Theres all these boxes for the right side where the cargo compartment thing is, but what about the left side?? i have two subs and want to conserve as much space as possible. so i'll build a box for the right side, but has anyone attempted to build a box for the left side? if so.. how did it work out? how come the left side isnt shaped like the right side? pics?? dimensions??

 

I've thought about this a lot because I wanted to keep having the storage space on the passenger side and still have a sub built in. But I haven't had the time (and I've been discouraged by others' input on this idea) to do so. See if anything in this thread helps/gives you insight:

https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f96/adding-sub-what-do-i-need-41265/

Good luck and let me know if you do end up doing it---maybe it'll inspire me.

 

thanks dude.

 

The reason why not many people use the left side is because of that odd shaped wheel well hump. The odd shape is because of the fuel door location, lines, and overfill drain.

That said I have built a box on the left side. So far I'm the only one I've seen to do it. It is complicated because of that odd hump. I built around it, I believe in total it added up to 12-14 seperate piece's of wood. The reason why I built on the left is because I already had used the right for a sub box. I agree with you I did not want any floor cargo space to be used for carrying very large items or for sleeping in the truck while camping.

It can be done, I made mine for the specific purpose of holding a computer, and then took it further to add some enclosed cargo space, and a power inverter. Take a look at pics in my sig if you want a look. I can snap a pick of the inside jigsaw puzzle as well if you want to see it. The box also still allows the cargo cover to close to hide all the goodies in the truck.

 

that would be great!!! if you could snap as man pics as possible, that would be so awesome. also.. if you could maybe (if you have the time) label in paint or photoshop the lengths/dimensions of the pieces and stuff.... thank you for your help!

hey.. btw, did your jL10w3 fit in the q logic box with no problems? was it deep enough? how does it sound? i have a 10w6 (i actually have TWO of them.. but if the 1 sub is good enough, then maybe i'll just do that instead of building two boxes.

 

I took some pictures yesterday. I dont' have any webspace to link the files to here full size, so these will have to do. The wires go to my computer and the rear power goes to the inverter.


The inside of the box.


The front inside.


The rear inside.


This is a closeup of the measurements on the rear of the box.

Because of the odd shape to build a box like this you need to start with a piece of cardboard. You translate the shapes to the cardboard, and then to wood. Cutting cardboard over and over to get just the right shape is much easier than wood hence the useage. I did that twice for the rear and the front the rest you can measure out pretty simply. I used a thinner particle board than would be normally used to make a sub box which also made this peticular box easier to build.

The 10w3 fit fine, I'm not sure a w6 will though with the larger magnet. Is your plan to build 2 sub boxes with subs firing at each other? If so I'm pretty sure that is a bad idea because of the sound waves canceling each other out, not sure about that though others would know more around here.

 

Your best bet for a box on the left side is going to use both fiberglass and MDF.... but fiberglass is too big of a pain in the a$$ for a lot of people. I looked at it forever but decided a removable custom MDF was more doable than a giant fiberglass mess. Do a search, there are some excellent guides for working with fiberglass out there. (search google, not yotatech)