i am looking at the solo-baric l5 for my center console. At the kicker website it has a reccomended box dimensions, and they are like 1/4 -1/2 inch too tall and maybe a hair too wide for my center console.

But once you get past the opening the console spreads out (1991 xlt lariat) so if i had an extra square attached to the side of the box to restore the airspace lost by slimming down the height of the box, would this work? or does a box have to be relatively square


i was thinking like this

...................top where sub would face up
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side view:......|...................|
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not really to scale or anything, but just so you see what im saying

 

doesnt need to be square. But try this idea... why dont you put a port hole in this part(where the arrow points)

side view:.....|..........................|
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A perfectly square box is actually the opposite of what you want. A square box can have standing waves inside the enclosure and prevent proper performance of the sub. So adding an extra part to get more airspace is probably a good thing to do.

 

Exactly what TEK said. Perfectly square boxes will impair the performance. Your idea should work fine.

 

i don't know if i want to port it or not, probably just use poly fill to have an average between accuracy and low notes

 

A ported box generally requires a good deal more volume than a sealed box does.

If you don't have much room.. sealed is the way to go.

 

There is also much more to "porting" a box. You just cant cut a hole and put in a tube. Ported boxes need to be tuned. The proper size diameter of the port as well as the length of the port. Making a sealed box is the easier of the two. Ported boxes will play louder and don't require the amp power that a sealed box does.

 

yea, i never even considered a port tube, i dont' have near the volume of air necessary to have one. Definately sealed, now i just need to make plans