2 subs in trunk of civic
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Topic: 2 subs in trunk of civic
Posted By: mishkakasalapiy
Subject: 2 subs in trunk of civic
Date Posted: March 04, 2005 at 4:31 PM
i want to build in 2 subs in a trunk of a civic. i was thinking about raising a floor and building them in there. any ideas on how i can do that and what kind of material i would need. thanks
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Posted By: auex
Date Posted: March 04, 2005 at 5:09 PM
Well first question is do you want to keep the spare tire? If the answer is no then how high are you willing to raise the floor.
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Posted By: mishkakasalapiy
Date Posted: March 04, 2005 at 5:43 PM
what are the options with or without a tire if im not gonna keep the tire i can raise a floor a little bit or a lot if its gonna look good it all depends.
Posted By: auex
Date Posted: March 04, 2005 at 5:54 PM
Well if you lose the tire then you really would't need to raise the floor. If you keep the spare then you are looking at raising the floor a bare minumum of 6-8 inches.
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Posted By: mishkakasalapiy
Date Posted: March 04, 2005 at 6:00 PM
is it better to loose or keep it?
Posted By: oonikfraleyoo
Date Posted: March 04, 2005 at 7:42 PM
KEEP IT!!!! You will regret the hell out of it at some point if you ditch the spare tire. And make sure you can get to it. Make a cardboard template of your trunk, cut that out of MDF, BAM, you gotta false floor. Mounting it will depend on the car and since I don't have one to look at I cant tell you how. Be creative. But make sure you can still get to that tire. If you can't get to it on the side of the road in the rain, then you should have just ditched it to begin with. ------------- Nik
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Posted By: auex
Date Posted: March 04, 2005 at 8:59 PM
Personally I would never lose the spare in a daily driver, don't care even with AAA. Then again I don't care about my trunk and it will be completely useless if I ever get around to finishing the glass work in it.
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Posted By: exertone2
Date Posted: March 04, 2005 at 9:15 PM
LOSE... Not "loose"
Posted By: auex
Date Posted: March 04, 2005 at 9:45 PM
Wow, I thought that I was and ass.
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Posted By: mishkakasalapiy
Date Posted: March 11, 2005 at 12:22 PM
Should i make the whole base of the floor out of mdf or just cut and put pieces all around and then fiberglass the rest also what direction is it best to face the subs
Posted By: mishkakasalapiy
Date Posted: March 11, 2005 at 12:39 PM
this is what i want to build 
Posted By: auex
Date Posted: March 11, 2005 at 12:39 PM
Well which route are you gonna go, raised floor or tire well enclosure?
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Posted By: mishkakasalapiy
Date Posted: March 11, 2005 at 1:33 PM
im gonna do a tire well enclosure
Posted By: oonikfraleyoo
Date Posted: March 11, 2005 at 1:37 PM
Are those subs on the sides? If so I don't understand why it will be a tire well enclosure. Or are those components on the sides? ------------- Nik
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Posted By: mishkakasalapiy
Date Posted: March 11, 2005 at 1:43 PM
yea they are in a triangular shape and theres going to be an opening for the tire if i will need it
Posted By: exertone2
Date Posted: March 11, 2005 at 7:31 PM
If that is the design you want(at the top of this page) then you will not be doing a spare tire enclouse. Spare tire enclousers use the spare tire well as the enclouser. What people do is they usually make a fiberglass mold of the spare tire well and then use mdf as the top where the subs will sit. The picture you have is just a trunk enclouser.
Posted By: oonikfraleyoo
Date Posted: March 11, 2005 at 8:18 PM
I understand what your saying. You want to make that design and if extra air space is needed, go into the tirewell. That sounds a bit difficult. Try your hardest not to have to do that. I'm sure it can work out without going in to the well for more space. That way you can have your enclosure and your spare tire too. ------------- Nik
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Posted By: slociv
Date Posted: March 12, 2005 at 2:59 PM
I know with my trunk when I had 2 12's in the back I didn't need to go into the spare tire well. Also is that diagram to proportion? If it is, that is a huge amp compared to your subs.
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Posted By: boucher911
Date Posted: March 24, 2005 at 8:12 PM
you have to be careful though if your keeping you spare tire and making an mdf floor it will be tricky to manuver the new floor out it is not flexable like cardboard, in my hatchback i have and mdf floor andi have a strut bar so it is really tricky to get the tire out so insted i just bout tire in a can i think its the best and sh*t its lighter than a tire lol...
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