Speakerboxes (pics)

[farside847]

Finally got off my arse and finished my speakerboxes this weekend. So, I'll put
together the info and some pics for the board.

Started off by buying some nice quality speakers. A pair of the Kicker L5 8"
subs and a pair of the Pyle 4" two way speakers. I already had a pair of 4"
kenwood speakers in the dash.

Since I now have a 68 bucket seat frame in my truck I measured up the space
under the seats and made my boxes to fit.


I used 1/2" MDF since the boxes would end up so small. It ented up with just
under .5cuft


When I went to test fit them, I noticed a problem. They fit so well that when
they were in place I could no longer reach the bolts for the seats. Since I
had to remove the bolts to get the box in there, this was a problem. So, out
came the saw and I cut a few inches off the side and rebuilt them.




As you can see this is a sealed box and I used some old calk to fill in the seams. Then I got some cheap fabric at the fabric store to cover the boxes.


Then I wired up the speakers and put them in.



Last I unbolted the seats and slid them in.


Super tight fit! I ended up not using an amp for now, just running them off
the powered outputs from the radio and it fills the cab with more sound
than I can handle. Actually the woofers are too strong. I had to turn them
down a bit so it didnt drown out the music. If I were to do it again I would
probably use different subs. The kickers are real deep and there are other
shallow 8" subs out there that would have made it easier. I wired in 2-way
crossovers into the boxes, and hooked them up to the left and right rear
speaker outs from the radio. Then hooked up the dash speakers to the left
and right front outputs. Now all I need to do is finish tuning the sound
with the radio. It still sounds a bit off. Need to play with the front/ rear
ballance and base/treb adjustments I think.....