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Sub Woofer Installation, Tried to get better Audio without carving up the car |
ctc911ctc |
Jan 28 2019, 06:42 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 885 Joined: 9-June 18 From: boston Member No.: 22,206 Region Association: North East States |
All,
Been silent, very cold - garage is a 100 year old Yankee version, no heat.....will not hold any. So, my 17yr old son and I decided to upgrade the speakers (the old ones were absent any cone material). Found a set of KFC-4675C (kenwood) that fit the spec, integrated mid range and tweeter. Now for the low range. We decided that carving up the car and running a large alternator and battery was not for this car, we are trying to restore it to 80-90 points. So we are using a passive crossover, the original tuner with a power amp that was installed in the 80s, still works (both units are Blauplunkt). We have about 40 watts - more than enough for the size of the car. When we rebuilt the car we installed sound deadening material in the engine bay, passenger compartment and will put it in the trunk. Amazing how quiet the car seems in the passenger compartment now. My son had the idea to install the Subwoofer in the engine compartment, cut through the back seat - had to explain the concept of FireWall to him, we looked at a dozen other places and settled on what I think is a very elegant solution. Our car is a '74 2.0, Silver. So it has a center console. We are installing it there! First, where should the speaker go???? Wow - no particle board - furniture grade ply! Peel back the Vinyl, careful! Counter sync for flush hidden finish Score the vinyl, perhaps we can STRETCH it! Heat gun and PULL, gently Look at that circle, no wood showing, barely a wrinkle! Add a screen Bolt that Micro SubWoofer in place What the Passenger will see Perfect Fit Passive Crossover Will post a note as to how this sounds in a few weeks (months?) Attached image(s) |
FlacaProductions |
Jan 24 2020, 09:34 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,523 Joined: 24-November 17 From: LA Member No.: 21,628 Region Association: Southern California |
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Mikey914 |
Jan 24 2020, 01:22 PM
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The rubber man Group: Members Posts: 12,625 Joined: 27-December 04 From: Hillsboro, OR Member No.: 3,348 Region Association: None |
We are actually retooling on these right now. I'd be happy to post up a GB but these are 4-5 weeks from being ready. I could do the Shell only at $66 if I could get 10 takers. I may even be able to get it lower but depends on how many are interested. I'll post up a GB shortly. |
horizontally-opposed |
Jan 24 2020, 01:41 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,430 Joined: 12-May 04 From: San Francisco Member No.: 2,058 Region Association: None |
We are actually retooling on these right now. I'd be happy to post up a GB but these are 4-5 weeks from being ready. I could do the Shell only at $66 if I could get 10 takers. I may even be able to get it lower but depends on how many are interested. I'll post up a GB shortly. Nice!! Count me in—particularly if 1) factory looks are retained, 2) there is no or very little cost in passenger legroom (as there was with my last homemade setup), and 3) the shell comes set up to take an 8-inch speaker that can be carpeted over to be invisible. |
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