Fitting 15's or 18's Gen III trunks

[kmksho]

I am concidering getting a rockford fosgate 15 inch sub or maybe even some kinda of 18. I am wondering if anybody has tried to fit these size subs in the trunk of our cars, and if they fit.

 

[Tunez]

Any of it will fit, it just depends on how much room you willing to lose and how much money you want to spend.

 

[kmksho]

I can spend around 300 for the sub itself. then the price of a box. I would still like some room to put stuff in the back.

Should i go with 2 12's instead?

 

[99V8SHO]

kmksho:
Should i go with 2 12's instead?

Yes. It will be a little wider, but not quite as tall as the 18" sub. 18" just sounds a little obnoxious. I think 2 12"s would do the job just fine.

 

[SHO Squall]

FWIW, I have an M/T box with 2 10's in it at home that a former tenant left behind. I put the box in my trunk to transport it, and it's too big to fit in the rear seat passage opening. IMHO, if you never use the seat pass-throughs, this would be a good place to try and fit a box, because it's fairly deep, though narrow, and you would still have a decent amount of trunk space left.

I, however, use my pass-through quite often, and use the trunk quite a bit, and can't afford to lose any trunk space.

Of course, the question that hasn't been asked yet (since I like playing Devil's advocate), is what about an amp? $300 on a sub will get you a decent sub, then a box, but without an amp, all show, no go...

 

[Tunez]

Space is all about what you personally are willing to lose. You can spend a little more cash on a low Q sub woofer, which means it needs less air space and have the best of both worlds. You'll have to forgive me because I haven't been doing much in the way of buying any new audio stuff in the past while. I do know that if you can find a JL Audio 12W6, you can fit it in the spare tire well and have it fiberglassed in. Then an amp with a true 250 to 300 watts and you would be very happy.

I am actually using one of these subs right now:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=1051384109574&skuId=5344246&type=product&productCategoryId=cat03081

It is in a 1 cubic foot box and I am running the same brand amp that is pushing in the neighborhood of 1100 watts. I was pretty impressed with the amp because I just bought it from one of my reps to try it. IT's rated output 4 ohm bridged said 1200 watts. I figured there was no way but like I said, it actually measured 1100 watts at the speaker.

Here is the amp where it is installed:

I don't have any pics of the sub box but I can take one if needed. It is a very basic sloped box that I built and just put in the trunk. My rear deck is also vented to allow the sound to come through a bit better. Here is a pic of it:

Lastly is my CD player which is fiberglassed in front of the shifter. Here is the pic of it:

<small>[ March 11, 2004, 02:21 AM: Message edited by: Bryan C. King ]</small>

 

[93medusa]

bigger is not better in car audio subs. The largest speaker I would recomend using in ANY car is a 12 inch. My preference is still for a pair of high quality 10s.

 

[Slo-Sho]

ONE 8" Velodyne should do the trick. naughty