XLT audio upgrade questions..

[blackb13]

MDF and screws must have went down in price. I've built a few boxes in my day and at $325 shipped my time (the boxes I've built have taken a long time) and expectation level are both met. Your "quick and dirty" box does the job though!

Thanks!

The 2'x4' mdf was ~$12 and was enough for the enclosure and the amp board. Box of screws for $2, $3 liquid nails and $6 fabric puts it just over $20, but close enough.

Of course, back in the day, I would've fiberglassed it to exactly what I wanted, but I don't have the free time anymore, so quick and dirty it is. Lol.

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[daddio211]

Yup, 10" sub. It's definitely tight at around ~0.46 ft3. I wanted to maximize space and this particular driver is suited to small enclosures, although it really shouldn't go under 0.5 ft3, so I added a bit of polyfill that I had laying around. The Qtc isn't horrible at around 0.9, but it's still better than anything that would fit behind the seat. I might add a DSP at some point to smooth the small bump at ~50Hz created from the small enclosure, but it's not that bad.

It's a wedge/trapezoidal-hybrid enclosure, so the dimensions are kind of all over the place, but the baffle is 16x10.5 to give you an idea.

Super helpful, thank you!

 

[John_Sawgrass_Ford]

I'd get a real subwoofer box. There is a guy on one of the maverick facebook groups that makes boxes. His name is Chris Hilbert. He also has boxes with round holes as well.

This is a great option I just want to keep my under seat storage. That’s why I am going with the hideaway behind the seat. I hear it does a great job for the size

 

[colinl]

Those boxes are like $325 plus shipping, plus woofer. But they are pretty dang nice. I was asking Chris about one but I wanted ported and that is more work to calculate volume, port size, etc. I would definitely use him if you want a 10" because trying to fit a 10" under there in a MDF box is pretty challenging.

A good carfi shop local to me charges $500 for a typical custom fiberglass enclosure and honestly I wouldn't expect to get a top piece finished and customized like that.

 

[daddio211]

I ordered one from Chris too. It'll be here next week and I can finish my stereo system.

 

[BLUE1870]

Trying to contact Chris Hilbert about one of his custom boxes. Which FB group is he associated with? I haven't been able to find it.

 

[daddio211]

I had to search through multiple posts until I found someone had tagged him. Here's his profile pic if that helps - SUPER nice guy!

 

[colinl]

I ordered one from Chris too. It'll be here next week and I can finish my stereo system.

Nice. What woofer are you going to use?

I am thinking about upgrading to a 10" and either selling my current box complete to another Maverick owner or building a new enclosure for it and installing it in my wife's Bronco. I can't see her being a fan of either plan, though.

 

[daddio211]

The subwoofer is a Rockford Fosgate P3SD4-10.
https://rockfordfosgate.com/products/details/p3sd4-10/

Amp is a Rockford Fosgate R2-250X1.
https://rockfordfosgate.com/products/details/r2-250x1/

I chose these because the sub is a 4 ohm DVC shallow mount 10" that can run on a minimum of 0.5 cubic feet sealed. It's max wattage is fairly low at 300, so the R2-250X1 will run it fine at 2 ohms.

The box Chris offers is 0.7 cubic feet. I know he offers a discount on Kicker subs (round and square) but I already had the Fosgate stuff coming. Also, my door and c-pillar speakers are Fosgate.

 

[John_Sawgrass_Ford]

So I am getting ready to order all the speakers and stuff. Is there a Metra harness for those rear speakers? I have seen the ones for the front door. just want to make sure I get everything down on y checklis.
also which sound deadning material are you guys using?

 

[daddio211]

So I am getting ready to order all the speakers and stuff. Is there a Metra harness for those rear speakers? I have seen the ones for the front door. just want to make sure I get everything down on y checklis.
also which sound deadning material are you guys using?

I simply crimped terminals on my rear speakers.

 

[Slick-rides]

So I am getting ready to order all the speakers and stuff. Is there a Metra harness for those rear speakers? I have seen the ones for the front door. just want to make sure I get everything down on y checklis.
also which sound deadning material are you guys using?

I was told these are the harnesses that work...
Metra 72-5602 (front)
Metra 72-5600 (rear)

 

[Slick-rides]

Can get a hold of Chris for his sub box through this Facebook page...

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089569042381

No affiliation, just a happy customer.

 

[daddio211]

For anyone who has tied into the front speakers for subwoofer input, where did you pull signal from? Did you pull it from the kick panels? There must be a much easier (central) location to splice into.

 

[colinl]

For anyone who has tied into the front speakers for subwoofer input, where did you pull signal from? Did you pull it from the kick panels? There must be a much easier (central) location to splice into.

That's in the first post of the sticky thread in this sub forum. The ACM harness is under the climate control and there's a pic of what you can tap for the front speakers. Or if you have any one of various ACM piggyback harnesses, they plug in there.

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