Sorry I miss read your post. I thought you wanted to face your subs to the back of your seat. Sorry.

 

Just thought I'd chime in and put in a plug for my somewhat unusual design of a sub. Full details <a href="http://www.visi.com/~jonbh/jonhanson/porscheaudio1.html" target="_blank">here</a>.

 

Hey slevy, do you have to put 8" Punch Z's in those footwell sub enclosures, or could you put in, say, a Punch HE? It has the same (0.3-0.5) enclosure volume, but has a bit more power handling. I'm looking to put some bass in my 944, and I'm torn between putting a 10" in the spare space or an 8" in the footwell (I'd like two, but I can't afford $400 ).

I don't need huge thump, but I definately want my sub to keep up with the 4 40-watt RMS 4x6" Blaupunkts I plan on putting up front...

Just in passing, I've heard people mention putting in 6x9"s in the rear by removing a "bracket" behind the trim. This isn't on the 1984 944s, is it? I don't remember seeing a bracket...Because that would be lovely.

 

i have 2 10 in my spare tire well. i built a top, divider(so it is 2 chamber), and one wall. the one wall if for the side closest to the front. then i put these peices in and sealed it up. the spare tire well makes the rest of my box. i had to use about 2 tubes of coulk to seal it up good though.


here is a pic of my door panel just so you guys can see what it looks like.


i have more pics of my system and car here:

<a href="http://members.sounddomain.com/porsche_9_4_4" target="_blank">http://members.sounddomain.com/porsche_9_4_4</a>

 

tsw, those door speakers look very clean. Do you have any more pictures? Perhaps of installation? I don't want a separate tweeter, but I'm wondering what would be involved in modifying the door to except those 5.5"s (hopefully not a lot of cutting). I've seen other jobs around here that look not good, so I figured I'd just go with a pair of (or set of four) Blaupunkt PCxi462's...Alls I would need would be a spacer.

What do you have in the rear quarter panels? (Nice DeLorean, too, btw).

Oh yeah, and I have an amp mounted in the place for the spare tire--it fits with the spare (there's room to take out/put in the wheel). It's running at 2ohms, and it's a complete POS, but I've never had heat issues or anything. Someone asked about this...

 

this is the only other pic i have. i am kicking myself for not taking any pics of the install.

my car had no factory speakers in the door panels, so i had to cut my door panels. i also had to cut a small peice if metal on the driver side. the passenger side hade cut outs (in the metal) for 4x6. i positioned my speakers so the magnets would fit in the 4x6 cut outs.i didnt need any spacers or anything for the speakers.

i have a pair of infinity 5 1/2 two way speakers in the rear quarter panels.

 

This box was made in spring of 2001, and is the perfect volume for 2 12" Alpine Type-R subs. It is made of fiberglass and some wood, then painted.

 

[quote]Originally posted by Tremelune:
<strong>Hey slevy, do you have to put 8" Punch Z's in those footwell sub enclosures, or could you put in, say, a Punch HE? It has the same (0.3-0.5) enclosure volume, but has a bit more power handling.</strong><hr></blockquote>

I prefer the Z just cause it's cheaper. The HE is a lager driver and takes up more space on the inside. I can also go with a JL 8W0. That's the driver that works really well here.


[quote]<strong>I don't need huge thump, but I definately want my sub to keep up with the 4 40-watt RMS 4x6" Blaupunkts I plan on putting up front....</strong><hr></blockquote>

My design is great for jass, classic rock, '80 rock, some alternative, classical. Pretty much everything but rap. It'll do rap, just not real well. I did one for a guy who was running one sub off a 35x2 Kenwood amp bridged and just the front 4x6's off deck pwr. It doesn't take much to fill the car with sound. It sounded great for just 3 speakers. One of mine will have no problem overpowering all of your 4x6's with about 100w put to it.