[moparfan1234]

best i have found is a vented box between the front seats. you can get a farily big box there and can fit a higher power 12" sub there. your really limited under the back seat with such a small box and the box is the hart of your system.

or take out the back seat and build a big vented box to fit in it's place.

small box's just suck. also the small box will hold the heat more witch ends up killing your subs.

 

[moparfan1234]

my truck has limo tint on it though so barely any sunlight gets in and not much heat gets in...

subwoofers make heat as you play them. with a small box the box will hold the heat. has nothing to do with sun light:thumbsup:

vented box will keep them cooler than any. witch inturn they will play loader longer:thumbsup:

 

[moparfan1234]

ah got ya...yeah i dont know much about them so thats why im askin!!

yea there is alot more to it then throwing subs in a box then cranking it up all day. thos people wonder why they blow subs all the time.

do you know the diffrence between a vented and sealed box?

 

[moparfan1234]

yeah i think so but im assuming it would take some time to make one...

yes it will take a little more time to build a vented box and a little more math to get it right. but in the end a vented box will be much loader then a sealed. plus biger the better most the time. i say that because 90% of the time you run out of room for a biger box befor it is to big for the sub.

 

[moparfan1234]

yep vented is the only way to go, but hard to find a good vented box for under the back seat most are sealed. There are alot of shops that will custom mold a box to fit perfect and take up all the space possible to make them sound much better, i have 2 10" jl w1's in my mega right now with a punch a2 800 watt amp and its plenty loud, w3's are the best bang cheaper sub but there to deep to fit most truck boxes, and like stated above there is alot more to subs then the subs and amp, boxes make a huge difference and type of amps also.

i don't know about a vented box under the seat. probly wouldn't work to good since it has to be so small.

for the setups i have done just a single 12" between the seats in a vented box works the best. if there was just more room under to seat it would be grate.




dodgessmoke PM me a phone number i will call ya and explain more of it to ya and help you get a good system setup:thumbsup:

 

[moparfan1234]

moparfan1234, I have the same set up as you. A single 12(JL here) between the seats really hits hard and sounds great.

for the 200 watts my sub can take it really hits hard with the vented box i have. you can feel it when it hits. plus you can hear it clearly for about 4 blocks word for word bass note to bass note. you can hear it farther away but it starts to get hard to know for sure what song is being played.

im thinking on puting one of these 15" M 3's i have laying around in there. it will be alot of work building the custom box for it. since i have a reg cab with a manual makes it hard. i was thinking i would need to use all the room behind the seats plus between the seat and i would end up with about a 3.5-4 cubic foot box.

also good choice with JL there a grate sub:thumbsup:

 

[moparfan1234]

If you are going to put them under the seat it will be pointless to make a vented enclosure because u simply will not have enough volume for the subwoofer to perform properly. Another thing about vented vs. sealed is the safety factor. These are trucks and odds are they are going to be gettin off roaded and bumped around. Sealed enclosures protect subs from these impacts and bumps unlike vented. And it also depends on the type of music u listen to. If you prefer rock or country a sealed box provides tighter, more responsive bass while vented boxes are usually more "boomier" and suited to rap type music.

partly right. sounds like you are thinking ported box they are kinda boomy. a vented box can be tuned to what ever music you like. i have a set of subs here in a sealed box and a 2nd set in a vented box i custom made. all the subs are 15" M3's and the way i have the vented box tuned it is alot tighter then the ones in the sealed box.

yea prefab box's will have that boomy sound to them and more for rap. but build a vented right and it can be tighter bass then you could ever think they could be.

 

[moparfan1234]

i should also say im a rock music guy. not a big fan of rap:thumbsup: