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scottb
post Apr 29 2003, 07:37 PM
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i might be convinced in cutting up the console but has anyone used one of those tube things in the passenger footwell? i am getting tired of listening to something that sounds like an am radio....
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post Apr 29 2003, 07:45 PM
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I had my first 914 back in high school and was into the bass thing back then. I built two boxes that went down at an angle from the front of the seats to the floor. They went right under my thighs/knees. I carpeted them with matching carpet and had RF 10's in them. They did not get in the way at all. You could not move the seats forward and back but then I never had a reason to move them anyway. I had RF separates in the factory 5" x 7" locations and some RF tweeters mounted in small, vinyl covered cubes mounted between the headrest and the coat hooks. Up front, I had a carpeted board mounted to the vertical wall above the spare. That board held a RF 300 watt amp to drive the subs and a RF 150 for everything else.

That little car would really rock! When I sold the car, I kept the boxes. Another guy in my area had a 914 and had heard about the install I had done on mine. He gave me $200 just for the boxes. That was back in '88.

Anyway, where there's a will, there's a way!
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post Apr 29 2003, 07:49 PM
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DAMN!

all i wanted was one of those tubes i can buy at the crappy car parts shack down the street. i may have to re-think and entirely over-engineer this whole thing! harry conick will never sound better! hehehehehehe (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mueba.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mueba.gif)
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post Apr 29 2003, 07:56 PM
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Yeah, I guess if it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mueba.gif)
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post Apr 29 2003, 08:03 PM
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I used a Stillwater Kicker Classic under the dash. It was designed for the package shelf of a BMW 325. I flipped it upside down and ran a AC cut center console. It semi covered the fuse panel... but rocked out big time. The tweeters where pointing straight at your face and the subs where pointing straight at the floorboards. It would blurr your vision with a Punch 45 wired mono to the subs on one channel and sterio for the tweets. I ran nothing else in the car. Worked great and you couldnt see it standing above the car looking into it. The tubes scream... STEAL ME.


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post Apr 29 2003, 08:04 PM
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I saw a thread I think over at the PP bbs and some guy had a tube base in between the seats it doubled as a center rest... He also posted some pictures of it. Also showed a speaker in the center console on another post.
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post Apr 29 2003, 08:11 PM
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I took out the passanger side styrofoam footrest thingy, behind the carpet. I used it to make a box out of 3/4" MDF to house a 10" Pioneer Premier sub. The passanger only loses about 2-3 inches of footroom, but if you move the seat forward a notch, then recline it a little it works out great (except for the 6 foot and up people, but hey, what are they doing in a 914 anyways.

If I find my camera I wil post some pics of it. It is pretty neat-o I think.

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post Apr 29 2003, 08:13 PM
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Madd Dogg, I'm anxious to see pics. I'd like to do somethiing like that myself.
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post Apr 29 2003, 08:31 PM
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Okay I dug out the ol' camera and took a few clicks. Here we go.

Here is a side view of the box. I know it looks crazy, but it fits in the opening PERFECTLY!


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post Apr 29 2003, 08:32 PM
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Here is the other side. I know it LOOKS like it is really big, but take out your styrofoam peice and compare. This is only a couple of inches bigger.


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post Apr 29 2003, 08:33 PM
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Here is a closeup in the car


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post Apr 29 2003, 08:35 PM
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And the final product, from a step back. It looks a little gaudy, but I think you could cover the sub completely (like a sealed box, and carpet right over it, just vent it out the top. This is a prototype I spent a day making. I carpeted it really crappy and it has a few holes which I filled with silicone. I am sure there is a better way, but I know of only one way, and that is MY way. Hope you enjoyed. It is a PITA to make it but GOD what bass! I have 500 watts mono going to her and she LOVER it!


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post Apr 29 2003, 08:36 PM
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i noticed a boat load of room under the dash at the end of the passenger foot well. a great place for a bass unit. absent putting a triangular box up there, could a tube be hidden? i know about having the car broken in to and it sucks. fortunately the thieves were too stupid to pull the stereo. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smash.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/fighting19.gif)
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post Apr 29 2003, 08:37 PM
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We did the same thing several years ago and completely hid the speaker and used a non sound absorbing "carpet" over the top of it. Most people didnt know it was there until their feet starting vibrating.


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post Apr 29 2003, 08:42 PM
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my wife is 5'10 and would hit a box at the end of the foot well. i think i have to fashion something to fit up inder the dash....


hmmmmm....... time to buy more tools i think. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol2.gif)
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post Apr 29 2003, 08:51 PM
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Interesting console....no third gauge? hmmm interesting...very interesting...i too need to buy more tools!
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post Apr 29 2003, 08:54 PM
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The console has 3 gauges.. just spaced closer together top to bottom.

I saw one of the AC consoles for sale this past weekend at my swap meet (which is what reminded me of the system I did when I was 20-21)


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post Apr 29 2003, 08:54 PM
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I have the temperature guage in the updated gas and idiot light pod in the stock location. Certainly didn't need to see how hot I was running on two different guages, so I popped in the emblem and it looks good I think. So now I have a Porsche emblem in console, on steering wheel, on shift knob, and a 914 emblem over the ash try. No one is gonna think I am driving a Ferrari from the inside!


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Or from the outside for that matter!!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol2.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol2.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol2.gif)
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post Apr 29 2003, 09:13 PM
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Sacrificed a 6"powered tube and put the components in an MDF box made to replace the console tray. It pumps bass nice! Your going to win any thump contests, but it looks good and sounds better. I also had one a few years ago with an 8" in the passenger foot well area (where the foam goes) and it worked good, but this one actually sounds better.


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QUOTE(Brad Roberts @ Apr 29 2003, 06:54 PM)
The console has 3 gauges.. just spaced closer together top to bottom.

i see that it had three gauges, but was curious as to why he pluuged in an emblem....now i know (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) what sender did you use? you wanna post a pic of your gauge? i am dooing the same thing...do you have a handbrake warning light?
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