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Posted: February 19, 2005 at 1:33 PM / IP Logged

I have read some threads on another forum where people have modified the factory sub enclosure (the right side panel in back) to fit an aftermarket sub in its place. This one is where they just ran a sub in free air but used risers made out of wood to allow for the woofer to fit depthwise: http://www.honda-pilot.org/forums/showthread.php?s=ffb233a0cc937c074507cf2bf814d7db&threadid=4437&perpage=15&pagenumber=2 And here is one where they cut the sheet metal then fiberglassed part of the inside of the panel and fiberglassed the panel they cut back on. http://www.honda-pilot.org/forums/showthread.php?s=ffb233a0cc937c074507cf2bf814d7db&threadid=4437&perpage=15&pagenumber=2 (I would never do that...)

My question is would it be possilbe to make a glass enclosure without cutting the panel. Or should I maybe just stick with a sub in free-air. It would be mainly an SQ system for my dad but he probobly would crank it up every once and a while.

Could I maybe fiberglass over the top of part of the metal panel, mount MDF risers on the perimeter of the fiberglass, place a mdf ring for the sub (raised up by dowls) above the factory subwoofer hole, and stretch fleece over the whole thing and glass it? I could glass the inside part of the sheet metal that is accessible through the hole to finish off the enclosure. Kind of like this picture https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v521/customsuburb/pilotsubFG.gif (sorry about the crappyness of it) where the red is fiberglass and the brown lines on the perimeter of it are the MDF risers. I'll try to explain it better later.

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Posted: February 19, 2005 at 3:47 PM / IP Logged

ohhh boy that was a butcher job haah. I did an install in a ford expedition with the factory sub, i crammed a type-s 10" in the space, , it looks to be the same size as that honda. For the box i built a mdf box inside the space that is non removeable and fiberglassed it sealed. Something like that dosn't need to be removeable easy because there really is no need to remove it unless you get in an accident which will smash it anyways.

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Posted: February 19, 2005 at 7:48 PM / IP Logged

Yeah, that first install is pretty ghetto lol. Maybe I'll just put a regular box in their or a fiberglass box somewhere else in it...

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Posted: February 19, 2005 at 10:06 PM / IP Logged

I accidentally put the same link twice on my first post. Here is the $4000 system install in a pilot that an installer did... http://www.honda-pilot.org/forums/showthread.php?s=a20be5d866a1a9a15ab1c458acee07d9&threadid=10630&perpage=15&highlight=fiberglass&pagenumber=1

Now that is some serious cutting. lol

I could never cut that much sheet metal out of a vehicle....

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Posted: February 24, 2005 at 11:00 AM / IP Logged

I don't really see why cutting out that much sheet metal is such a bad thing... If you know what you are doing, are sure it isn't going to seriously damage the structural support(Removing a piece of sheet inside all the supports of the interior side of the car isn't gonna do huge, especially for a location that is only really housing cargo) then why not? If it works, do it... But for a car that is just wanting a good sub, find one that you can fit in place using Alpine's technique.

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