Custom Perfect Fit Fiberglass Subwoofer Enclosure Box Build

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joshua Bentley

6 жыл бұрын

Custom Perfect Fit Fiberglass Subwoofer Enclosure Box Build in a Vauxhall Vectra C.

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@ericoxford7069 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video! I'm 36 and have wanted to learn how to do this since I was about 15 . I love a clean looking car stereo system .

@joshb1434 4 жыл бұрын

As a 15yr old id have had bright colours and neons but as a grown man i prefer a factory oem look i i was impressed with this myself. I learned a lot so my next will be even better

@pillcosbyandtheroofies5140 4 жыл бұрын

Great job I like the fact you used notes at the end. The best way to get better. Awesome job!

@dammitbobby283 4 ай бұрын

Awesome build but you should have installed mounting hardware inside the sub to attach to the car.

@cottonnelson7860 Жыл бұрын

Nice build. I'm trying to learn as much as I can to custom build 6.5 speaker pods. Thanks for the video. Awesome job as well. 👍🏼👍🏼

@pedrorubio950 4 жыл бұрын

My older cousin had two of these subs installed in his accord with a 1000 watt amp ,I believe it was a kenwood & that shit would thump like crazy ! for a sealed enclosure I was amazed .

@01hondascott 4 жыл бұрын

my buddy had 2 of the silver or grey color ones and he had them on a 1400 watt amp and they also pounded the shit out of his car, at first he had them on a 600 watt amp( first time stereo owner) and thought the subs were crap, he looked at a whole new set up and someone suggested trying a bigger amp first, i swear man just with the new amp it actually sounded like he got all new gear, just a complete difference

@gregfrasier5005 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome build. I will be coming back a lot when I build mine. 2009 Ford Escape. Perfect space for it.

@joshb1434 4 жыл бұрын

Thats great. There a lot of fun to build too

@definingimage 4 жыл бұрын

Nice video. I use spandex, resin and then reinforce with glass mat on the backside. Much easier to work with than wool though

@andrewjones198 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah their box looks weak. My sub would crack it in 5 min

@riley44444 6 жыл бұрын

sick build mate..i think you've inspired me to try an make one of those enclosures

@joshb1434 6 жыл бұрын

please do and show me your results, I'm still learning

@madcook1936 6 жыл бұрын

it came out looking awesome

@douglasborowski5819 5 жыл бұрын

This looks factory once you were done!! Great job!!

@joshb1434 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, give it a try. Their easy and inexpensive to make

@FestarFinnen 5 жыл бұрын

Hi! Thanks for the nice video on your building! Now I got some good tips on how I can fit in my two MDS FR12W 1200W in my small Opel Agila B! Would be fun to see more of these kind of buildings. // MrCrowln from Sweden

@andriusvosylius2477 4 жыл бұрын

Sick mate! Awesome! I'll try do this on my s4 b5 avant 👍👌💪

@joshuadeacon2283 4 жыл бұрын

Should have also put fiber hair or mat on the outside fleece when you put down your resin to reinforce it more

@logitech850 3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking about that, will resin over just cloth be strong enough?

@gregcy89 2 жыл бұрын

The most beautiful hidden sub box! Its almost invisible there man wow 😱🤩

@Black973000GTVR4 4 жыл бұрын

Also, mold release should be applied to the tape. End product looks good.

@ianbatterson2331 6 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah buddy that's really nice

@joshb1434 6 жыл бұрын

cheers!

@Moreno0101 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome , I want to try to build my own! Thanks for the tips

@joshb1434 4 жыл бұрын

You should post your results on youtube. Theres some great help from knowledgeable people amongst the rest in the comments

@CoroaEntertainment Жыл бұрын

10:17 If that was my box, I would have rounded off the top outer edge of the wood ring, so when the fleece fabric was stretched, it would of had a nicer/smoother transition (no sharp looking edge around the sub). Rounding the top edge also makes it easier to pull the top final layer of fabric smooth (less ripples/bunching up). Anyway, your finished enclosure looks good.

@mildtowildrc7343 2 жыл бұрын

Man I have built so many and love it👍Great video and just came across it this morning.Takes the creative mind to custom build and make it your own designs👍❤️

@RDRTRUCKER 6 жыл бұрын

Excelente amigo. Buen tutorial.

@vicentecortes2961 5 жыл бұрын

Quedó perro amigo , me la rifare a ver qué tal me queda

@joevanblarcume8469 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome video.. I have a 96 ford ranger I'm gonna have fun with.. Great job. Looks nice

@joshb1434 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, there pretty fun to build. You should post your results.

@Black973000GTVR4 4 жыл бұрын

using a router to cut your rings will be faster and more precise without the need to sand. Also, use mdf and not particle board.

@claudiocoste700 Жыл бұрын

good work, i'll need one for a 2019 toyota highlander

@stephenshiels5179 2 ай бұрын

Good job. Im going to do something similar in my 23 Ranger

@antoniotony798 Жыл бұрын

Good job for a diy keep up the good work, because I'm no professional but I can get the job done. I might have to redo but all and all I did it myself and saved myself some money and it was a learning process💪🏾💪🏾

@Ev3rM0r3 6 жыл бұрын

I can't wait till home 3d scanners are a thing, the money to be made 3d printing these things is going to be amazing when done. That 3 week build down to a couple of hours will be nice.

@Marchah 2 жыл бұрын

Exactly this..... i asked for a few quotes for a 3d printed box but it's way too expensive at the moment.

@thalyssonwilliam5104 6 жыл бұрын

Good Job, one salve here Brazil.

@arranhaggerston8579 4 жыл бұрын

come build it in back off my vectra lol.. great job wel done

@truckerdaddy-akajohninqueb4793 4 жыл бұрын

1:30 try a gelcoat release agent

@ADR69 6 жыл бұрын

That looks great

@joestack78 6 жыл бұрын

If that's your first build, pretty good work. You should have glued the ring supports, though. After the resin dried over the wrap, you could have removed them. The glass and wrap is plenty strong enough to hold the speaker. Unless you accounted for it, those supports take up sound volume.

@joshb1434 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, its not my first but it was my quickest built. glues doesn't last serious vibration and the supports help hold up when items are flying round the boot space haha

@muntavolewis756 5 жыл бұрын

really clean thx

@ginalafond1134 5 жыл бұрын

Beautiful good job guys,!

@joshb1434 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@fabianok.junior9625 2 жыл бұрын

Perfeito...trabalho feito com bom gosto!!!...""""" the best work""""

@metasphere3726 5 жыл бұрын

Love it!!

@bobriddle6068 9 ай бұрын

Just a thought, fleece will work As well as the glass and its a lot friendlier, I don't Think you need Something as strong as glass. The felt and resin Will do the job. Thanks for the video.

@majoroverkill1376 6 жыл бұрын

The way I measure air space inside an enclosure like this is to first take a cardboard box and measure out your SQ FT needed for your subs. Draw a line all away around the box where the space you need is. I use wood pellets because there is less air space loss then peanuts and way cheaper to buy. Rice is the best. Fill the box with the pellets and when your mold is done fill it and mark the level and cut to your air space. Set your ring and finish the box, sealed or ported. I hate when they don't show or are guessing the air space needed. Give a sub near perfect air space and it will perform!

@John_the_baptized 5 жыл бұрын

Doug S fack, I like this idea. I’m half Asian, so rice is easy to access and will be used later. Just put into a clean garbage bag for the measurement. Boom. I think when I get the time to do this, I will

@jorgepizarro3327 5 жыл бұрын

I actually use homemade playdough and fill up a 1 cubic foot box with that and then I mold into place. With that I get my exact measurements of how big my enclosure is going to be ... Wham-bam thank-you ma'am 😂

@grimmvargo 5 жыл бұрын

great build man

@alessandropoggi9488 4 жыл бұрын

Really good job and professional finished look

@joshb1434 4 жыл бұрын

thanks

@hanskinslo326 5 жыл бұрын

Cool fit and finish.

@joshb1434 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, was going for a factory oem kinda look

@jamesparker6475 5 жыл бұрын

Finished product looks good. Seems a bit small. A router would have been nice to make the rings but overall it was a good example for most of the at home pros.

@joshb1434 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, come summer ill be making more, with fresh iseads and some new tools. Got a project in the process now which everyone should enjoy

@magnuswf 6 жыл бұрын

That's a seriously nicely built sub man. Subbed

@joshb1434 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks. subbed you back

@r.a.d.v.8421 5 жыл бұрын

Great job.

@spyko7z 6 жыл бұрын

Great job! :D

@marcopinotti2555 3 ай бұрын

Sei un grande, bel lavoro, saluti dall'Italia.

@bigmike249 6 жыл бұрын

Nice work man

@joshb1434 6 жыл бұрын

thanks

@titaniumman_22 3 жыл бұрын

Looks killer josh, nice work!

@joshb1434 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks :)

@cmcdonough2 5 жыл бұрын

That's cool.

@mildtowildrc7343 2 жыл бұрын

Love the video but wanted to pass a trick on from an old man!Draw a circle with a framing square🤔After you find center just mark a straight line and put a screw down on the radius of each side.When you put the framing square down it will give you your mark at the 90 degrees and just put the pencil in the middle of it and rotate square keeping against screws!Perfect circle

@lutherrobinson689 7 ай бұрын

Looks clean

@Cha0sC0re 5 жыл бұрын

Great build, I had a question about composite filling after wrapping it around the 9 minute mark of the video, did you go from the inside and filled it with composite and resin? Or was the wrap the only layer before adding carpet?

@joshb1434 5 жыл бұрын

I used the excess resin and matt i cut to reinforce the edges, corners and supports but not the whole internal side of the front, but the more you have and the stiffer the box the better the result

@wordtruth6116 11 ай бұрын

Fantastic video. You inspired me.

@juanjosegonzalezdorta5113 4 жыл бұрын

Felicidades por el trabajo lo único que yo le aria es hacerle un agujero⭕ para que salgan los bajos👍

@nandhakumar7014 4 жыл бұрын

Good effort 👏👏

@86Kona 4 жыл бұрын

Well done and inspiring video. I just wondered how you fastened the box to the car so tight that it don't move even a car crash accident?

@86Kona 4 жыл бұрын

Sorry for my bad english. I have to use google translator.

@joshb1434 4 жыл бұрын

I used lots of velcro, the car that this subwoofer was in has recently been written off in a car crash and the subwoofer didn't budge at all so its more than sufficient

@86Kona 4 жыл бұрын

@@joshb1434 Good to know. Hopefully no one was hurt in car accident.

@steameblair 6 жыл бұрын

I know I build 1 b4 in my audi a4 b6 didn't come out as good as yours am waiting till next year march April .but thanks for the advice 👍keep up the good work dude

@joshb1434 6 жыл бұрын

thanks man, which part of yours didn't turn out so good?

@paulhatch8451 4 жыл бұрын

I want one for my back left cubby in my trunk. Thinking a 10 inch or 8 inch. Just enough to hear it but help reduce high bass on my jbls I'm swapping out in place of Harman kardon blown speakers. Factory is like 320 watts. Just wanted to add 80-130 watts

@Pyrtas 5 жыл бұрын

Do not shake camera, please! Nice job!

@ronmorris8450 5 жыл бұрын

thats is cool mate

@arcnline360 6 жыл бұрын

Very nice!

@blauerza 3 жыл бұрын

maybe a bit too large woofer vor this space but! i like it thats great thanks for sharing!!!! :):):):)

@joshb1434 3 жыл бұрын

Enclosure is certainly on the small side but its worked well with impressive quality. Space saving was of greater importance here.

@thorstenwesthowe4858 2 ай бұрын

Geile Arbeit, mega geworden. Respekt

@boughachicheyahia6254 5 жыл бұрын

1000/100 this is your note

@SHADOWBEAR82763 6 жыл бұрын

Sweet.

@shawnio 4 ай бұрын

is cool cuz you made an entire fibreglass box

@rtfly193 4 жыл бұрын

VERY nice work.

@johnwooten7775 4 жыл бұрын

Didn't need the info, but I loved the video and your technique. Your next one, try actual MDF board as it will give you denser material for your sub ring.... but not matter, that was damn good work.

@joshb1434 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks this was built on the cheap, the next one ill build with no expense spared with far greater attention to detail. Mdf is much better to work with. Keep and eye out for my next project. Lots of mdf.

@mikenine110 4 жыл бұрын

Looks nice, how’s it holding up because I didn’t see any fiberglass applied to the outside skin just resin

@joshb1434 4 жыл бұрын

Still holding up great, the speaker took apretty big hit from a jack rolling around the boot and had to be replaced but the enclosure is fine, i used the remainder or the glass matt i had cut on the inside of the fabric front particularly around the edges and i also wouldnt have the sand the front side smooth

@jessehoward5208 4 жыл бұрын

Really nice job!

@joshb1434 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@anthonyf4525 6 жыл бұрын

2017 video using a Kenwood tornado. Dayum

@aspri11a 3 жыл бұрын

That looks superb! i was going to build a box from ply but i'll now be trying fibreglass for the first time! Does a fiberglass enclosure sound any different?

@joshb1434 3 жыл бұрын

No difference from what ive heard myself. Just be generous with the layers and it'll be solid. Fiberglass is easy to work with but use gloves its itchy and sticky

@AntoineFinch 2 жыл бұрын

I wish I could do this!

@richyoung4051 4 жыл бұрын

nice build biut im concerned how the subs vent seems to be almost touching the bottom of the box allowing no breathability for it. like theres no space in between them

@supergangsta1998 6 жыл бұрын

Nice build man

@joshb1434 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@user-mo1bg9lj5c 5 жыл бұрын

Красавчики!!!!!!

@bassaddict5436 4 жыл бұрын

Nice build

@urielvillasecaperez1615 6 жыл бұрын

Very good job

@joshb1434 6 жыл бұрын

thanks

@P8FPV 7 күн бұрын

Great video thanks

@marcosstr 4 жыл бұрын

I have a ford fiesta and I don`t work with fiber glass and I needed the trunk space. So I Built a small, under seat, small sealed box with a 6" sub, it`s amazing how more effective is to have the sub inside the cabin, although I miss the punch of my 12". I really liked the idea of molding but my car don't have this kind of side panel in the trunk, just carpet. So I'd have to do the molding inside the car, maybe I'd give it a try some day. Btw, how many layers did u use? Great job!

@joshb1434 4 жыл бұрын

I used 3-4 layers on this, i did this out of the car because i had that interior trim piece spare, usually i do them in the car. There quite easy you just need to make a start and keep going till you master each step :)

@MeatPopsycle 6 жыл бұрын

This is really nice

@joshb1434 6 жыл бұрын

+MeatPopsycle thanks :)

@John_the_baptized 5 жыл бұрын

Solid work. Question though, is it wise to reinforce areas that are long and flat due to flex? I plan on making one for a 12W6 and worry about flex

@John_the_baptized 5 жыл бұрын

What would you recommend for reinforcement?

@joshb1434 5 жыл бұрын

Add as much fiber glass as you think you need for little to no flex then add another layer to be sure. More glass is less flex and less flex is good

@snipervision1 6 жыл бұрын

Great video and build.

@danimaljenkins 6 жыл бұрын

Good work! I'm trying to find something similar for my 2017 Honda hrv. No luck yet, and I'm nowhere near as handy.

@joshb1434 6 жыл бұрын

follow my method and take your time to learn and you will end up with great results

@obrienthebutcher858 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome!!!

@carloscervantes8015 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome bro

@missayawk 4 жыл бұрын

Just to build that enclosure and install a shop quoted me $500!!! I know it's time consuming and messy, but 5 benjies?....I'll learn from youtube

@TheVanderfulLife 4 жыл бұрын

Have you got round to making one?

@daygoguy1904 2 жыл бұрын

Do you add fiberglass and resin on the inside of the box after you lay the cloth down tight?

@steameblair 6 жыл бұрын

very nice build ,am thinking about building 1for my vw gti mk5

@joshb1434 6 жыл бұрын

you should have a go, just bare in mind the cold will cause fiberglass to cure very slow, use a heat gun :)

@killabee623 3 жыл бұрын

That,s dope yo.

@joshb1434 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@ntshikapeter6124 6 жыл бұрын

i love what you're doing bro

@joshb1434 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot :) I'm working on my next video re-wrapping and reviewing my first build with a built in amp and outer control panel.

@majoroverkill1376 6 жыл бұрын

Dudes! 187 that music with a 5 pound hammer PLEASE!

@AmericanThunder 2 жыл бұрын

Yes. That "Music" seriously sucks

@juanrangel9879 6 жыл бұрын

K perron paisa el video chingon

@joshb1434 6 жыл бұрын

I know no Spanish, sorry

@DanB3286 9 ай бұрын

Only two thing I’d do differently is double or triple up on the fiberglass. Then on the inside use a sound deadener on inside of the box

@todderbst9878 6 жыл бұрын

Pretty impressive work. Your end product looks fantastic. I have the same question as an earlier response- how did you secure the "box" to the vehicle? Thanks!

@joshb1434 6 жыл бұрын

Just Velcro, the fit is perfect so only needs enough to hold it in place. you can then trash the car round any corner with no worries :)

@AndreDuncan2277 5 жыл бұрын

Dam good work

@joshb1434 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks alot :)

@evanmoses9437 6 жыл бұрын

How did you factor in or calculate the appropriate volume of airspace required for that particular sub? Great build.

@joshb1434 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I have an eye for size, made an educated guess and aimed for 0.7 to 1.1 cubic foot, most 10 inch subs below 1000w will be fine in a small enclosure. larger would be better but my idea on these subs its to have a good balance of sound and space. The sound is impressive, I may post a video trying to show the quality but listening to speakers through other speakers after being recorded on a phone doesn't translate too well

@march3615 4 жыл бұрын

Nice build man, really helpfull.

@joshb1434 4 жыл бұрын

Your welcome. Didnt find much useful on youtube when i was looking thats why i made my video

@march3615 2 жыл бұрын

@@joshb1434 There is not really good info about this type of enclosure whatsoever.... please stop using that annoying music btw 😂

@ze_german2921 6 жыл бұрын

Is it hard to figure out the subwoofer box volume with such a complex shape?

@joshb1434 6 жыл бұрын

You can do as Doug S suggested in the comments, fill it up with something like sand, rice or anything similar and messure that to calculate your air space

@MattFaust 5 жыл бұрын

Take a 1 cubic ft card board box, use a garbage bag inside of box and fill with Styrofoam peanuts (pack peanuts tightly) now you have exactly 1 cubic ft of airspace that you can mold around in your enclosure, need 1.5 or 2.0 make another bag... Additionally you can skip the bag and just use the peanuts... #Old Install Trick

@treynathaniel4075 5 жыл бұрын

@@joshb1434 How many layers of mat did you use? Want to make mine really strong.

@twonkyxxl 4 жыл бұрын

water is actually my preference for figuring volume, 7.48 gal (7.50) =1 cubic foot. With fiberglass you can pour it in directly and use food coloring to get a perfect line. remove with shop vac.