my retro esky swap

[WABIT]

just had a brain explosion while thinking about in car entertainment

what always stopped me from running a subwoofer in my car was having ugly stick-out-like-dogs-balls sub box sitting in your boot, well, i had a thought about all the things i usually keep in my boot that doesnt look like a black carpeted POS..... thats where i thought and esky Sub woofer box would look pretty cool

some pics of the retro eski i will be cutting up for a sub




as you can see its double layer'd so my mission is to have the sub bolted to the inner skin and use the outer skin as a cover plate with drilled out holes, the only problem is i have to work out how i will attatch the speaker grill back onto the esky, an amp will also be bolted to the inner wall on the opposite side of the esky just to hide the amp aswell



here is a photoshop of how it will look like without the esky speaker grill, the esky will then be screwd into the floor hiding the subwoofer against the boot wall....



just waiting on a mate to give back my old subby he borrowed and get started....

dom

[WABIT]

edit: just come up with a idea on how to keep the outer skin intact while mounting the sub:

ill cut the inner hole to the size of the sub and screw the sub in from the inside on the innser skin, then ill measure exactly where the sub is sitting on the outside and drill speaker grills on the outser skin, keeping the outside skin intact...

the birds eye view shows the red screws bolting the sub inside out

also the outside with all the speaker holes..... sorry for the crappy paint shop picture but thats the idea

[DubSteve]

Nice dude, I remember jkrate or joey russo did this in the mk2 in vortex but with a picnic basket hamper thing, a couple of years ago was sweet as!

[KWICKS]

Sealed - you'll blow the lid off! POrted? Another hole to drill and fill.

How appropriate is the volume.

Tell me this is a urination extraction exercise.

[WABIT]

hahahahah

well im not chasing big volume, ive got a pretty good headunit ill be using, 4 alpine type S's and a 5 channel amp, just need to get the subby back

also its got a pretty tight latch on the lid so it wont pop the lid off, and i dont know if ill port the box or not

dom

[WABIT]

well instead of mucking around i decided to do it, the sub i got has i higher speaker cone so i cant mount the sub inside out.... but im pretty happy with what has come of this....




dom

[Swallowtail]

LOL... brilliant.

How will the amp go for heat inside the esky?

[Jarred]

LOL... brilliant.

How will the amp go for heat inside the esky?

well, it's in an esky, i reckon it'll be pretty cool!

hahah

[Swallowtail]

ha ha.... very good... I suppose if it's vented that the natural air movement will move some hot air out...

[tooch]

Hahah awesome idea, 100 points for originality!!

[WABIT]

cheers guys, yeah ill be porting it with a 50-60mm hole, that will also be hidden up against the car wall

dom

[Soundofav6]

great idea !!!! I would suggest to seal the lid with silicon. The lid may vibrate than causing it to "fart". See how you go !!! great work.

[WABIT]

the lid has a rubber ring around it so its sealed, dunno how tight itll be but its is sealed

dom

[Spyda]

Lol @ Stu's sub. I pumped the shiz out of them.

I was going to do it in a leather suit case but it wouldnt have been enough bass for me. I got the idea from a mk2 with the same thing. There are a few wagons i have seen with the esky idea. Its great because its prity solid and there is plenty of room in there. You should seal it up with liquid nails or something so air doesnt rush out of the lid, if that happens it will sound bad (not like that 8yr old kicker soundes any good anyway).
I wouldnt put the amp in the box, it will heat up and being an esky it will retain the heat and stuff the amp. Mount the amp on the back of the esky, out of sight. Porting is a little bit more complicated than cutting a hole. If you get me the inner dimensions of the box (and if your using that sub) i can do the maths and i can get you a port that will work properly. If you dont to it properly you can make it sound rubish.

Instead of the suitcase idea i couldnt help myself and i went big..and brown:

[WABIT]

well i aint tooooo fussed on sound quality, ill be still using my Orig am/fm radio from the car, its more fashion over function.... but itll still work

dom