Two 15's in a fiberglass ported box! - OLD BUILD REVIEW - Mistakes to learn from!

We all make mistakes, but learning from them is a valuable part of the growth process! In this video we take a look at an old custom subwoofer enclosure that I built about 15 years ago. This custom ported subwoofer enclosure was made of fiberglass, and held two 15" subwoofers, but there any many things I could have done better. Let's review!

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[CarAudioFabrication]

Hey dudes! 👋Thanks for tuning in!😎 Does anyone miss this style of build with the fiberglass? Or are you glad its no longer popular?

[Musicmaster]

Oh the "good ole days". I miss the looks of some of these systems at times, so much uniqueness with fiberglass. It wasnt just about hiding everything but truly making it a show piece of the vehicle.

[kflo]

It’s a very humbling thing to go look at past work and take some pride in how far you’ve come! Experience is the BEST learning you can get. Yes agreed failure IS success!!

[jeepguylv]

lol, i laugh at myself thinking back 30+ years to my first build in my 1980 monte carlo, was my grandparents car, my grandpa said if i can fix it i can have it, so i did. the system in that thing was a disaster lmao, but hey i was 16 and never messed with car audio until that moment. also that was 1990 and there was no internet like today, and when you went to a car audio shop back then to ask questions, nobody wanted to talk to a 16 year old it's fun to think back on all the builds along the way to see how much we learned, and of course to laugh at ourselves once in a while.

[mikebiron]

That is about how good my boxes looked daily. Yes, we were expected to make boxes plus install the whole system in a day, or rarely 2 days. We were screwing in woofers with the glue still wet. Tuning while someone else is vacuuming and sweeping up and putting the seats back in the car. Those were the (I don't miss them) days! Company name: Audiomobile (early 90's in the bay area).

[itsSpecialSteve]

Appreciate you bro. You came a long way!

[keganmowery]

I am literally 95% done with a fiberglass sub box build for my Ford Maverick (no aftermarket options yet). Going to run an 8" sub in the under seat cubby. I didn't know the stretched volcano style was so old and outdated. The last one I made was back in 2013 though...

[rhkips]

Fiberglass still has its place! Lots of swoopy curvy vehicle interiors still out there, and if you're trying to do a custom factory look, it's a good skill to have.

As for the trunk not closing, I'm guilty of this. To my credit, I was AWARE of the hinge mechanisms, and designed accordingly! What I didn't realize is that they tapered inward when they closed, and I wasn't wise enough to lock myself in the trunk with a flashlight and a tape measure... As if that's not bad enough, I had to completely redesign and rebuild the box from scratch. Went from three subs to two; just not enough space. D'oh!

[NGATechnology_com]

My first car audio, video, security business in 2000 was Sound System & Security Unlimited, in 2004 shrunk it to S3 Unlimited, closed it in 2008 when housing market crashed, than opening another one in 2011 called Down4Sound yes I had the name and email way back, JP has made it much better.
And answer to your question is those enclosures remind me of pimp my ride and west coast customs. To each there own, 😁😁😁😁thanks for sharing your past.

[backwoodsshiner]

Dude that box reminds me of the old school Qlogic box where the speakers faced each other

[spike]

I LOVE THIS CHANNEL!!! I always learn so much from your videos. Thank you for being so candid. It gives us screw ups hope. LOL

[rickgarges]

My shop name was KarTunes in Fresno California in the 80s and 90s. Then decided i had enough of it and closed the business. But i still do some builds for friends

[MRheavyweight]

I used to use "Marks mobile audio and security". Back in the day I used to service car dealers. Deck and 2, deck and 4, deck changer, 4 speakers and security, remote start, etc... I never did too many sub woofers tho.

[kofikwakyeagyekum]

My first company name is KVAudio, started just about 4years ago😁😁

[mikehonda]

These days of building, I was more into building dimensional boxes without fiberglass, because the volcano style, cut Narwals horn speaker enclosure was in abundance. Nothing wrong with being traditional if it doesn’t fit the look.

[mikemckean]

In the close up of the amp it also looks like ALOT of the power wire strands were cut off so only a fraction of the strands were actually being used. Noone a pro out of the gate Mark we all have these under our belts. Thanks for sharing.

[volentimeh]

My first enclosures were MDF screwed and glued with a popular wood construction adhesive, while they were fine for a few years the particular adhesive slowly reacted to some chemical in the MDF and went hard and brittle, to the point that if you removed the screws and gave the box a firm kick the whole thing would collapse like a stack of cards, now I only use PVA wood glues with MDF boxes.

[_BangDroid_]

The pinched surround from those oversized screws... reminds me of my teens. And that time my screw driver stabbed straight through my brand new sub.

Also I learned that electrons actually flow from negative to positive, so yeah equal wire gauge is important!

[cruzzindodge]

I miss these days... using stretched felt was the easiest way then saturate with fiberglass resin.

[skullandbones]

I preferred the Infinite Baffle Subwoofer setup back in the day. Stillwater Designs now Kicker made free air subwoofers just for that type of install.