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Old Nov 27, 2010 | 02:38 PM
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Originally Posted by helotaxi
None of your options are going to happen in that airspace. It might give you enough to run a properly designed ported enclosure for a pair of 10s or a single 12. Either of those options with the right sub and a low tuning freq can give you bass that you'll feel in your chest.

A proper enclosure for a pair of 15s would require you to remove the rear seat. Same for pretty much any of the ideas that you were considering. Only doing a seat lift isn't really opening up that much in the way of options.
ok i'll have to think about what i wanna do with my backseat. i appreciate your help!

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yea I dont think your going to be fitting any of those setups under your backseat, two 12's is reasonable, but not two 15's. If you took out the whole back seat, then you can deal with some of those options. It really depends on what you are looking for to and what kind of music you listen to. two 15's will flex windows easily because the bass is so low. three twelves is going to be very very loud, but not quite as deep a bass (also depends on if these will be ported), and four tens will be your cleanest setup, but maybe kind of a waste if you listen to rap (due to the low bass that is produced on a lot of songs, also depends on the box as well though)....
ok so i guess i can scratch the two 15s, it was just an idea. i listen to country and rap but the bass would be for the rap so im leanin towards three 12s which was my original preference but just wanted some input. i appreciate it!
 
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Old Nov 29, 2010 | 07:56 PM
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ok i'll have to think about what i wanna do with my backseat. i appreciate your help!



ok so i guess i can scratch the two 15s, it was just an idea. i listen to country and rap but the bass would be for the rap so im leanin towards three 12s which was my original preference but just wanted some input. i appreciate it!
you could probably do three sealed 12's...dont have enough room to port though with the backseat...so it just depends on if you want real deep and low bass or "punchier", clean and higher bass. I myself wish I had my 12's ported, might do later on in the future
 
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Old Nov 29, 2010 | 10:43 PM
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So how much do you have to work with?

I prefer ported, low-tuned setups. If you can swing a single 15 or a pair of 12s I'd go that route.
 
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Old Nov 30, 2010 | 12:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Kawasaki268F
yea I dont think your going to be fitting any of those setups under your backseat, two 12's is reasonable, but not two 15's. If you took out the whole back seat, then you can deal with some of those options. It really depends on what you are looking for to and what kind of music you listen to. two 15's will flex windows easily because the bass is so low. three twelves is going to be very very loud, but not quite as deep a bass (also depends on if these will be ported), and four tens will be your cleanest setup, but maybe kind of a waste if you listen to rap (due to the low bass that is produced on a lot of songs, also depends on the box as well though)....
Properly installed and integrated, you can make 8" or 10" subwoofers have frequency extension just as low as a 15" driver. On the contrary, a properly installed and integrated quality 15" driver can be play "cleaner" and with less distortion than smaller drivers.

Too many variables to throw out bland statements like that.
 
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Old Nov 30, 2010 | 12:51 AM
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Properly installed and integrated, you can make 8" or 10" subwoofers have frequency extension just as low as a 15" driver. On the contrary, a properly installed and integrated quality 15" driver can be play "cleaner" and with less distortion than smaller drivers.

Too many variables to throw out bland statements like that.
Agreed 100%.
 
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Old Nov 30, 2010 | 01:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Kawasaki268F
you could probably do three sealed 12's...dont have enough room to port though with the backseat...so it just depends on if you want real deep and low bass or "punchier", clean and higher bass. I myself wish I had my 12's ported, might do later on in the future
ya i plan on doin three sealed 12s. i wanna have a nice system without having to remove my seat thats why i plan to lift it 2-3 inches

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So how much do you have to work with?

I prefer ported, low-tuned setups. If you can swing a single 15 or a pair of 12s I'd go that route.
im workin with however much room i have under my seat plus 2-3 inches higher and 2-3 inches sticking out from the seats. i would love to do a ported, low-tuned setup but i just cant remove my seat as i use it frequently.
 
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Old Nov 30, 2010 | 04:14 PM
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Originally Posted by mSaLL150
Properly installed and integrated, you can make 8" or 10" subwoofers have frequency extension just as low as a 15" driver. On the contrary, a properly installed and integrated quality 15" driver can be play "cleaner" and with less distortion than smaller drivers.

Too many variables to throw out bland statements like that.
yea thats why i said it depends on the setup..
 
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