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12voltexpert 
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Posted: February 16, 2008 at 10:19 PM / IP Logged  
Just wondering whats the best way to face the subs in the enclosure. Towards the front of the car closest to the rear seats, or towards the trunk opening? And which ever one is better, Why?
noobgalore 
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Most of the time you have to play around with them and see what sounds best to you.I have 2 12's in my mustang in a 5cf vented box tuned to 32hz and to me they sound best faced forward with the seats folded down.  This could be due to the fact that having them faced the other direction the back of the box is larger than the opening and may have been muffling the sound.

But if its a hatchbacks the subs faced toward the rear of the car seems to be the best IMO.

hope this helped a little.

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Generally, the subs will sound better if faced rearwards, unless the output from the enclosure is sealed off from the trunk and forced forwards. It has in part to do with cancelation of sound waves within the vehicle. It also helps to use the rear of the trunk to load subs. There are many factors that play into into this. The easiest thing to do is trial and error. If your box isn't permanently mounted, just try it out in different spots. One of the biggest factors is how easy if it for the sound waves to pass from the trunk to the interior.
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sparkie wrote:
Generally, the subs will sound better if faced rearwards, unless the output from the enclosure is sealed off from the trunk and forced forwards. It has in part to do with cancelation of sound waves within the vehicle. It also helps to use the rear of the trunk to load subs. There are many factors that play into into this. The easiest thing to do is trial and error. If your box isn't permanently mounted, just try it out in different spots. One of the biggest factors is how easy if it for the sound waves to pass from the trunk to the interior.

x2 on this. If your subs are in completly in the trunk, then having them faced rearwards is probably going to be your best bet; unless like you said you can fold the seats all the way down so your car is more or less like a station wagon. If you can make them fire into the cabin, but seal the rear of the subs into the trunk, that would work also.

-Matt

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I've found that the bass is louder with the subs faced rearwards, and better with them faced forwards. This is with the back seat up and down in my 2dr.

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12voltexpert 
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Ok Well I guess I will have to make a temporary box to test to see what will sound better in my 07 Mustang. Thanks for the help guys.
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Just make sure the box has the same internal volume as the box you will be using -as well as being braced well and with no air leaks.
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