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#1 jedduh01

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Posted 01 April 2013 - 02:25 AM

So ive had my 94 For about a year now .

Came with only two stocker 6 Inch Speakers in the rear deck.Even no head unit.

I started with a Head unit - Purchased Refurbed - Ebay - Kenwood, KDC Excelon Model., Has HD Radio - Bluetooth Pairing. Aux Input on the front along with USB reading ability. Solid unit for under 100$

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Second - THe front of the car needed some sound... to fill out the complete 4 Channels the Head unit puts out.

Boston Acoustics - 3.5's === Yes they are small - DOnt make any Bass- but fill in he highs jsut enough/
I built my own boexes- out of wood., square- shallow and mounted under the Deck.

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These 4 speakers really did well to make fine music- I listen to alot of news radio too ( BORING) but informative for the drive in the AM to work.


Then came the need for Bass.... My car came with trunk trimming kit= very clean - i liked the defined space for the luggage compartment - I decided I would copy anothe rmember here and try and build a sub box in the corner of my Boot.

I lost those pictures somewhere. but in the end - pretty epic failure.

Started with an Amp - I knew - I just wanted to drive just the sub - so a MONO amp was nessary - will be running bridged for powah--- Is what i purchased

http://www.amazon.co... quart mono amp

Basic- WORKS and powerful enough for 1 SUb like im going to install. Mounted on the Underside of the parcel Shelf - Out of sight. Easy adjustability.


SUB - Ive always had great luck with MTX stuff- Just simply., I liked it - So i had kicking around - a 10' MTX 4 OHM Sub.

I simply made a board- Carpeted that fit over the fender well and I tried using butyl Flashing to seal up the corner best possible- Well this was full of fail - and no solid bass ( cause the speaker was not enclosed) and rattly - I didnt want to commit to a fiberglass in the corner just in case this setup needed to be removed. I lived with this failure for about 6 Months- No bass added to my system at all.

Next- Last week- Bored at home-- I decided--- I want to hear my Amp Work

Installed a SUb Box That i had in my Pickup Truck that has the same 10" MTX sub in it, Cleaned out the Boot - Plugged this sub right up to the amp.

BOOM Goes the Dynamite!

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but in the end - This looks like *******.. and cleans out my trunk - no spare no tools, no space!

SO- Now its time to change... Amazon to the rescue again ( I could have made a box- but for 40$ - and it got to my house in 2 Days === I purchased

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5 Inches Deep - 20 Wide - 15 Tall/ ( its really for a pickup truck) but its square and takes up less space.

I did have to fab up a quick Spacer- Made out of MDF wood 3/4 inch thick ring then - Glued to the box (because the speaker was too tall for the Shallow Mount Box ) . This brought the speaker up 3/4 of an inch- and provided the Tight Seal needed.

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Quite simply - This is the perfect amount of BOOM for any mini. I like this box option - Because if i need trunk room --- The speaker wire is plugged in with two simple spring loaded connectors - I will just remove the sub - 95% of the time, Nothing goes in my boot anyhow... If it needs to fit - Its too big- or leave the boot lid down!

So after today - I think this Ice build is Complete- Solid- Adjustable - Flexible for anyone to add some boom.

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JH - From the USA!!

#2 joakwin

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Posted 11 April 2013 - 09:50 AM

make sure their is enuff room behind the magnet to vent it or the sub could get messed up

#3 freshairmini

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Posted 13 April 2013 - 07:18 AM

make sure their is enuff room behind the magnet to vent it or the sub could get messed up


This ONLY applies to subs that have a vented magnet. If it doesn't you could have it right hard up against the back of the enclosure, no problem.

Edited by freshairmini, 13 April 2013 - 07:21 AM.


#4 mini-luke

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Posted 13 April 2013 - 07:47 AM

If is is vented you only need to leave a gap larger than the diamater of the vent to be safe

#5 TehMarchant

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Posted 11 May 2013 - 10:35 AM

Very nice, Had not thought about making a shallow sub. Good idea and looks great! Good job.






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