noop

Mt mates thinking of creating a port hole in the shelf of his Impreza turbo (Saloon not Wagon).

Any of you guys recommend cutting a hole between the current (standard) 5.25inch speakers.

He's got a single Rockford 15 sub lying around he wants to make use of but not have just the bootlid and numberplate rattle.

chiark

First off, 15s are a tight fit in the boot of an impreza but can be done.

Cutting metal on the rear shelf is a bad, bordering on stupid, idea. Metal is there to hold the car together, and you can put quite a bit of load through the car in the twisties (TM)

The numberplate rattle can be stopped, but it's more likely to be somethiing in the bumper assembly. To stop it, be prepared to take the bumper off and pack stuff out as needed.

The bootlid needs a good dynamatting.

The spoiler is a complete sod to stop rattling - I never managed it

noop

So how do you suggest getting the bass into the cabin?

It seems rather pointless having the 15 isolated in the boot. I think the rattle from the bootlid and no. plate are the least of his worries. He just want some of that sound in the cabin...is there a ski hatch on those cars or somewhere else the sound can get thru to the cabin?

You can tell i'm a novice when it come to Scoobies!

chiark

Getting bass into the cabin of a scoob is easy: buy a wagon

More seriously, it is a difficult challenge. Some go for the extreme force route, chucking a hell of a lot of power into a good lot of subwoofer... Others go the metal cutting route, which I think is plain wrong. If your seats can open, that's a good but rather impractical way of getting sound in.

A very simple solution is to remove the rear speakers completely, as you don't really need 'em. That has in the past managed to get a bit more sound into the cabin.

Hope this helps somewhat.
Nick.

David_Wallis

cut the hole..

depending on size

Usual disclaimers apply..

1kw should get some noise through

chiark

LOL, would you listen to a man who has a plasma cutter just for a few giggles?

Important warning...


...and what do we all do?


Cheers,
nick.

David_Wallis

Ok..so I cut my car up

BigRed

Had a 15" rockford in my boot(MY00 classic) for 15 months until it went POP, both voice coils fried, yes a Rockford 2215 in a 2.5CuFt ported to 33Hz box, it sounded fantastic really deep powerful bass. I removed my rear speakers to allow the air flow from the boot into the cabin, don't like the cutting metal bit. Now got an old MTX thunder 5000 as a temp,sounds crap, whilst i'm waiting for my RE SX12 sub to arrive, can't wait to hear this sub ,apparently there amazing!!,gotta make a new box first though.

chiark

The RE'll be an interesting sub. I almost went for a XXX 12... May end up going for one too.

BigRed

Will let you know what I think of it mate, when i've got it in it's box and fired up, cost enough so expecting good things.

Going to find time very tight as i'm converting my mates loft at weekends as well as working in the week, gotta pay for this sub some how!!!!

Lea

chiark

Cheers Lea, I'll look forward to that. Know what you mean about funds right now - my son is 9 months old and the wife isn't back at work, which has rather changed the family budget!

BigRed

My new sub is arriving Tomorrow after a 3 week wait from CAD, can't wait to see what this monster looks like!!!

noop

Cheers Chiark...

I'll fwd this to him. In a nutshell: No more holes!

I think he's going to have to rethink where he's gonna put his components now that the rear shelf holes are spoken for.