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Nice.. Pricey, but nice. I just don't know what colors I'd want. Not a lot of color in the car. Maybe white. Donno. Carpet is still cheaper. heh.

Yeah. I was thinking throwing in a tad of color would make it look nicer..

I'll have to see. I might just carpet. I thoight about just primering and rattle canning, but I know thats going to be a ton of layers. You think it's possible to do some layers of the Rustoleum liner then go over it was a color spray paint?

Are there any bed liners that are not that textured? I want a smoother finish then I have been looking at. Friend wants me to go in with him on some herculiner.

Yeah, I could never get seams on formica to look good. i might have to call cabinet shops, didn't even think of that. What kind of textured paint? I hear that and think about stuff I did in the 90's and covered with Flekstone. Heh. I kind of want to go with a KISS look. I don't really need anything fancy. Murdered out is pretty simple.

My friend got a sa-8v2 in a ported box and I was amazed how it sounded. So I decided togo the SA-12 route rather then my DC L4 18. Just got em in today. Can't wait to get started on the box Sunday.

Trying to figure out what to cover the amp rack and box with. I've normally just done carpet that was the closet match for the area the install is in. Trying to decide if I want t do something else now. I did a couple installs in the past where I used formica on the amp rack and trim pieces with carpet and I liked the look. Used to be able to pick up smaller sized pieces at Home Depot, but seems only full sheet now. Can't do vinyl, tried in the past and it just doesn't work well for me. Since all my trim will be black, I was thinking maybe white formica on the amp rack and maybe do the same on the top of the box, then make a carpeted trim pice that is cut bigger then the sub mounting area to show off some of the white formica. Kind of sucks to get a full sheet to do that when I need so little. Any other ideas? I debated painting, but not really sure. I kind of don't want the install to stand out. Thats how I did my last quickie install in 2012. I had a piece that covered the amps. All looked stealthy.. Might just do it again.

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Thanks all.

Been around for a while. Worked at a shop back in the 90's or ~4 years. Love to do shade tree installs in my car now. Just dropping in.

Cool deal man. Thanks for the help. I'll post some progres pics one I get started.

Soundqubed Q1-750 (so, ~750wattsish). I'll be adding baffle to the top of the box. Sub will be firing up with port back, if that matters at all also. But the 2" wide port is good? Is it necessary to put a 45 degree in every corner? I wsa going to do round over on edges of the port and put something in the corner of the port so the port has no 90 degree angles in it, but should I add anything tothe box coners itself?

I'm working on a box design for a single ported SA-12. I looked at the Sketchup design they have for a 1-12 ported, and I came up with this for my vehicle. It seems pretty dead on. Is the 13.5" x 2" port too narrow? The one in the Sketchup is 14" x 2" so I figure it's good. Thanks.

I see on the site listings for ported. Any recommendations on sealed?