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    I put some 10s in the hatch of my dad's old 1st gen explorer. It wore the struts out quickly, but they were out of the way of everything and it was surprisingly spacious.

    I'd thought about that w/ my old X but the wearing out would be annoying. Those need to work when carrying child + gear.

    Wonder if there is a Q-forms for that space. That way no need to glass.

    I doubt it, too late model. Might be worth a look.

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  2. Posted · Edited by jesse

    I was thinking today I could probably get away with a fiberglass enclosure around the fender on one side. I recall a guy on my old site shaped foil around the side of the cargo area, spread resin on it and then glassed it. It'd be alot of work but at least I could get a 12" in there. My brother is selling me his Alpine deck that doesn't match the interior of his Explorer for $50.

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    This one, in particular:

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    Damn! Nice score! Now add a Kenne Bell!

    It has a pinhole in the muffler so I'm going to pick up a Flowmaster 50 series and a K&N from Autozone on Friday, I'll start there ;)

    That's what the trunk is for. She dont want the kids sittin back there does she? :D

    Strollers, gear, she got tired of having to work around the box. It's not small, denim got me designs for a RE competition box. Very loud.

    How in the world did you get that gem for that price (looks like an '00?)? Definitely nice work. Why did the previous owner(s) never drive it? I have a black '98 XLT with the SOHC V6. 178k, haha. But he looks and runs basically like new.

    Saw it, called about it, called 3 more times, went there and talked him down before the person who test drove it earlier even got a chance to come back. It's an old fogey car, it's got a local retirement community's parking pass on the back window. And it's a 96.

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    Some of you (denim) might know that I used to run an Explorer enthusiast site. I picked this bird up yesterday for $3500 with 42,000 mi. XLT AWD 5.0 V8.

    Now that we have kids the wife won't let me put my RE's in it :mad:

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  6. Posted

    I have quite alot of experience working with these trucks. I have had a 02, 04 and now have a 07 quad cab. How much air space do you need? How much

    port? You have a few options you can go with. 1. raise your back seat 2" easy to do and no safety issues, a added beefit to doing this besides more air space

    is that you can flip down the back of the seat then (for mounting amps-adjusting amps) you can get about 2.5ft^3 with not much work.you can also make a

    center front console/seat? do you need seating for 6? you can go with a custom center console. I have a custom center console right now with a TC 3000

    DVC-2 about 3.25ft^3. Let me know if you need help with anything. I have had 2 10L7's under the back seat and I have installed some kicker 12 cvr's in my

    cousins quad. If you really like the 8's it is very possible to do what you want.

    any questions feel free to ask.

    Chad

    According to RE's specs, I only need .3 for compact sealed or .35 for optimal sealed and .35@35Hz for compact ported .5@35Hz for optimal ported. I most definitely do not want to eliminate the center console. Do you think there's enough room under those seats to make the box fit? Ideally I'd like to have one sub under each side and then the amp in the middle, mounted nicely and lit. For reference, here's the rest of the spec on the RE8.

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  8. Posted · Edited by jesse

    At this point, you have more experience with them then I do. But, luck for you, the man who designed those subs has a forum on this website with his new company. Scott now runs Fi Car Audio and would be a great person to talk to abotu box size. I am thinking you might have to resort to sealing them up. Output will go down some, but sound quality should be as good if not a little better.

    I know they're quite valuable. Would I be better off selling them and moving to a free air for greater install flexibility?

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  10. Posted

    Denim will be excited I've posted this ;)

    I've got a 03 Dodge Ram 1500 Quad Cab now, and my Explorer is being driven by my Dad. It's a long story as to why that is, if you care to know PM me. Anyway, I had 2 RE8's in a custom ported box in my X, which will in no way fit in the quad cab of the Ram. Aside from that, we have a 3 week old infant who of course requires a car seat, so rear seat functionality must be maintained. The only thing I can think of is to measure out the area beneath the seats and somehow cram the subs under there, facing out, perhaps angled back. I figure with 8's I should be able to pull this off. The only thing is that I do believe RE's function tremendously better w/ the required airspace and a port. I'm just hoping to get some opinions on whether or not this would work or if I should sell the RE's and move to a free air setup.

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  12. Posted

    I'm finally getting around to installing the stuff I've had for over a year now. I'll be putting 2 RE 8's powered by a USX 2080. My deck is an old JVC El-Kameleon KX-something or other (the best Kameleon they had), I'll be using the deck's sub outs because I'm too cheap to buy a crossover for now, and the highs are Infinity Reference 6x8's.

    That was all because I know I'd get asked.

    Anyway, I need a wiring kit for the amp. Denim has informed me that someone on here makes and sells them on the cheap? Hook a brotha up :D

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  14. Posted

    I have a friend in the Navy who is single and has money to burn. He needs some boom in his Explorer (he's my co-admin over at fordexplorer.net). I suggested to him RE XXX 15's, whatever amp denim told me to buy, probably RE components too in the according sizes. I'd like to see what some of you guys who live and breathe this stuff have to say because denim isn't on aim ever any more ;)

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