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2X 12 in subs with boot space to spare!

pooski

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I finally got around to custom fitting my 2 12in pioneer free air subs into the boot of my R33. It took a while and there was a fair bit of fiddling round, but i am here to say that it is possible to have subs in an r33 and still have a working boot. People told me that it couldnt be done, and that the only way was to go to a professional fiberglasser, but they were wrong, all you need is some MDF to build a shelf for the battery, fuses and hicas, (and my amp) then a nice sturdy frame to bolt the subbies onto.... then presto:

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looks nice dude

well done.

be careful putting stuff in the boot tho...very very fragile...if anything knocks onto the cone pretty much game over.

thought about using some grilles?

maybe a glass panel extending from the box (few cm) and chuck a neon down low.

just some suggestions for proetection.

but looks good!

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there is no box, its just a frame and a face with the subs screwed into them.... the battery and hicas fit in the shelf with a bit of rearranging. I am lucky that my amp is nice and small, there is another one under the passanger seat to run the rear spekers. i will take a pic of the space behind the subs when i take it off to fine tune the amp settings a little.

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yeah the space saver shit can get ****ed. in all honesty id almost rather have my car towed to workshop to have tyre fixed and fitted than risk mashing the rims and putting the space saver shit on

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nice install, looking to do something similar myself ...

a couple of worries tho ..

does having 2 fairly large speaker magnets next to lots of pretty important electronics affect them at all ? no way to really tell i guess ..

and with the space saver ..

I used to have an MR2 turbo with 17" x 9" alloys on the rear (245 tyres) I managed to get a puncture on one of the rears, lucky me, and i didnt have the tool with me to get the centre cap off the alloy. Phoned mates dad who came out with a tool to get the centre cap off, changed the rear for the space saver, and well the 17" rear wheel would not fit anywhere in the car !!!!

the rear boot too small, and NO chance in the front boot.

ended up having to put the wheel in the back of my mates dads porsche !!

has anyone tried putting a larger than normal alloy in their boot ?

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yeah i havnt thought about what would happen if i had to change my wheel.... there is access, but i would probably have to put it in the back/front seat.... i have also moved all of the electrical stuff so i dont think there will be too much problems there. Usually magnets mess up data storage but electrical wiring i believe is quite safe... my 7x10s used to be about 3mm away from the battery terminal, but i didnt have any problems there

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