04-30-2005, 11:44 PM
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It took a while for me to make mine... a week maybe. The problem I had the only fiberglass I had was the cheap stuff they sell anywhere. If you get a thick fiberglass I imagine you would only have to lay down 3 layers or so. Where if you use thin it could take 7-8.
I made my mold using masking tape with was applied to it. Worked great.
Mixing the resin, if you've ever used bondo is pretty much the same. Too much hardener and you're screwed. Also this stuff gives off some serious vapors and heat when curing. It is horrible to work with 100 pairs of latex gloves are a good idea.
That writeup is good. This was the biggest thing I'd ever tried to make out of fiberglass. If you have the ambition it isn't that rough.
Brian
I made my mold using masking tape with was applied to it. Worked great.
Mixing the resin, if you've ever used bondo is pretty much the same. Too much hardener and you're screwed. Also this stuff gives off some serious vapors and heat when curing. It is horrible to work with 100 pairs of latex gloves are a good idea.
That writeup is good. This was the biggest thing I'd ever tried to make out of fiberglass. If you have the ambition it isn't that rough.
Brian
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I toyed with the idea when I was putting together my car stereo. After asking a few people it seemed like it just wasn't worth the hassle to save maybe at the most 70 dollars. In a sense it could even cost more if you count the time it takes to build. I got a Kee Audio box and it fits and sounds awesome.
06-12-2009, 11:23 PM
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what i did was lay plastic down in the back to make sure i didnt get glass anywhere. then used aluminum foil to make the baskic shape spreed some glass and resin around in it used some rubber gloves and kinda smeered it around by hand to get on layer down inside the foil. oncee that was done i removed it from the car and just added layers upon layers alowing it to dry between coats and just flipped it around to get all the corners.