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Hey Buddy. I need some help. I need a custom subwoofer enclosure. Here's my vision:

I want to put a 10" or a 12" subwoofer in the Spare Tire of my Jeep Cherokee. Yes, IN THE SPARE TIRE. Basically, the tire is going to house the subwoofer.

Here is what I am aiming for:



Here is the full site:
http://www.crutchfieldadvisor.com/ISEO- ... rokee.html

Basically, I want that exact same thing. It needs to be removable in case I want to use the spare tire! But of course, there are no directions on the website on how he did that. With your vast knowledge, perhaps you can help me figure it out?

Thanks!

Not gonna lie, fiberglass might be your best bet with this one.

u could do that but it might sound really really bad lol
i might be wrong but wouldnt having a rubber enclosure dampen most of the sound much like dynamat would?
so u might not get low nice sounding bass

I have no idea myself. I wish the website would have said how good the sound was after this type of install.

s1zzl3 wrote:u could do that but it might sound really really bad lol
i might be wrong but wouldnt having a rubber enclosure dampen most of the sound much like dynamat would?
so u might not get low nice sounding bass

Possibly not, it's inside a steel wheel remember.

I'm sure it's not gonna be comp quality sound, but it's an interesting idea, the box itself shouldn't be too hard, attaching it so it can be easily removed might be tough.

Aston Wards wrote:

s1zzl3 wrote:u could do that but it might sound really really bad lol
i might be wrong but wouldnt having a rubber enclosure dampen most of the sound much like dynamat would?
so u might not get low nice sounding bass

Possibly not, it's inside a steel wheel remember.

I'm sure it's not gonna be comp quality sound, but it's an interesting idea, the box itself shouldn't be too hard, attaching it so it can be easily removed might be tough.

yeh but the steel wont be any better
n ull have 5 inches of clearance or less
depending on the witdth of ur rims..

i agree, its an intresting idea but u might as well ride sub free
i mean ull have a single tiny sub that may or may not sound nice
do u think itll be worth the money, time and effort?

Pioneer used to make a powered sub that fit in a spare. from what I remember it was marginal at best. But that was a few years ago. Not a bad idea though..........

Yeah, the TS-WX50.



It has a 5.25" woofer, heh.

honestly thats a waste, its likely either round slot of wood siliconed in on both sides or attached to each other via anopther method, a simple way would be to run threaded rod through the speaker mounting holes to clamp the rear piece in place, I've seen it done......problem is you have a speaker that resonates at one frequency and metal that resonates at another and the kicker is the rubber tire absorbs most of the sound.....

Much better off with a single sub fired at a 55 to 65 degree angle at the rear with a side fired port or a rear fired port with a up fired sub in that vehicle........

Ive seen a single 12" do some serious #rs on the meter and sound good to boot in those applications..........

After looking at that pic closer thats exactly what he did lol, notice the large wingnuts? He used some type of silicone or joint filler to seal the leaks........Looks like his initial measurements were off, that accounts for and explains why he preloaded the sub, we call extra layers of wood over the normal 3/4" preloading in the SPL world, You can actually change the TS paramaters on a sub by doing this, I did it with my box with a full 6 layered front, which is one of the reasons my sub manages to take the abuse and not unload itself under 5 times its rated power, It's sort of like choking the sub, the drawback is it takes about 5 secs to peak the meter and eventually depending on the subs quality the voice coil will fail due to the excessive heat, I usually have to rebuild my sub after each season.

kinda sorta off topic, but whoa, chew, you're back!

I haven't seen you post since the summer?

SuperK wrote:kinda sorta off topic, but whoa, chew, you're back!

I haven't seen you post since the summer?

Haha, he's only available on request!