JL 8W3 fiberglass subwoofer enclosures

[Cloudsurfer]

I was speaking to the shop today about my car, and he believes if others are interested in doing a sub in the passenger footwell he can somewhat mass produce these. Mine will be designed for an 8W3, but any shallow 8" sub or a 6" sub could be made to fit.

PM me if interested.

Patrick

How much? Id only be interested if it could be made to fit a 10 or 12 seeing as I already have several JL and kicker 10's and 12's.

[Cloudsurfer]

I'll have more info, especially pricing, tomorrow.

As far as fitting a 10 or 12, unless you're willing to give up the entire passenger footwell, you are NEVER getting a 10 or 12 in there. Most guys do a JL 6W0 in a small box, so we're somewhat pushing it fitting the 8W3. We are fiberglassing the box to the floor to gain the added volume of the uneven countours etc to keep the size down as small as possible. Remember, you need a certain amount of cabinet volume behind the driver, less the displacement of the driver itself and the Q factor to make the driver sound good. If a JL 12 wants 40 liters of volume and you give it 18, it is going to sound worse than the 8 which was designed to run on 18 liters of displacement.

I have seen guys with 10s or 12s in Boxsters, but the only way to do is is to give up most of your front trunk to the cabinet, and have someone who really can do his homework design a tuned ported enclosure using the RHD steering shaft hole to port the sub into the cabin.

If you want a sub in the footwell, a 6 is easy, an 8 is somewhat pushing it, and anything bigger (or deeper, hence the 8W3 not the 8W7) and, given some slight practicality, its just not happening.

Patrick

[edevlin]

I think I would be interested in an enclosure after I hear your evaluation of the sound and maybe some photos, thanks. BTW, what amp are you using to drive yours?

Ed

[wvav8tor]

Big thing is how much?

[Cloudsurfer]

Sound will be amazing, I am sure. We've done some enclosures with 6W0s in Boxsters and its great. This time we are doing an 8W3.

Pricing I will be figuring out tomorrow.

I will be driving mine off an Audison LRX 2.250 bridged at 4 ohms.

Patrick

[ROMES]

Put me in for one thnk you.

[Cloudsurfer]

Well, after all, there is NO way that an 8W3 will fit in the footwell, at least with leaving enough room for even a short girl to sit. So, we're somewhat back to the drawing board. It looks like an 8W0 will fit, and I am also looking at the new 6W3 coming out shortly.

Cost per enclosure should be around $250 once we figure out exactly how its going to be constructed.

Patrick

[clb0099]

250 does that include the speaker and do you get to pick the color of the carpet? What is your entire setup costing you from the amp,to the box and installation?

[kdanh]

Is it too late to add 1 to your count?

[Cloudsurfer]

These are in being produced by the shop now. See the specific thread with images and pricing. They are $499 which includes everything, including the 8W0 driver.

Contact Chuck at The Stereo Shop at 585-424-1820 for more information or to place an order.

Patrick

[conradtan]

Can you post some pictures with it out of the car and installed please?