subwoofer box ? - Toyota Yaris Forums

SamDaYarisMan · 08-24-2006, 05:43 PM

For all you audio guys out there. How important is it that an enclosure be air tight. I built a custom enclosure (first time) and i doubt that its air tight. I wood glued at the joints, but do you guys use some kind of silicone or something to seal the joints. Also i was maybe thinking of fiberglassing over the box for a painted finish. Will it old up or will it seperate from the wood and start vibrating. Thanks

johnnyfive · 08-25-2006, 01:45 AM

a few things:

1. the box needs to be air tight
2. you can use silicone on the inside seams, just dont put the sub in, until you let the silicone sit for a day or 2 (some say the fumes from the curing silicone can deteriorate the surround on the speaker, and better safe, than sorry :) )
3: you sure can fiberglass over the outside of the box, and it will bond wonderfuly to the box, and will never seperate, but just a wanring, fiberglass is a PITA to get to a smooth finish for painting. (pretty much the reason why custom fiberglass box's are so expensive)

08-24-2006, 05:43 PM	#1
SamDaYarisMan Drives: meteorite liftback Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: florida Posts: 23	subwoofer box ? For all you audio guys out there. How important is it that an enclosure be air tight. I built a custom enclosure (first time) and i doubt that its air tight. I wood glued at the joints, but do you guys use some kind of silicone or something to seal the joints. Also i was maybe thinking of fiberglassing over the box for a painted finish. Will it old up or will it seperate from the wood and start vibrating. Thanks __________________ YARIS LIFTBACK: meteorite metallic, 5speed, debadged, 15" black rota gt-3's w/ 205/50/15's, tanabe df210's, colibri universal power window kit, glow shift 2" tach and twm shortshifter. FUTURE MOD's: power door lock kit w/ keyless entry and new audio.

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08-25-2006, 01:45 AM	#2
johnnyfive Drives: 2007 Yaris S Join Date: May 2006 Location: Milwaukee WI Posts: 582	a few things: 1. the box needs to be air tight 2. you can use silicone on the inside seams, just dont put the sub in, until you let the silicone sit for a day or 2 (some say the fumes from the curing silicone can deteriorate the surround on the speaker, and better safe, than sorry :) ) 3: you sure can fiberglass over the outside of the box, and it will bond wonderfuly to the box, and will never seperate, but just a wanring, fiberglass is a PITA to get to a smooth finish for painting. (pretty much the reason why custom fiberglass box's are so expensive)