Has anyone done or seen an installation like this? I want to put some sub's in mine, but not sure how to go about it. Are there custom boxes out there?
Well i wouldn't put them in the doors. doors make to my noise. The thing is to get a box to put in the back and there are custom ones (its not hard to make them yourself). Or put them in the side panels in your truck in the back they do make panels that will fit right in there and be like ome. GO to www.crutchfield.com to find some of this stuff.
Want to avoid a box and save the space. And there's no room in the side panels in the back. One side is taken up by the spare, and the other has the motor and ducting for the rear air. The doors just seem to be such a perfect spot. I think I'm going to spend the money and get custom fiberglass enclosures made for them and mount 10"s in them. I'll try and get pictures to everyone when I finish.
My brother has a 10" amplified tube sub-woofer from Kenwood. He uses this because it takes up very little space, sounds great, can be moved easily if he needs the extra space, plus it has a built-in amp which eases installation. If you put it right up against the back of the third seat, you still have a fair amount of cargo space. Remember, bass is non-directional. You don't need 2 subwoofers and you don't have to place them so they point at you. Anywhere in the vehicle is fine.
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Tim M.
'03 F350 CC Lariat 4X4 PSD
'06 F150 Supercrew 4X4 5.4
'54 F800 Big Job
'64 F100 short and wide
'96 GMC Topkick, '89 International 9670
I don't think 1 10" will really be enough to fill such a big space with full sounding bass and not sound like it's straining the speaker. I'll go with a box if I absolutely have to, but right now it looks like an extra $200-250 for the custom fiberglass enclosures. I was just wondering if anyone knew someone, or had themselves, put the subs in the doors. A guy named erlong has, that posts on the excursion board has done it with fair results but didn't get custom enclosures. Thanks for the info though.
Actually, the size of the speaker isn't really what matters. A lot of claims have been made about these sub-tubes performing much more efficiently than the standard subwoofers. Try visiting some of the manufacturers sites. I don't remember which site I looked at, but I saw a comparison of a 10" powered sub-tube out-oerforming 2 12" subs in a box. I can't speak from experience yet, though. I will be wiring my brothers sub into my Excursion in 6-8 weeks as a trial to see how it sounds. Then I will decide which way to go myself. Maybe you ought to try borrowing one from someone also to try it for yourself. Only your ears can decide if it sounds right for you. Your subwoofer should sound like it belongs with the rest of your system and not be overpowering, unless you like that downtown Detroit boom-boom sound.
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Tim M.
'03 F350 CC Lariat 4X4 PSD
'06 F150 Supercrew 4X4 5.4
'54 F800 Big Job
'64 F100 short and wide
'96 GMC Topkick, '89 International 9670
I've got a fair amount of experience with car audio and sub installations, and you're right about size not always being the most important. (We all try and convince ourselves of this all the time right? ) The truth is, it's really all about how the sub is ported and in what type of enclosure. Bass tubes do makes more sound, pound for pound and inch for inch, than most boxes. However, the bass is rarely clear and distinct, it's usually pretty muddy and cheap sounding. And there are really 3 reasons I'd go with 10's in the back doors: 1. They'll have more than enough power to fill the cab and not sound like they're straining. 2. 8's would probably look pretty sad in those big doors! 3. Just a perfect spot to mount them and not have to work around a box when loading gear up.
I was really hoping someone had done a good custom install on the doors so I could ask them questions. Erlong gave me some pretty good info, but I'm not going go the route he did. My amp will get mounted under the 2nd row of seats and I'll have fiberglass enclosures made and sound deadening fiberglass shot into the interiors of the doors to beef 'em up.
Just picked the Excursion up from Perfectionist Audio here in Anchorage. They did a great job and it sounds perfect. Not too much, not too little. Very balanced and I think the imaging from both speakers directly in the back compliments everything perfectly. Pics of the install are in my gallery.
Hi, My ex is in for the copycat to your system - I took the pictures from your gallery, loaded them onto my ipod and showed the tech what I was looking for, I elected to change all my factory speakers out with new Infintiy speakers, a new four channel amp to power these, a new 300 rms mono channel amp for the sub in the barn doors and a new JVC double din touch screen dvd head unit and twin alpine monitors in the headrests.....I think thats all.....
Whew.....um... anyone gonna have a place for me to sleep when "she who must be obeyed" finds out??
Any good shop should be able to glass in a pair of 10's into the doors. I think you wouldn't have enough airspace for 12's Unless their the pancake types.
I took out the spare years ago and did a pair of 15's in there. Now the truck has 16 12's and is only used for shows.
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The doors just seem to be such a perfect spot. I think I'm going to spend the money and get custom fiberglass enclosures made for them and mount 10"s in them. I'll try and get pictures to everyone when I finish.
) The truth is, it's really all about how the sub is ported and in what type of enclosure. Bass tubes do makes more sound, pound for pound and inch for inch, than most boxes. However, the bass is rarely clear and distinct, it's usually pretty muddy and cheap sounding. And there are really 3 reasons I'd go with 10's in the back doors: 1. They'll have more than enough power to fill the cab and not sound like they're straining. 2. 8's would probably look pretty sad in those big doors! 
3. Just a perfect spot to mount them and not have to work around a box when loading gear up.
